Terence Crawford Says He Saw A Lot Of Holes In Virgil Ortiz Jr’s Game That He Can Exploit

Terence Crawford wasn’t too impressed with Virgil Ortiz Jr. on Saturday night.

The top prospect scored a seventh-round TKO win over Maurice Hooker who was the former WBO junior welterweight champion. Although the win was a big one for Ortiz Jr., who then called out Crawford,  the unbeaten WBO welterweight champ wasn’t impressed with his performance.

“I think [Hooker] should’ve used more upper-body movement,” Crawford said on The Ak & Barak Show (via boxingscene). “He was getting hit with too many jabs and too many clean shots, pulling out. And also, he was standing too tall, getting hit with some body shots that hurt him and made him take a knee. But honestly, I seen Maurice hurt Vergil. You know what I mean? When you look at Vergil after the fight, he’s all busted up and stuff.

“And granted, the little kid, you know what I mean, he’s talented. But, you know what I mean, I seen a lot of holes in his game with that [fight]. If me and him was to fight, it would be exploited,” Crawford said. “And, you know, that’s when a lot of fans would say, ‘Oh, well, you beat this guy that wasn’t this. And you beat this guy without that.’ So, I was just like, man, he’s not ready yet. Give him [time]. Let him grow.”

As of right now, it is uncertain if Terence Crawford will fight Virgil Ortiz Jr. next. If that is the fight, it would be a very interesting bout between the undefeated Crawford and the top-prospect in Ortiz Jr., given the 22-year-old has legit knockout power. However, he might be too young in his career for that big step up in competition to fight one of the pound-for-pound best.

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