Comments Thread For: Vergil Ortiz: I Don't Think I Can Take Out Crawford Like That, Will Probably Go Distance

[Get em up]

Thurman beats this kid.

Get real, kid beat ex 140 champ. he should beat somebody like Josesito Lopez or Jamal James before moving on.

I didnt say Thurman couldn't beat Ortiz I believe he would but it's more winnable than Crawford by all means. Even if fights and loses to 1 or the other his stock goes up just for trying to be great.

[Tatabanya]

He learnt to play a Black Sabbath song, he is now one of my favorite fighters.

He is quite versatile, too. Plays nice piano as well, even some Beethoven. Next time I hope to hear him playing "Laguna Sunrise"

[SUBZER0ED]

Ortiz says he thinks a fight with Crawford would go the distance. If he takes shots from Bud like he took from Hooker, he'll get starched.

[Jab jab boom]

If anyone is getting ko’d , it’ll be Ortiz.

[Sosay]

Don't do it yet Ortiz. Go for another step up or Bud will KO you. No way you take his punches for twelve.

[Drigo]

Crawford will KO you Ortiz. Your style is tailor made for Crawford...

[slimPickings]

Nice and humble kid. The kind you want to root for. He takes too many punches for my liking. As he steps up he is going to be absorbing a lot of punishment to get any kind of win. His opponents have been CAREFULLY selected thus far. Put him in against a Danny Garcia and if he can win and do it impressively then I will be sold. Until then he is just a stronger version of Alex Saucedo. And please keep him away from Bud. He gets assaulted and the towel gets thrown in to save him from himself.

[PRchamp]

Make the fight happen. Crawford-Ortiz is a intriguing fight due to the fact that Crawford is 33 years old and his defense is not too good, he too can easily be hit just
like Ortiz can be hit.

Crawford is leaves his body open a lot and Benevidez had success going to the body and I see Ortiz ripping Crawford to the body and knocking Crawford out. Crawford is good but he’s not great, his 147 resume is weak and thin. Also when has Crawford been in with a puncher that has skills?

[landotter]

You're right, and I agree with Crawford being maybe a step too far right now.

However... has Bud ever been struck by the kind of shots Vergil throws, especially body shots? That's a big question mark.

No, I do not think he has. If Ortiz gets to Crawford, he can certainly wake him up and make him respect his power. Cannot see Ortiz winning this at this stage of each career, Crawford is so fundamentally sound, a sharpshooter, and has a nasty streak in there. But I love that Ortiz is willing. I see this like Alvarez taking a shot at Mayweather when he did- he may have got schooled because he just was not on that level yet, but he became a better fighter because of it.

[Doubledagger]

Disagree with you Ortiz. That fight aint never going twelf. If you don't knock Bud out, he gonna knock you out.

Bud don't play around like that, and neither should you.

You're going in there with a killer. Get your head in the game because its gonna be kill or get killed in there.