Comments Thread For: Crawford-Porter: Nevada Commission Approves Judges, Referee For Fight

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LAS VEGAS - The Nevada State Athletic Commission unanimously approved a veteran panel of officials Wednesday for the Terence Crawford-Shawn Porter welterweight title fight Saturday night.
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[Bigchip]

This referee was AWFUL…. I mean AWFUL in the Shakur Stevenson fight!!

[NC Uppercut]

At least we don’t have CJ Ross or Patricia Morse Jarman, Adylaide Byrd!
Ruiz seems to pick one fighter over the next, but we shall see how he prevails.

[powershots]

Thank God it wasnt Kenny Payless or Robert Byrd.

[Bigchip]

Thank God it wasnt Kenny Payless or Robert Byrd.

Watch the Shakur fight. You’ll be begging for Bayless or Byrd over this guy.

[anonymous2.0]

Is Celestino that ref with the foot fetish? Regardless, we need younger referees too many of these cats are in their 60s and older.

[Combat Talk Radio]

This referee was AWFUL…. I mean AWFUL in the Shakur Stevenson fight!!

Hmm. Sounds like another asterisk for Mr. Crawford.

What'd the ref do? Not allow infighting (favors Crawford)? Trigger Stoppage (favors Crawford)?

[Hnnnggg]

Hmm. Sounds like another asterisk for Mr. Crawford.

What'd the ref do? Not allow infighting (favors Crawford)? Trigger Stoppage (favors Crawford)?

To be honest, even though Crawford doesn’t have much of an inside game in terms of offense, he’s quite strong in the clinch. His grappling background was evident when he manhandled a bigger opponent in Horn. He’s adept at shutting down an offensive onslaught while turning and maneuvering an opponent to the ropes. If Porter swarms, I could see him nullified by the clinch

[Combat Talk Radio]

To be honest, even though Crawford doesn’t have much of an inside game in terms of offense, he’s quite strong in the clinch. His grappling background was evident when he manhandled a bigger opponent in Horn. He’s adept at shutting down an offensive onslaught while turning and maneuvering an opponent to the ropes. If Porter swarms, I could see him nullified by the clinch

Yeah no. Linebacker Porter gave Spence the business in the early rounds in the trench. Crawford won't be able to deal with too much of that, not when it failed him and resulted in him getting dropped against Kavaliauskas.