Terence Crawford moves up to junior middleweight to challenge WBA champion Ismail Madrimov on Saturday at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles. (ESPN+ PPV, 6 p.m. ET). The WBO interim title will also be on the line.
Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs), of Omaha, Nebraska, is a two-division undisputed champion, a feat accomplished by only two other men boxers (Naoya Inoue and Oleksandr Usyk). Crawford is coming off an impressive performance against Errol Spence Jr. in July 2023. In that fight, Crawford dropped Spence three times to eventually score a ninth-round TKO win at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to unify all four major welterweight world titles.
Crawford, 36, is ESPN’s No. 2 ranked pound-for-pound fighter and the top welterweight fighter.
Madrimov (10-0-1, 7 KOs), of Khiva, Uzbekistan, won the title by defeating Magomed Kurbanov by fifth-round TKO back in March, on the Anthony Joshua-Francis Ngannou undercard in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Madrimov, 29, is a decorated amateur fighter with almost 100 fights. He turned pro in 2018 and has notable victories over Raphael Igbokwe and Michel Soro.
Where can I watch the Crawford-Madrimov fight card on Aug. 3?
The Crawford-Madrimov main card broadcast will air on ESPN+ pay-per-view at 6 p.m. ET. The pay-per-view card includes six fights.
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Full card:
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Title fight: Terence Crawford vs. Israil Madrimov, 12 rounds, for Madrimov’s WBA “super” junior middleweight title
Title fight: Jose Valenzuela defeated Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz by split decision to win the WBA junior welterweight title
Andy Ruiz Jr. and Jarrell “Big Baby” Miller fought to a majority draw
Martin Bakole defeated Jared Anderson by fifth-round KO in a heavyweight bout
Title fight: David Morrell defeated Radivoje Kalajdzic by unanimous decision to win the WBA vacant “regular” light heavyweight title
Andy Cruz defeated Antonio Moran by seventh-round KO in a lightweight bout
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