Comments Thread For: Spence-Crawford Countdown Prompts Fighting Words from Early 2000s Champ

[Boxfan83]

Floyd never fought a prime black American fighter so all this talk of Tommy Hearns, Paul Williams, Spence, & Crawford is ridiculous.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Bro, you said he beat the guys he was supposed to beat. You're talking about Winky , Lara, Margarito,Martinez etc. If he was supposed to beat those elite fighters, then how can you say he's overrated? Because he DID beat them. Cmon now.

Margacheato was NOT elite. He was durable. He was rough. He was rugged. Somewhat powerful. NOT elite. Elite fighters don't get embarrassed by the ghost of Shane Mosley.

And again - Lara/Martinez don't count. Robberies, or close to.

That leaves Winky.

Winky Wright was a good fighter - except, Fernando Vargas showed that Winky excelled only against guys on the way out. Meanwhile, B-Hop embarrassed him and he should have lost against Jermain Taylor.