Comments Thread For: Spence Believes Crawford's Power Is Overstated Considering Who He's Fought

[elfag]

crawford hasnt went the distance in like 6 years. hes catching guys with counters some that they dont see. that is what spence needs to worry about. spence was rocked by Ugas and it technically should have been called a knockdown by the ref because spence fell into the ropes from a punch, the ropes holding him up, if the ropes prevent you from falling that is a knockdown...

anyways that is what spence has to be worried about is a punch from an angle he doesnt see coming because crawford 100% has enough power to hurt him

[Oregonian]

Lol nobody has accused Crawford of being a big puncher. Spencer just nervous cause he was heralded as a big puncher then fought a bunch of mediocre fighters and his ko streak stopped

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Mediocre fighters like Khan, Kavaliauskas, Benavidez, Horn etc? Those guys?

[Smash]

shakur says crawford beats him up worse than his step dad did, thats good enough for me

[JLC]

A lot of fans and media talk about Crawford’s power and his overrated 10 KO’s in a row.

Right now his hype is at GGG level before GGG fought Jacobs and Canelo, two actual top, prime fighters. GGG fans claimed he will KO Canelo in 6 rounds or less. Odds were strong for GGG by KO. His fans also thought he would KO Jacobs in 3 rounds.

So overhyped, Crawford is going through similar hype. This hype is based on a bunch weak, old, or past prime opponents.

The last prime, top ranked, actual solid opponent he fought that fans were actually very interested in was Viktor Postol. Sure he won, clearly, and that was a great win (I was a Bud fan at the time), but his power wasn’t there. Then TR fed him all those weak opponents and all of sudden he’s a KO artist. Even struggled to get a wounded Benavidez out of there until the 12th round. Benavidez couldn’t even move his back foot

Didn’t he drop Postol twice ? Was Postol at the time a better fighter than Porter when he faced Crawford ?

how does a close fight vs Spence and a shutout win vs Formella age a fighter to the point where they are so easily stopped ? He dropped Porter the same amount of times he dropped Postol.

I don’t think Buds power is overstated. That said I know Spence is much more durable than anybody Bud has fought as of yet. Both of these guys have solid power and should make for a good fight that can go either way.

[-Kev-]

I'm the drama queen? Says the guy who wrote a biography

Spencer by robbery

You sound like an idiot. Didn’t you have another account? Did you get banned for sh/tposting?

So it’s going the distance? Oh so Crawford’s “power” won’t save him vs Spence? Gotcha.

[hitmanjosh]

People are arguing about vallet points from both sides, but the real solution to Bud and his power is his sharpness; because sharpness creates speed and speed creates power so if you can't control the sharpness it will be difficult to control him and he will have power throughout. I like both guys and have always said Crawford wins, however on a bet I'm leining towards Spence due to natural size and solid fundamentals all around plus he's tuff as nails.

[Rigpig]

I don’t understand why everyone always thinks Bud is so much smaller. He walks around 180 when he’s not cutting weight he’s posted it online numerous times. If Spence is that much heavier it’s because of poor lifestyle not because he’s so much more muscular and bigger. Bud lives in the gym he’s always training. Spence is known for his drinking whether that stopped after his wreck who knows.

[joesaiditstrue]

I don't think Bud is going to stand and trade with Spence until the second half of the fight

[Gary Coleman]

They're all Earnie Shavers until they get in the ring with top level opposition. Seen it time and time again.

[SteveM]

I don't think Bud is going to stand and trade with Spence until the second half of the fight

You are talking about fighters known more for their KOs than their boxing skills - Golovkin, Wilder, Shavers etc. Golovkin's skills were under-rated - but Floyd had it exaggeratedly right when he said "he's straight up and down"

but nobody is saying Bud is known for his KOs - that has only really started as a kind of hype to sell this fight.

Bud is known for his SKILL-SET. He has been levels above everyone else due to his skill set. It just so happens that he has a mean streak so when he has someone hurt, instead of holding off, staying safe, and going for a clear decision - like money Floyd did - he goes for the kill.