This may seem weird but I see thurman and crawford as this generations corrales and casamoyer...
Thurman will give us great fights, have good wins and humbling losses but always entertaining and a warrior, much like Corrales
Crawford will be a tricky boxer with a suspect chin much like casamoyer.. He will never reach the stardom or accolades of a marquez or floyd, but will be a legit world caliber p4p talent for a long time
Difficult one to answer, I can't even answer that. Both of them have much to prove and Crawford has to show me he's as versatile as he likes us to believe.
I have the same view. They have a lot more to prove but they look like the real deal
Good question. There's not many threats at 140 on top rank so he'll be able to shine and look good. But thurman will be on nbc for the foreseeable future so that alone puts him high
I like both guys and will be rooting for both to become stars but I gotta go with Crawford. He looks really special IMO. Thurman did get to fight on "free tv" against a former Mayweather opponent so he definitely got some exposure from that, but Crawford has already won fighter of the year so he has already got a head start on Keith as far as becoming a star. There is a realistic chance Keith fights Floyd before he retires and Bud fights Manny before he retires which would help both tremendously in terms of becoming stars.
Keith Thurman, just a shame he's from Florida which kind of leaves him without a home fanbase, he's by far the more exciting of the two.
At this point in time imo Terence Crawford is overrated, but he'll potentially be handled better by Arum than Thurman will by Haymon.
Crawford. He already packs the house, earned fighter of the year and has a better personality. Thurman talks about knocking everyone out but when it doesn't happen, he seems to know that all the talk pre-fight probably wasn't the best thing for him in the end. Thurman seems like an alright dude, I don't see him getting the high octane fights though....I see some mismatches in his future. Too many mouths to feed over there on the PBC scene.
Difficult one to answer, I can't even answer that. Both of them have much to prove and Crawford has to show me he's as versatile as he likes us to believe.
I still to this very second dont see ANYTHING in Thurman. The RG fight was what I thought it would be hes so unpolished hes just a guy to be honest.
Crawford on the other hand truly looks special.
I would love to see Crawford vs Matthysse. If he wins, have him fight Pacquiao when he's healthy again. It would help him become a crossover star potentially.
People need to stop avoiding Thurman.
Crawford is a proven seller and already a 2 division title holder, 1 division champion. He has the inside track. With Garcia moving up it will probably Crawford vs Matthysse for the lineal 140 title.