If Crawford stops Porter, should he be favored over Spence?

[Sheldon312]

????????????! If he does, I think he should be favored over Spence

[hugh grant]

Yes, why not? Doesn't really matter, bud will need to fight spence to prove it is justified

[F l i c k e r]

If he knocks Porter smooth tf out? Not some bs ref stoppage?

Then, sure.

And I will be betting on Spence.

[buddyr]

well I favor him over Spence now. His fight with Danny Garcia showed me nothing

[b Murphington]

Crawford ain’t KOing Porter. Porter tough as nails. Either way, I would favor Spence anyways going into it.

[Sctrojan]

I'd still favor him over Spence even if he doesn't...

[F l i c k e r]

well I favor him over Spence now. His fight with Danny Garcia showed me nothing

Yeah cause Danny fought to survive. He even disappointed his father who said we cant win if you dont throw punches.

that man was fully aware of his mortality in that fight with The Truth, Errol Spence Jr

[TBETroll]

????????????! If he does, I think he should be favored over Spence

Most knowledgeable posters have favored Crawford over Spence since Crawford moved to 147. Crawford has been undefeated across 3 weight classes, unified at 140, and has KO'd every WW opponent, 2 of which were undefeated.

Spence is still trying to clean out his 1st division and doing some interesting "swerve" moves to avoid Crawford, Thurman, and Pacman.

Oh well

[Combat Talk Radio]

If he knocks Porter smooth tf out? Not some bs ref stoppage?

Then, sure.

This is the correct answer.

No low blow (Khan).
No holding and hitting (Kavaliauskas)
No windmill for a trigger ref (Horn).

Porter's not injured, so there won't be a Benavidez moment, and Porter's fully motivated, so there won't be a Kell Brook moment.


If Crawford gets a CLEAR knockout or a CLEAR stoppage - where it cannot be refuted that Porter's life was in imminent danger - then I will concede Crawford as a threat.

However, I know Shawn Porter, and the most likely outcome is a close SD or close UD, and more likely a robbery one way or the other. Because Porter comes to win, period. Nobody can name a fight where that guy didn't work his ass off to get the W.

Plus, I know Crawford's temper. Once he eats a headbutt, he's going to get pissed off, he's going to go to war and that's Porter's strength, not his, as Gamboa taught him.

[F l i c k e r]

This is the correct answer.

No low blow (Khan).
No holding and hitting (Kavaliauskas)
No windmill for a trigger ref (Horn).

Porter's not injured, so there won't be a Benavidez moment, and Porter's fully motivated, so there won't be a Kell Brook moment.


If Crawford gets a CLEAR knockout or a CLEAR stoppage - where it cannot be refuted that Porter's life was in imminent danger - then I will concede Crawford as a threat.

However, I know Shawn Porter, and the most likely outcome is a close SD or close UD, and more likely a robbery one way or the other. Because Porter comes to win, period. Nobody can name a fight where that guy didn't work his ass off to get the W.

Plus, I know Crawford's temper. Once he eats a headbutt, he's going to get pissed off, he's going to go to war and that's Porter's strength, not his, as Gamboa taught him.

That's what I am thinking too. (Kell Brook was over the hill and not suitable for 147 though)

I've had doubts about this high level boxing IQ that people rave for Crawford about. To me, he looks like an athletic boxer with KO power in both hands. But generally, he is windmilling or fighting like Walters basically. More puncher-than-boxer type.

I'm not sure he makes the adjustments to Porter's brawling style. Now if Porter comes in there trying to box him like Bradley did Pacquiao, he might actually get KO'd by Crawford.