Comments Thread For: Crawford: Spence Fight Has Been Talked About For Years, Sometimes You Just Let Those Fights Pass You By

[Boxingfanatic75]

How is me saying Crawford is a 3 weight world champion and Spence isn't showing ignorance of facts when the FACT is EXACTLY that?

How many Hall of famers has Crawford fought? How many Hall of famers were world champions at the weight Crawford was collecting World titles off? Who did he miss?

And how many Hall of famers has Spence fought? Your arguments are seriously unbalanced and seriously biased.. All I ever ask is both fighters are dragged through the same fire.

Neither are truly HOF worthy if we’re being honest. Unifying off vacant titles in my book isn’t HOF worthy. But then again who am I to judge since they truly let anyone into boxing HOF anyway. It’s a joke.

[Boxingfanatic75]

A former undisputed champ forgotten? Youre funny. He goes down in history and is a hall of famer just for that fact alone! Yall haters are weird af.

That was four years ago. In four years within the WW division he hasn’t done much at all. Sure he’ll make the HOF. Hell, almost any boxer can make the HOF but his legacy will be nonexistent.

[landotter]

In a few years Crawford will retire with no big fights under his belt and be quickly forgotten by all but hardcore boxing fans. Legacy is just as much about moments you create and he has non.

Man... that is scary spot on. He has no top moments against anything above just decent, "B" level fighters. And considering the respect level most in the boxing circles have for him it is a harsh reality. But he will be forgotten, just like you say unless he turns things around quickly. An answer to the trivia question of "who was the first 140 unified champ in the 4 belt error".

[DaNeutral.]

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Crawford started his career at 135. He of course became a champion there. Can you name two HoF guys he beat at 135?

He then moved up to 140 and unified the division. No one denies that. How many HoF guys did he beat there?
He then moved to 147 to claim a belt from Jeff Horn who got a got a gift vs PAC. After that, Crawford has fought a bunch of nobodies (Khan, Brook, Kavaliuskas etc).

Spence started at 147 and is still campaigning there. So, your three weight argument is just you showing your ignorance of facts.
Crawford is fighting a guy that Spence already fought.
Spence’s career thus far is not worthy of HoF status but he’s had better fights at 147 than Crawford. If he’s eye is fully healed, he’ll most likely end up with a better record at 147 and will love to 154 after that.

Crawford is a skillful fighter and I think him and Spence are evenly matched but to rag on about a nonexistent record at 147 is just dumb.

How is me saying Crawford is a 3 weight world champion and Spence isn't showing ignorance of facts when the FACT is EXACTLY that?

How many Hall of famers has Crawford fought? How many Hall of famers were world champions at the weight Crawford was collecting World titles off? Who did he miss?

And how many Hall of famers has Spence fought? Your arguments are seriously unbalanced and seriously biased.. All I ever ask is both fighters are dragged through the same fire.

[Oregonian]

And Spence? Seeing as this thread is about the both of them? What greats has Spence fought? Which one of them is a 3 weight world champion and an undisputed world champion?

It seems alot of ppl want to trash Crawford all they can and say nothing about Spence who has done hardly anything compared to Crawford career wise.

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Crawford started his career at 135. He of course became a champion there. Can you name two HoF guys he beat at 135?

He then moved up to 140 and unified the division. No one denies that. How many HoF guys did he beat there?
He then moved to 147 to claim a belt from Jeff Horn who got a got a gift vs PAC. After that, Crawford has fought a bunch of nobodies (Khan, Brook, Kavaliuskas etc).

Spence started at 147 and is still campaigning there. So, your three weight argument is just you showing your ignorance of facts.
Crawford is fighting a guy that Spence already fought.
Spence’s career thus far is not worthy of HoF status but he’s had better fights at 147 than Crawford. If he’s eye is fully healed, he’ll most likely end up with a better record at 147 and will love to 154 after that.

Crawford is a skillful fighter and I think him and Spence are evenly matched but to rag on about a nonexistent record at 147 is just dumb.

[tokon]

Joke division, thanks to promoters, and fighters that are either too amenable or comfortable cruising to relentlessly demand top competition.

As I said the other day, check SMW’s free agent: 12 months, 4 fights, 3 unifications, NO PROMOTERS.

Crawford has made it plain, the $$$ mean much more to him than anything else. Not saying he's wrong to do that, after all it's prizefighting, but that's his agenda.

[SUBZER0ED]

If Crawford and Spence truly wanted to fight each other, they would. Simple as that.

[GrandpaBernard]

Crawford is an undoubtedly talented fighter, but also incredibly unlikeable. He lets petty beefs get in the way of a better legacy.

Problem with Terence is he let many fights pass by

[DaNeutral.]

In a few years Crawford will retire with no big fights under his belt and be quickly forgotten by all but hardcore boxing fans. Legacy is just as much about moments you create and he has non.

And Spence? Seeing as this thread is about the both of them? What greats has Spence fought? Which one of them is a 3 weight world champion and an undisputed world champion?

It seems alot of ppl want to trash Crawford all they can and say nothing about Spence who has done hardly anything compared to Crawford career wise.

[Rodtang]

This may or may not be true, but all I reckon is that this occurs to varying extents with all of boxing’s big middlemen, and PBC have made cross promotion fights before, no problem.

Those cross promotions are always ordered fights, mandatories etc. It's just my opinion of course but Al Haymon doesn't like putting his belts on the line. He's all about in-house. Sure, if all parties really wanted it done, then yes I'm sure they could get it done, and I don't doubt the willingness of the fighters. But someone is stopping that fight happening, and its not the fighters imo. I'm sure if Crawford went to PBC that fight gets made instantly. Once again it's the fans who lose out.