If Crawford was a natural 154 ponder would he basically be a more rugged Lara

No. He is different and better than Lara. He is an attacking fighter while Lara is a hit and run fighter who sometimes runs too much as in the Canelo fight.Crawford is also a harder puncher for his weight class. It shows in their respective KO percentages. Crawford has no losses, no draws and no close fights. He is a consistent dominate winner over better overall opposition than Lara usually faces. Lara has had many close fights, draws and loses and he has been knocked down a few times. Crawford has never been knocked down. Crawford has the better undefeated record and he is the better fighter. Crawford is top 3 on almost all PFP best lists. Lara doesn't make most top 10 best lists at all. If Crawford was a natural 154 pound boxer he would beat Lara in my opinion .

2 different fighters, Crawford imo is a more a complete fighter than Lara because he can fight going forwsrd and backwards, Crawford goes to the body a lot more too and can fight a lot better on the inside Lara gets very uncomfortable on the inside and only does it when he has to, I'd prefer fighting Lara over Crawford tbh.

Crawford is a better offensive fighter than Lara.

Huh.... that's an interesting one... think I'll just leave it alone.

lara and micky ward not only have a similar style, they look identical in every regard! red hair, boston accent, and everything!

Can you explain the difference to me. I just got done watching Postol fight and I don't see much of a difference Crawford is far more versatile. Watch some more of his fights. He adjust to his opponent where Lara literally fights the same exact fight (off the back foot) every time.

I think Lara is a natural counter puncher who engages VERY selectively. Crawford is not averse to exchanges and his overall mind set is comfortably more offensive than Lara's.

I don't see it either. Completely different. Can you explain the difference to me. I just got done watching Postol fight and I don't see much of a difference

Lara is more of an outside fighter. He likes more space in between.

I don't see the similarities.