Who else ENJOYED the Canelo/Crawford face off (NO Diddy)?

LMAO Lampley: “And now the pre-fight pageantries are about to begin, but before they do…Larry, your thoughts on the main event tonight between Canelo and Crawford.” *Camera zooms out and pans right* Merchant: “Jim…the boxing landscape…has shifted… *Looks slightly down and to his right* …it’s interesting to note that…a…casual comment in passing…17 years ago…caused the pieces to fall into place for a…little known fighter like Manny Pacquiao to thrash the Golden Boy…Oscar de la Hoya…extinguish the falling star…and give birth…to another one. And here we stand…17 years later…wondering…are we about to see something…similar…? Something…different…? A little bit of both…? Here we sit…here we wait…for the theater of the unexpected…to begin.” *Camera zooms out and to the left* Lampley: “Indeed it is. Questions about Canelo’s declining prowess, questions about Crawford’s power three weight classes above his most recent great performance…Max, what do you make of this, as you previously referred to as ‘the perfect storm’?” *Camera zooms out and pans left* Kellerman: “This right here is PROBABLY the sole reason why I’m back on the air. It took the Saudis and Dana White to gather enough money to, not ONLY pay Crawford and Canelo a ludicrous price to get in the ring and fight, but also to pay ME as well when ESPN wouldn’t. And to that end I say…thank you, your excellency! It’s good to be back, Jim! Drinks are on me. And congratulations on your book, by the way!” Lampley: “Thanks, Max! I used to think you were a great analyst, but that was devoid of any pugilistic analysis whatsoever and we are all dumber for having heard what you just said. Let’s send it up to the ring where Michael Buffer is standing by.” Brilliant!

LMAO Lampley: “And now the pre-fight pageantries are about to begin, but before they do…Larry, your thoughts on the main event tonight between Canelo and Crawford.” *Camera zooms out and pans right* Merchant: “Jim…the boxing landscape…has shifted… *Looks slightly down and to his right* …it’s interesting to note that…a…casual comment in passing…17 years ago…caused the pieces to fall into place for a…little known fighter like Manny Pacquiao to thrash the Golden Boy…Oscar de la Hoya…extinguish the falling star…and give birth…to another one. And here we stand…17 years later…wondering…are we about to see something…similar…? Something…different…? A little bit of both…? Here we sit…here we wait…for the theater of the unexpected…to begin.” *Camera zooms out and to the left* Lampley: “Indeed it is. Questions about Canelo’s declining prowess, questions about Crawford’s power three weight classes above his most recent great performance…Max, what do you make of this, as you previously referred to as ‘the perfect storm’?” *Camera zooms out and pans left* Kellerman: “This right here is PROBABLY the sole reason why I’m back on the air. It took the Saudis and Dana White to gather enough money to, not ONLY pay Crawford and Canelo a ludicrous price to get in the ring and fight, but also to pay ME as well when ESPN wouldn’t. And to that end I say…thank you, your excellency! It’s good to be back, Jim! Drinks are on me. And congratulations on your book, by the way!” Lampley: “Thanks, Max! I used to think you were a great analyst, but that was devoid of any pugilistic analysis whatsoever and we are all dumber for having heard what you just said. Let’s send it up to the ring where Michael Buffer is standing by.” This is actually pretty good boxing fan fiction lmao read it all in their voice too.

Bro, Larry isn't way too old, he's way too dead to be at ringside at this point.... LMAO Lampley: “And now the pre-fight pageantries are about to begin, but before they do…Larry, your thoughts on the main event tonight between Canelo and Crawford.” *Camera zooms out and pans right* Merchant: “Jim…the boxing landscape…has shifted… *Looks slightly down and to his right* …it’s interesting to note that…a…casual comment in passing…17 years ago…caused the pieces to fall into place for a…little known fighter like Manny Pacquiao to thrash the Golden Boy…Oscar de la Hoya…extinguish the falling star…and give birth…to another one. And here we stand…17 years later…wondering…are we about to see something…similar…? Something…different…? A little bit of both…? Here we sit…here we wait…for the theater of the unexpected…to begin.” *Camera zooms out and to the left* Lampley: “Indeed it is. Questions about Canelo’s declining prowess, questions about Crawford’s power three weight classes above his most recent great performance…Max, what do you make of this, as you previously referred to as ‘the perfect storm’?” *Camera zooms out and pans left* Kellerman: “This right here is PROBABLY the sole reason why I’m back on the air. It took the Saudis and Dana White to gather enough money to, not ONLY pay Crawford and Canelo a ludicrous price to get in the ring and fight, but also to pay ME as well when ESPN wouldn’t. And to that end I say…thank you, your excellency! It’s good to be back, Jim! Drinks are on me. And congratulations on your book, by the way!” Lampley: “Thanks, Max! I used to think you were a great analyst, but that was devoid of any pugilistic analysis whatsoever and we are all dumber for having heard what you just said. Let’s send it up to the ring where Michael Buffer is standing by.”

- - Watching the usual princesses get the BS hotties over lowbrow face off...priceless...

Stop it, Bud clearly won. wasnt clear at all, looked like a draw to me

Name a fight where Crawf fought to survive? Any time he's ever been hurt he responds with vigor and violence. I see going out on his shield. Charlo fought to survive, cat was scared af crawford never had a size and power gap like this. i predict he will fight to survive this fight. same as charlo. charlo never did before either

This whole thing is so fake, I'm questioning whether it's actually the matrix, and I'm really just sealed up behind some gooey membrane, stacked in a huge cavern, with a hdmi cable plugged into my brain stem. Sure does look totally fake. Seen a lot of these things and this one isn't sparking anything, any excitement. Should be a good for business though. Miss those old fights when you knew it had real tension, grudge, bad blood, mind games, hostility, edge. That rascal Fraudweather ruined the sport.

To be honest, it looked like two guys pretending to be upset with the other. No real tension or hostility, just two business partners pretending to be mad to get more money from fans.

anyone getting excited during a faceoff is sus...

Dd you notice the boss give the hired patsy the cue that the staredown skit was over? And the employee obeyed the silent order like an obedient dog. I don't see this being a real fight, just another business sparring event where nobody gets hurt and they are best friends after. This whole thing is so fake, I'm questioning whether it's actually the matrix, and I'm really just sealed up behind some gooey membrane, stacked in a huge cavern, with a hdmi cable plugged into my brain stem.

history has taught us you must win at least 9 rounds to get the decision over Saul Bivol 9-3 Saul and was ruled 115-113 Floyd 11-1 Saul and was ruled one draw card rofl they don’t protect Saul as much these days so maybe 8 rounds gets the decision But boxing is about money There still potential big fight in the pipeline for Saul-David TBud only other big fight is rematch You raise an EXCELLENT point Kittmeister...according to CompuBox, Bivol outlanded Canelo 152 vs. 84 punches overall and in ALL 12 rounds yet was only awarded victory by the narrowest of margins (115-113 on all 3 scorecards). Therefore, imagine how dominant Crawford needs to be in order to win the undisputed championship? :rofl:

What's past a dead horse's bones? Cause you've been beating it forever probably dust now Doesn’t matter. He still ain’t beating Terence “TBE, Superman” Crawford

I enjoyed it. Very cordial for the most part but I like the little jabs from Bud and Nelo. I kind of roll my eyes whenever I see Ring Magazine owner Rick Reeno. He looks like a parking lot owner, dressed either as a golfer (like last night) or like a RUN DMC reject, who’s so unnecessarily extra wearing white gloves any time he has to whip out that custom made RING magazine belt when promoting this fight. Like, dude…we get it. But no, he has to brag about how much there’s been spent on the belt and why it’s important. Dude, stop. I’m glad the fight’s large…but at the same time what comes with it is a bunch of people making decisions about the entire process who rarely have a hand in the business. I like seeing Rosie Perez as a fan ringside…just…not as a commentator nor when they try to shoehorn in celebrities (who probably ARE fans) as blow by blow or color commentary. It’s kind of like how they randomly dropped Nate Campbell and Ray Mancini in to the broadcast of Adrien Broner’s PPV bout by Don King. Just…please stop. Get Lampley in there, he was great in New York. Get Kellerman probably in there. I like Larry Merchant, but he’s waaaaaaaaaaayyy too old to be ringside at this point. Just put in any mix of Lampley, Kellerman, Roy Jones, Tarver, and Bernstein. That would be perfect. Bro, Larry isn't way too old, he's way too dead to be at ringside at this point....

He ain’t beating Terence “TBE” Crawford What's past a dead horse's bones? Cause you've been beating it forever probably dust now

I enjoyed it. Very cordial for the most part but I like the little jabs from Bud and Nelo. I kind of roll my eyes whenever I see Ring Magazine owner Rick Reeno. He looks like a parking lot owner, dressed either as a golfer (like last night) or like a RUN DMC reject, who’s so unnecessarily extra wearing white gloves any time he has to whip out that custom made RING magazine belt when promoting this fight. Like, dude…we get it. But no, he has to brag about how much there’s been spent on the belt and why it’s important. Dude, stop. I’m glad the fight’s large…but at the same time what comes with it is a bunch of people making decisions about the entire process who rarely have a hand in the business. I like seeing Rosie Perez as a fan ringside…just…not as a commentator nor when they try to shoehorn in celebrities (who probably ARE fans) as blow by blow or color commentary. It’s kind of like how they randomly dropped Nate Campbell and Ray Mancini in to the broadcast of Adrien Broner’s PPV bout by Don King. Just…please stop. Get Lampley in there, he was great in New York. Get Kellerman probably in there. I like Larry Merchant, but he’s waaaaaaaaaaayyy too old to be ringside at this point. Just put in any mix of Lampley, Kellerman, Roy Jones, Tarver, and Bernstein. That would be perfect. I wrote this either yesterday and who shows up announced as one of the guys from the broadcast team for this fight? Max Kellerman… I feel like the Robin Williams Jumanji meme is appropriate here: “WHAT YEAR IS IT?!” This is perfect. If Dana White is at the Las Vegas press tour stop and reveals that Lampley is going to be on that broadcast team I will LOSE.MY.SHHHHHHHH

I know the ignorant casuals are eating this up, just like they did with Tyson vs Paul, but honestly this shiet is lame as hell.

Saul most durable guy in boxing today only time I remember him being hurt was as a weight drained big boy squeezing down to 147 facing Jose Cotto but he weighed 150...

100%...Canelo is still a GREAT fighter who gave undefeated young guns like Munguia & Berlanga their first losses recently and beat the daylights out of Charlo. However, Crawford is an equivalent talent who's at the peak of his career. The ONLY thing that makes me lean slightly towards Canelo (bar the weight) is that he's undisputed champion and I doubt they'll give Crawford the decision if he has another close fight like Madrimov. He has to beat him convincingly. And the fact he hasn’t fought in a year Ring rust will be a detrimental factor in the fight imo

I'm with you, you know your boxing for sure. I'm a Nelo fan, and he hasn't look the same the past few years since the Caleb Plant fight. If he brings out that version it's an easy win for Canelo. I know Crawford is extremely and technically skilled, too, and I think Crawford could potentially beat him even if he's the huge underdog. 100%...Canelo is still a GREAT fighter who gave undefeated young guns like Munguia & Berlanga their first losses recently and beat the daylights out of Charlo. However, Crawford is an equivalent talent who's at the peak of his career. The ONLY thing that makes me lean slightly towards Canelo (bar the weight) is that he's undisputed champion and I doubt they'll give Crawford the decision if he has another close fight like Madrimov. He has to beat him convincingly.

He ain’t beating Terence “TBE” Crawford I'm inclined to agree as Crawford is probably one of the very FEW fighters on the planet who can beat Canelo at this stage of his career (5 years ago would've been a different story). However, you have to remember that this is for ALL the marbles as opposed to a single belt so if he has another close fight (like Madrimov), I don't think he'll get the decision. In other words, he has to beat him DECISIVELY in order to become undisputed champion and make history.