Crawford and Davis trade barbs: “Chasing greatness” or chasing paydays?

Gervonta Davis and Terence Crawford exchanged trash talk about being filthy rich. Crawford seems to have started it rubbing salt on Tank Davis’ wounds, talking about how he’s bitter about not being invited to Turki Al-Shiekh’s party in London for the Ring Awards last Saturday.

The real reason

Talented lightweight star Tank then noted that Crawford is not “chasing greatness” by moving up to 168 to challenge Canelo Alvarez for their unified super middleweight titles. This is what Crawford “has to do to make decent money.”

Exposed double talk

The “chasing greatness” and “legacy” argument that Crawford has been using as a rationale for moving up to 168 and challenging Canelo for his three belts sounds like doublespeak. If it were about greatness, Crawford would rise and win the fight by beating the top contenders. He wants the direct title shot, which unmasks what this is all about.retirement money.

Crawford wouldn’t have gotten that fight if Turki hadn’t given him the opportunity. Terence wasn’t about to move up to 168 to earn the payday against Mexican superstar Canelo the hard way, running the gauntlet through the division’s killers.

Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) probably wouldn’t last two seconds if he faced some of the predators, like David Morrell, David Benavidez, Christian Mbilli and Diego Pacheco. You might respect Crawford if entered the general population at 168 to risk his soft skin against the sharks to earn a title shot against Canelo instead of having it handed to him on a silver platter by Turki.

circus boxing

Turki likes circus-type fights that make no sense in terms of sporting value, but good trash-type entertainment. For example, Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury fight MMA guy Francis Ngannou. They were pure circus. We’re going to get an aging Crawford, soon to be 38, to move up two weight classes to challenge Canelo.