Terence Crawford faces extra questions over his ongoing glove controversy after opponent David Avanesyan posted reported photographs of the instruments concerned.
If the photographs are verified to be Crawford’s attire from the combat, the aged and wilted mittens must face additional scrutiny.
The Everlast gloves used appear to be older than their time, judging by feedback made, even from boxing greats like Lennox Lewis.
For now, it seems to be like a storm in a teacup, and solely sure sections of the YouTube boxing brigade are outraged. The gloves producers, who took full duty, have concluded an investigation.
Terence Crawford’s gloves
“Everlast follows correct protocol by offering backup competitors pairs to get replaced pending a choice by the sanctioning physique overseeing the combat.
“A stoppage was referred to as to evaluation the tools malfunction. The fee deemed the tools was nonetheless appropriate for competitors.
“No foul play was at hand. Nor was there any tampering of the product on behalf of Terence Crawford and his camp,” they mentioned in a press release.
That’s ok for lots of people. Nevertheless, the person who needed to be hit by these gloves is just not on board with the reason.
Avanesyan has re-posted many occasions on social media. He shared what he believes are photographs and movies of the tools in query from the WBO welterweight title contest. The Russian fighter needs solutions as to how they handed the inspection.
Responses both again Avanesyan’s claims or state the photographs used should not the gloves Crawford wore. These photographs will want some verification if they’re utilized in some grievance by the previous European welterweight champion.
Bud is within the clear with many boxing followers over the December 10 conflict. Even when he’s not with the conspiracy theorists who pound the bottom.
Tyson Fury confronted comparable arguments after his rematch win over Deontay Wilder.
Each males gained through a mid-round TKO and confronted a barrage of YouTube scrutiny afterward.
PPV success
In the meantime, Crawford vs Avanesyan as a debut for BLK Prime was a powerful success. An announcement by the brand new Pay Per View gamers made certain everybody was conscious of that.
In keeping with the organizers, pre-fight hopes for the gross sales of the Omaha, Nebraska occasion went above and past.
“Early stories point out that buys for the sold-out occasion exceeded preliminary projections on BLK Prime PPV digital,” acknowledged BLK Prime.
“This additional solidifies BLK Prime’s place as the most recent and greatest vacation spot for high-quality boxing content material.”
Free agent
Crawford stays a free agent relating to dealing with his profession. The following step ought to be to nail down the winner of the WBA, WBC, and IBF conflict that includes Errol Spence and Keith Thurman.
Wins over Amir Khan, Egidijus Kavaliauskas, Shawn Porter, Jeff Horn, Julius Indongo, Viktor Postol, and Kell Brook will solely maintain you within the Pound for Pound high ten for therefore lengthy.
