Comments Thread For: Terence Crawford: "The Greatest Fight Of My Career Was Against Ricky Burns"

[nghtmr111]

This is laughable.

[real raw]

Yes, I remember his fight with Ricky Burns. That was when he won his first world title at 135 in Glasgow, Scotland. He put on a complete masterclass in that fight. By winning via a unanimous decision.

That is the one thing that both him and Spence have in common. They both won their first world titles in Great Britain. EJ won his first title at 147 in Sheffield, England against Kell Brook by 11th round KO.

Maybe that's what he means, that it was his best performance in his opinion. Not necessarily his toughest opponent or fight.

[Lupara]

Everyone in this thread are missing the context of his answer lol

[Combat Talk Radio]

Hmm. Not a lot of people satisfied with this response. But the thing is...Crawford is saying what I've said all along: his fight with Ricky Burns was his best performance. Because it really was.

The ref didn't allow him to get dirty (Khan low blow, Kavaliauskas hold-and-hit, etc.). He had no choice but to straight up box and show me something - and that night, he truly looked like an elite fighter. As a result of not being able to break rules, he was forced to go the distance, but he looked like a top fighter in doing so. No asterisk whatsoever.

[greeneye99]

The only difference is Spence actually beat a dangerous opponent that wasn’t overmatched

Well since you're soo confident put your $100 on Spence I going with Crawford
Let's Bet....

[Boxing2695]

Maybe that's what he means, that it was his best performance in his opinion. Not necessarily his toughest opponent or fight.

I think he means it's more what it meant because it was his first world title had to go away to Scotland to get it. Just like Spence did against brook but Spence had hype around him and rightly so he was a beast where as bud didn't really before he won his first world title so that kinda took him to the next level

[Sid-Knee]

Beating a shot fighter should never be anyone's greatest fight. I understand it was where you became champion for the first time. But still.

[Sid-Knee]

I understand why Crawford feels that way because it was his first world title in a foreign country against a credible opponent. Obviously, some people will discredit Burns but he's not a bad fighter. Boxer's aren't split into two categories - bum or great, some are just in-between.

Burns was a good world class fighter when at his best. But against Crawford he was a finished fighter. His last good fight was against Mitchell. Then he changed dramatically after that and looked horrible against Gonzales were he was lucky he quit later in the fight as he was running away with it. Then he lost to Beltran but got a gift decision.

[BoZz]

burns? lol...no wonder you only hold one belt, I mean even you having that one belt it's actually impressive considering the quality of fighters you've fought so far

[millcitymauler]

Everyone in this thread are missing the context of his answer lol

Im right with you bro - I’m chuckling to myself reading some of the comments in this thread