Realistically speaking,
Thurman would be put in a difficult spot. If he shows any interest in Crawford, fans will say he's trying to duck Spence. That's assuming everything is kumbaya between Arum and Haymon, like fanboys lead us to believe.
Spence is available and ready. Crawford would want no piece of that.
Porter is pursuing Garcia, who again would have a hard time turning down like the Thurman fight.
On Horn/Pac winner. He'll have to wait for at least a year to get it.
Not good for an active guy who fights 3 times a year.
Khan and M Garcia are available, these are the only ones that have any semblance of possibilty, assuming Crawford is ready to move up.
TC wont fight again this year and probably will never fight 3 times a year again.
Here's what I would realistically like to see. Thurman coming off an injury takes an easier defense against someone like Avanesyan or Lejarraga. Spence takes a comfortable defense back in Texas a Collazo or Ali. If Spence wins he takes on Lamont Peterson in a unification afterwards. Porter fights Danny Garcia with the winner going on to fight Thurman again. Pac/Horn 2 within a few weeks of Crawford moving up and fighting Jessie Vargas in his first fight at 147, with the winners of those 2 fights meeting afterwards. This would bring a lot of clarity and set up 147 for some huge fights in 2018 and 2019
That is al ong winded way to bring about unifications by making irrelevant or has beens part of the picture (Collazo and Ali, really?)
Then again this is modern boxing so I wouldnt be surprised if this happens.
Here's what I would realistically like to see. Thurman coming off an injury takes an easier defense against someone like Avanesyan or Lejarraga. Spence takes a comfortable defense back in Texas a Collazo or Ali. If Spence wins he takes on Lamont Peterson in a unification afterwards. Porter fights Danny Garcia with the winner going on to fight Thurman again. Pac/Horn 2 within a few weeks of Crawford moving up and fighting Jessie Vargas in his first fight at 147, with the winners of those 2 fights meeting afterwards. This would bring a lot of clarity and set up 147 for some huge fights in 2018 and 2019
Realistically speaking,
Thurman would be put in a difficult spot. If he shows any interest in Crawford, fans will say he's trying to duck Spence. That's assuming everything is kumbaya between Arum and Haymon, like fanboys lead us to believe.
Spence is available and ready. Crawford would want no piece of that.
Porter is pursuing Garcia, who again would have a hard time turning down like the Thurman fight.
On Horn/Pac winner. He'll have to wait for at least a year to get it.
Not good for an active guy who fights 3 times a year.
Khan and M Garcia are available, these are the only ones that have any semblance of possibilty, assuming Crawford is ready to move up.
Yeah that's true, Terence is a beast but he does have holes defensively. He seems to get hit really flush from time to time in most of his fights (excluding the Indongo fight) and can get baited into a firefight -- if Danny was able to land one of those left hook bombs on him...that's a game changer.
Although to be fair that hook can be a game changer against anybody.
DG hasn't looked anywhere near the fighter you're describing since the period of time in which he had the mOrales rematch, the Khan fight and then the Matthysse fight.
TC makes a mockery of this verison of DG imo.
1. Manny v Horn 2 winner-which I expect to be Manny.
2. Mikey garcia
3. Lomachenko
Loma is an interesting idea. That can happen based on promoters but the weight is issue.
Mikey Garcia. Terence has time to kill before taking on the Horn/Pac winner. It would help build his name and give Top Rank a win over a guy who is openly beefing with them.
Mikey Garcia is the only name i want to see him fight at 140, unless i'm missing someone that doesn't come to mind.
Aside from that, i'd like to see him at 147 and find any of the notable fighters there. The winner of Pacquiao v Horn rematch seems most likely though, that way Crawford can pick up a belt at WW and have a bit of leverage when making fights.
Danny is very sturdy, a much bigger guy, and has firepower. Crawford could outbox him but I can't see him whooping Danny. If anything he'd have a good chance at buzzing Bud at any moment. I think they also fought in the amateurs and are 1-1.
Yeah that's true, Terence is a beast but he does have holes defensively. He seems to get hit really flush from time to time in most of his fights (excluding the Indongo fight) and can get baited into a firefight -- if Danny was able to land one of those left hook bombs on him...that's a game changer.
Although to be fair that hook can be a game changer against anybody.
Crawford is unified at 140, he aint gonna move to 147 and be only a contender, he would wreck porter easy because crawford has power and he his too good using reach avantage, i even doubt Porter hit him with anything. I would have Crawford face Pacquiao-horn winner to get a belt at 147 and acclimate, then get a lineal fight with Thurman or Spence
Porter ant no tune up for no one stop being silly
Tune up was probably the wrong word but it's not a world championship fight, so it'd be contender v contender at 147, whereas most of the others are world champ fights.
It's probably not realistic because of stupid ass boxing politics but I'd like to see Terence vs Danny Garcia
Basically just because I want to see the look on Angel's face while he watches his son get impaled
Danny is very sturdy, a much bigger guy, and has firepower. Crawford could outbox him but I can't see him whooping Danny. If anything he'd have a good chance at buzzing Bud at any moment. I think they also fought in the amateurs and are 1-1.
It's probably not realistic because of stupid ass boxing politics but I'd like to see Terence vs Danny Garcia
Basically just because I want to see the look on Angel's face while he watches his son get impaled
The interest in a Manny Pacquiao fight is long gone for me. If Jeff Horn wins the rematch you could argue that is a reasonable fight, but I'd prefer any of the other 147lb fighters in the poll. Mikey Garcia also an excellent choice, surprised he has the most votes though.
If he does move up to 147 I wouldn't mind a fight against someone other than Spence (my vote) to acclimate to the division. But no one too far down the totem pole hopefully.
Like I have repeatedly stated, Spence is the bigger version of Porter. Crawford would rather fight Thurman than either of the two. Spence is big and his bullrushing style is all wrong for Crawford's style. He might go for a smaller Porter as a compromise.
Mikey is desperate for big fights as a result of his 2 yr inactivity. He prefers Loma over Crawford, but Arum would rather offer Crawford, instead of the Ukrainian fighter.