Forget accomplishments, name, accolades, titles, and all that.
In terms of boxing ability only, how would you rank these 4 from best to worst?
(in no particular order)
Canelo
Fury
Loma
Crawford
Taking into account their accuracy, defense, movement, timing, adaptability, ring IQ, ring generalship, punch variety, layers to their game, etc..
Explain your ranking.
I swear to God that every fight I see Crawford fight I've never seen him fight at 100%, never been taken to deep waters and had to dig deep to win a fight, no boxer has taxed him, it's like a sparring match for him.
- -While Bud near pitch perfect, he did struggle adapting to the quick, unorthodox movement of Gamboa and the size/skills of Postol.
But he got her done in the end, sorta like Spence/Porter, hence the heavy desire for that fight though after the near Spence tragedy, their even fight had shifted to Bud as the fav.
Loma would have been my number one but he showed some flaws against Lopez that I did not know about and it dropped him lower. He fought a stupid fight that showed a lack of ring IQ at least for that fight. He won rounds 8 9 10 and 11 and lost all other rounds to a very good fighter. I expected him to win and if he was as good and smart as I thought he was he would have won. So right now I rank Canelo the best all around boxer. Canelo has slowly but surely improved his boxing a lot since Mayweather beat him. Crawford is my second pick. he has become a cherry picker but so far he has won all his fights by a large amount and he always fights a smart fight and has lots of boxing skills. Loma is still an excellent boxer as he has shown many times so he is my 3rd choice. Fury is a good boxer but not as good as the other 3 in my opinion. He is the best boxing heavyweight now but I don't think any heavyweights are as good as some of the best fighters in some of the lower weights today.
I swear to God that every fight I see Crawford fight I've never seen him fight at 100%, never been taken to deep waters and had to dig deep to win a fight, no boxer has taxed him, it's like a sparring match for him.
That’s why he still has a question mark over his name, he hasn’t fought anyone worthy of his skills. You can look out of this world but if your not fighting competitive fights what does it matter.
Canelo is top of the bunch.
Loma is fighting bigger guys and still shines, despite his loss.
Fury looks sloppy at times but can do anything he feels like doing, against the best( he fights up, not down)
Crawford, could probably be the best of the bunch but needs to prove it.
Forget accomplishments, name, accolades, titles, and all that.
In terms of boxing ability only, how would you rank these 4 from best to worst?
(in no particular order)
Canelo
Fury
Loma
Crawford
Taking into account their accuracy, defense, movement, timing, adaptability, ring IQ, ring generalship, punch variety, layers to their game, etc..
Explain your ranking.
Canelo
Fury
Crawford
Loma
They are all great. I think that Loma is the easiest to beat of the four, so has to go bottom. Fury and Crawford have similarities, but Fury has more of an around game and is harder to beat. Canelo is very skilled but was well beaten by Mayweather and let's be honest Golovkin 1, Lara could have been a draw. Whereas Fury rises to the toughest challenges.
Fury
Canelo
Crawford
Loma (easily)
Forget accomplishments, name, accolades, titles, and all that.
In terms of boxing ability only, how would you rank these 4 from best to worst?
(in no particular order)
Canelo
Fury
Loma
Crawford
Taking into account their accuracy, defense, movement, timing, adaptability, ring IQ, ring generalship, punch variety, layers to their game, etc..
Explain your ranking.
1. Terence Crawford
He looks so fluid and smooth in the ring. I admit that whenever I shadowbox, I always throw my lead hand out high and feint the jab with it in honor of his technique. That hand can go from guard, to measuring tape, to pile-driver jab, all in one fluid, indivisible movement, setting up something even more devastating for the right as well. The best part is, he doesn’t have much of a set style like most boxers, even great boxers like Mayweather (counter-puncher) or Pacquiao (brawler) can get “stuck” in one style, but not Crawford. Crawford can out-slick someone one fight and out-brawl someone the next, or even change mid-fight if he has to, like he did vs. “MeanMachine”. He reminds me a lot of Sugar Ray Leonard. I may have to eat a slice of humble pie again like I did with the LomaLopez fight, but unlike Lomachenko, I don’t think Crawford will ever lose his zero. I think head to head, he beats Spence and Porter and also would have beat Mayweather and Pacquiao in their primes as well. Like one poster recently said about DeLaHoya, being good at everything, it’s the same with Crawford, except that he is GREAT at everything. As for durability, I mean, even a bullet to the head couldn’t stop this guy.
2. Canelo Alvarez
I think that as Canelo has matured and really come into his prime, he really has blossomed into an ATG (a lower-level ATG, but an ATG nonetheless). He has quite possibly the best ring generalship at this time in boxing, and his chin is probably the best of anyone currently fighting at any weight. I’ve never seen him hurt or even buzzed in a fight, and yet he took a bolt of lightning from Jacobs and two absolute bunker-busters from GGG, and shook them off. Incredible. His punch selection is great, and his defense is quite underrated as well.
3. Tyson Fury
He has heart on a sort of level few ever reach. He’s quite agile for someone so big, and he can fight defensively like a bigger, clumsier version of Mayweather, or bring the heat and knock you out as well.
4. Vasyl Lomachenko
He has probably the best amateur pedigree since SRR, and no matter what people say, that STILL means something. He hasn’t had the best pro career (2 losses in only 16 fights), and too often his detractors point this out. However, watch him in the ring and you’ll see one of the better technical boxers of our time. Those who mock this statement are most likely zero-worshippers, but he will always be one of the smartest fighters no matter how many times he loses. His great mistake was going too high in the weight classes. He is a tiny person and could have dominated if he stayed in his proper weight classes.
AJ beat a broken boxer(Broken br Fury) for vacant belts(left vacant by Fury), Fury has never lost to a boxer only to Coke, Fury then picked the last championship he was missing(WBC) by K.Oing the K.O Artist. How is he not Undisputed?
The belt janitor in charge of keeping the belts warm lost by K.O to the Sneaker Champion, then wan by UD by pot shotting a walking Taco from a safe distance instead of paying back the K.O
Ah....crazed stipulations
AJ may have something to say about who's undisputed
AJ beat a broken boxer(Broken br Fury) for vacant belts(left vacant by Fury), Fury has never lost to a boxer only to Coke, Fury then picked the last championship he was missing(WBC) by K.Oing the K.O Artist. How is he not Undisputed?
The belt janitor in charge of keeping the belts warm lost by K.O to the Sneaker Champion, then wan by UD by pot shotting a walking Taco from a safe distance instead of paying back the K.O
I'd have to go Crawford/Canelo, Fury, then Lomachenko.
Crawford and Canelo is essentially a draw in skills for me. They both can box in the more traditional sense and they both know how to press for the stoppage.
Fury might not be the fastest heavyweight, or the strongest heavyweight, or the smarter heavyweight in the ring but he does one thing very well which is the only thing that matters. He fights to whatever advantage he has over you. Your stronger and faster then him, he'll make it a low output fight. Your smaller then him, he'll make sure you notice the size difference.
Lomachenko is a great fighter but it feels like he gets stuck in 100mph speed. The adapting part is what he lacks the most and cost him in the Teofimo fight.
Yes so when judging those skills they must be considered against elite comp.
Alotta Lower level guys can look skillful against c level comp then look ordinary when moving up.
Like you said Crawford has yet to prove that against top comp so that automatically excludes him from this List.
OP is suggesting that ''if'' a guy has skills but has yet to be tested, those skills should prevail.
Beating up Brook will not prove a thing. If Bud loses even a rd :(
You guys have to stop listening to the biased media.
Look for yourself only guys like Canelo fury and Loma have beaten top comp.
Please name one elite fighter Crawford had beaten??????
I know at 140 Crawford would have beaten Siri and Teofimo
Forget accomplishments, name, accolades, titles, and all that.
In terms of boxing ability only, how would you rank these 4 from best to worst?
(in no particular order)
Canelo
Fury
Loma
Crawford
Taking into account their accuracy, defense, movement, timing, adaptability, ring IQ, ring generalship, punch variety, layers to their game, etc..
Explain your ranking.
Canelo
Loma
Crawford
Fury