Round-by-Round: Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov | PPV - August 3, 2024

[ironbeard]

Ruiz's left hand was really messed up though. Broken. (After the 5th round)

It will be his excuse on why he will not fight for another 18 months

True.

[ironbeard]

Valenzuela v Cruz up.

[skanksta]

I'd like to see Big Baby vs The Real Big Baby - I think we all would just for the announcements.

[margaret thatcher]

fight to determine the real real big baby

[gregregegg]

The excelent one is litraly taking photos and facing the wrong way while these two are throwing learrher 4 feet from him. Absolute fake boxing fan, just rich.

[ironbeard]

Rd 1 = this fight has quite a bit to live up to at this point.

Very close round. Shade Cruz.

10-9 Cruz

[Evander]

1-0 Val

[ironbeard]

Rd 2 = Cruz winging, including his melon. Cruz relentless. Two nice lefts Valenzuela.

10-9 Cruz
20-18 Cruz

But both close.

[Evander]

1-1

[ironbeard]

Rd 3 = Valenzuela lands early. Valenzuela doing well here. Good round Val.

10-9 Val
29-28 Cruz

[Evander]

2-1 Val

[ldlamb]

I like this fight card….by 2024 PPV standards it is pretty deep and better than most in total.

But I really wish that announcer would stop calling it “possibly the greatest card of all-time.”

[skanksta]

Classic hard to score, light-hitting back-foot volume, vs wild, missing bombs.

What yer like ?

[Evander]

2-2

[ironbeard]

Rd 4 = Cruz digging body. Good right Cruz. Valenzuela making them close but but Cruz is winning them.

10-9 Cruz
39-37 Cruz

[squiggy]

I like this fight card….by 2024 PPV standards it is pretty deep and better than most in total.

But I really wish that announcer would stop calling it “possibly the greatest card of all-time.”

Just a ridiculous thing to say with a straight face.

[Evander]

3-2 Cruz

[gregregegg]

Effectively unscorable for me. Just too different a styles to compare the work…

[ironbeard]

Rd 5 = Valenzuela starts well early. Val boxing real well here. Clear for Val. Good flurry Cruz.

10-9 Valenzuela
48-47 Cruz

[ironbeard]

Rd 6 = Val finding distance. Big right in a trade by Cruz. Very close rd. Tough to call.

10-9 Valenzuela
57-57

[Evander]

Really good 6th
Val nicked it
3-3

[ScotsCrime]

I've bet my spare change on Madrimov.

Crawford is a couple of months away from his 37th birthday, a geriatric by the lighter weight divisions and just think father time might catch up on him tonight.

Been a cracking card so far so wont be too miffed if Craw proves me wrong.

[lazboy]

I think we’ve always known this, Cruz is very tough but one dimensional.

[ironbeard]

Rd 7 = Val lands solid upcut combo. Very close.

10-9 Valenzuela
67-66 Valenzuela

[Evander]

7th
Val on quality
4-3 Val