Who is/was more skilled Crawford or Pernell

Whitaker and it ain’t close.

Pea fought better comp with less weaponry. His KO % could have been higher if he fought the guys Bud has.

Pernell was more skilled overall but wouldn’t have the size or power to keep Crawford from coming forward. Crawford has the reach advantage as well. I think it ends up looking like the Trinidad fight but by a closer decision for Crawford.

Pernell was more skilled on offense also. He just didn't have a bunch of power and was usually the smaller fighter vs his opponent.

pernel beat chavez, and bud beat porter. Id say pernel

The one and only, Terence “TBE” Crawford

...is it me or is Crawford's defense overrated?

lol he stops a 34 year old porter and now we have to compare him to whitaker? anyways had they fought the speed and defense would have been too much for crawford. yeah he has good offense and strength but he isnt particularly fast and he also isnt high volume so whitaker would pick him off pretty easily

I love Crawford but too me asking this question is silly. He never really faced GREAT FIGHTERS except Porter.

Better defense - Whitaker Better offense - Crawford Defense wise, Crawford ain't shit compared to Whitaker, in fact, Crawford gets hit quite often, even by tomato cans. Sweet Pea was almost untouchable in his prime Sweet Pea had very good offense too, a fantastic jab, problem is he couldn't smash a cake So Crawford is a better offensive fighter, just because he can punch hard, along with the switch hitting, something he excels at If the question is who's more overall skilled, it's Sweet Pea no doubt, just because he's more proven, against much better fighters than anyone on Crawford's underwhelming resume. anyone with some level of skill can look like a million bucks against overmatched opponents