Crawford is the Same Age as GGG from the 1st Canelo Fight, why is there pessimism?

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  • Thuglife Nelo
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    Crawford is the Same Age as GGG from the 1st Canelo Fight, why is there pessimism?

    GGG is still badass. Why are people complaining about Crawford’s age. If anything I’d say Crawford isn’t draining to make Welterweight. As we saw, GGG operates nicely at 168. Neutralized Canelo from a stoppage
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    ggg is old ass, not bad ass, crawford will soon be old ass as well

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    • STREET CLEANER
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      GGG has that power that has to be respected and can bail him out, the last thing to go.

      Bud relies on his skill that age affects more. The reflexes and legs that he rely so much upon can diminish extensively

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        #4
        Originally posted by STREET CLEANER
        GGG has that power that has to be respected and can bail him out, the last thing to go.

        Bud relies on his skill that age affects more. The reflexes and legs that he rely so much upon can diminish extensively
        Idk man, great fighters usually turn into amazing counterpunchers.

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        • Thuglife Nelo
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          #5
          Originally posted by Smash
          ggg is old ass, not bad ass, crawford will soon be old ass as well
          Bhop and Foreman, age wise, are one of my favorite fighters of all time. I think Luis Ortiz is as old as Bhop when the executioner had fought Shumenov or Kovalev. I still want to see GGG in quality fights. If he were to stop Munguia in great fashion it’d be a tremendous win.

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            #6
            Originally posted by STREET CLEANER
            GGG has that power that has to be respected and can bail him out, the last thing to go.

            Bud relies on his skill that age affects more. The reflexes and legs that he rely so much upon can diminish extensively
            That’s a maybe. I think the only time I ever seen GGG in trouble was in a couple seconds from a Curtis Stevens assault, which imo is comparable to when Bud got caught by Kavalauskus

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            • Silence
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              Return to your hole and stay retired if you will make BS threads like that. Crawfish is basically the biggest fraud in current boxing. He fucked up value of being p4p with his mediocre eye test and poor resume.

              As an answer to the question, his style is based on athleticism and using his reach effectively. GGG eats 100 clean punches and still can keep fighting. Crawfish got hurt by Shawn "Retired" Porter and knocked down by Mean Machine. I always liked Spence by late TKO against him because of his very high output.

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              • Thuglife Nelo
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                Originally posted by Silence
                Return to your hole and stay retired if you will make BS threads like that. Crawfish is basically the biggest fraud in current boxing. He fucked up value of being p4p with his mediocre eye test and poor resume.
                History doesn’t shine on ESPN or other Pound for Pound rankings so I don’t why you don’t like Crawford? His record is still good, though historically his opponents won’t be highly remembered. It doesn’t mean he was a fraud, he was just fortunate to live in an era where television retention and subscribers needed persuasion to attract the ESPN brand. With that being said, no need to call him a fraud. Maybe a hype job for sure, but indeed a talented fighter who gets the job done when the going gets tough

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                • HandsofIron
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                  Because time is not on Crawford's side. What big, house hold name can elevate Crawford's brand to the next level? Spence, Thurman, Ennis, Oritz, Charlo? None of them are PPV stars.

                  Crawford, who is a once in a generation type of talent, should of fought Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao when he had the chance but blew it for some reason. And he's got nobody to blame but himself.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by HandsofIron
                    Because time is not on Crawford's side. What big, house hold name can elevate Crawford's brand to the next level? Spence, Thurman, Ennis, Oritz, Charlo? None of them are PPV stars.

                    Crawford, who is a once in a generation type of talent, should have fought Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao when he had the chance but blew it for some reason. And he's got nobody to blame but himself.
                    “Once in a generation fighters” are guys like SRR, Duran, SRL, Hearns, Loma, Tyson, Floyd, Pac-Man, Rigo, Canelo, Fury etc

                    Crawford is talented but he wasn’t operating like Boots Ennis in the ring at his age. Surely you’re referring to eye tests as well

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