Comments Thread For: Crawford: When I Beat Spence, I'll Show I'm The Greatest Fighter of This Era

[champion4ever]

"When Crawford (39-0, 30 KOs) was asked if he should be considered the greatest welterweight of all time should he beat Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) on July 29 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, he answered, “of course – hands down.”

What does that mean?

His career in its totality; If he should win against Errol Spence, Jr would put him in the debate as one of the all-time great fighters in the history of the sport but not as an all-time great welterweight. I don't agree with that. His resume' at welterweight doesn't justify it.

[Smash]

His career in its totality; If he should win against Errol Spence, Jr would put him in the debate as one of the all-time great fighters in the history of the sport but not as an all-time great welterweight. I don't agree with that. His resume' at welterweight doesn't justify it.

Exactly, teo thinks he is doing something that noone else has done in the sport & bud thinks he is the best WW of all time if he beats spence, thats high levels of delusion right there so they could have a great convo about their collective achievements while outdoors staring at the clouds

[dukesville]

Pacman is one of my favorite fighters of all time but he is not one of the "greatest welterweights of all time" that is a ridiculous statement.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

Easy to see the haters lol.

As a guy who has followed both fighters since they started, I like them both. Both pretty classy, both skilled, both likable guys.

In the ring I give Bud the advantage as he has a higher ring IQ, he figures everyone out for a few rounds and then lands the big shots. Can he do it to Spence? Probably. Spence can win this fight if he sticks and moves and fights as he did against Mikey. But it is a harder task against Bud, who can hurt Spence quickly. Bud is a dog, and he will not let Spence off the hook.

I expect a close fight with Spence up on the cards, right to the moment where Bud times him coming in, and ends it. And I am honestly expecting a brutal stoppage as Bud has been through the ringer about Spence and he knows that a spectacular finish makes a statement. IF Spence can make it to the final bell, and wins a decision, mark my words, the fight will be seen as a dud and Spence will catch hell from fans. Then he will move up to fight a superstar type of fight for big money, maybe twice, and retire. Spence has all the telltale signs of a guy who is ready to retire. If Bud wins by KO, the haters all say Spence was damaged, if it had happened before the wreck it is a different fight, etc. And Bud goes up, beats Charlo, and retires off that and maybe one more big payday. I don't think either guy will want a rematch, unless for some some reason the first fight sells over a million and warrants it.

Crawford is already one of the best fighters of his era. He definitely makesa case for best of his era if he stops Spence. It isn't the strongest era for boxing, and unfortunately we can't clone SRL, Floyd, Hearns, Hagler, etc and see how Bud does. I think eye test, he competes with any of them. He makes good fighters look bad, that is really his problem.

[satiev1]

The excuses that the spence fan boys are gonna use. Spence is past his prime and he is not the same post accident. They will discredit bud's one sided beatdown.

[satiev1]

easy to see the haters lol.

As a guy who has followed both fighters since they started, i like them both. Both pretty classy, both skilled, both likable guys.

In the ring i give bud the advantage as he has a higher ring iq, he figures everyone out for a few rounds and then lands the big shots. Can he do it to spence? Probably. Spence can win this fight if he sticks and moves and fights as he did against mikey. But it is a harder task against bud, who can hurt spence quickly. Bud is a dog, and he will not let spence off the hook.

I expect a close fight with spence up on the cards, right to the moment where bud times him coming in, and ends it. And i am honestly expecting a brutal stoppage as bud has been through the ringer about spence and he knows that a spectacular finish makes a statement. If spence can make it to the final bell, and wins a decision, mark my words, the fight will be seen as a dud and spence will catch hell from fans. Then he will move up to fight a superstar type of fight for big money, maybe twice, and retire. Spence has all the telltale signs of a guy who is ready to retire. If bud wins by ko, the haters all say spence was damaged, if it had happened before the wreck it is a different fight, etc. And bud goes up, beats charlo, and retires off that and maybe one more big payday. I don't think either guy will want a rematch, unless for some some reason the first fight sells over a million and warrants it.

Crawford is already one of the best fighters of his era. He definitely makesa case for best of his era if he stops spence. It isn't the strongest era for boxing, and unfortunately we can't clone srl, floyd, hearns, hagler, etc and see how bud does. I think eye test, he competes with any of them. He makes good fighters look bad, that is really his problem.

only difference is i don't see spence wining on the cards prior to the stoppage unless they're a huge massive robbery which is possible. To me this fight is a 80/20 in favor of bud.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

only difference is i don't see spence wining on the cards prior to the stoppage unless they're a huge massive robbery which is possible. To me this fight is a 80/20 in favor of bud.

Judges will like Spence boxing more than Bud waiting and watching for the first few rounds, IMO. Spence is a very good fighter, but one dimensional. Spence will have a long night trying not to get caught.

[-Kev-]

A win over a nearly retired, damaged goods fighter who said himself BEFORE the fight was even signed that he doesn’t have much time left due to the accident. Not even a post fight excuse, he just said it being honest as to why the fight has to happen soon.

[rrayvez]

Exactly, teo thinks he is doing something that noone else has done in the sport & bud thinks he is the best WW of all time if he beats spence, thats high levels of delusion right there so they could have a great convo about their collective achievements while outdoors staring at the clouds

Not that nobody has ever done it, but how many guys that you know of beat 2 Ring ranked top 10 pound for pound guys across 2 different weight classes the way Teo did? Within 5 fights on top of that.

[joseph5620]

Oh brother, he's going to have to do more than just beating an older Spence with car and eye injuries. I would of given Crawford more credit if he would of beaten Spence 3 4 year's back...

That's a lot of BS. Spence has shown no ill effects so basically you're just making pre fight excuses to discredit Crawford.