Fighter Of The Week - Terrence Crawford

This week we have chosen Terrence Crawford as our 

fighter of the week...

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97 - @BoxingOpinions1

The obvious choice this week would be Mikey Garcia, the youngster who defeated Puerto Rican veteran Juan Manuel Lopez in devastating fashion in the Top Rank main event on Saturday night. But we were all expecting this guy to look impressive, like he always does, and as impressive as this 4th round KO was I think the weight issue just detracts from it a tiny bit. The man that did really impress me last night was Terrence Crawford.

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Can Prescott talk his way back to the top?

By Jack Price @PriceyJ97.

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Columbian light-welterweight Breidis Prescott (26-4, 20 KO's) has taken it upon himself this week to call out two of the biggest names in the 140lb division in an attempt to squeeze himself back into the world title picture.

Prescott is best known for exposing the chin of British star Amir Khan back in 2008, knocking the 2004 Olympian out in the first round. However, since then the 29-year old has struggled to keep the momentum going, losing to Khan victim Paul McCloskey and Mike Alvarado. His last two fights have been wins and they were decent performances. But unfortunately for the Miami-based power-puncher, it hasn't pushed him anywhere near to a world title shot. Realising this he has gone out there and got some attention from the media by calling out two of the top names at light-welter, starting on Sunday with Lucas Matthysse.

Iron-fisted Argentinian Matthysse proved once again why he is one of the most avoided fighters in the world on Saturday (January 26th) when he blasted out his over-matched opponent Mike Dallas Jr in less than a round. With Garcia Vs Judah being pushed back to April, the chances of Garcia-Matthysse taking place this year have become very unlikely. So the WBC interim champion now has a gap to fill over the next few months and Prescott wants to be the man to fill that gap.