Comments Thread For: Spence: Crawford Fought A One-Legged Jose Benavidez & It Was Toughest Fight Of His Career

[elegua]

U crazy as hell if you think Bud is going to stop Spence, win possible but stop him, GTFOH! I’m sending your aSs for a drug test before you return back to Burger King! LMAO

Crawford will finish Spence. Bet your money on it buddy...

[Saborconclave]

Crawford is gonna find out what it's like to fight a top 147 Fighter who happens to hold 3 of the 4 belts. seeing him retiring and Bo Mac will start losing some pounds for his own good.

[Zodogg]

Crawford always said before the fight that Benavidez would be punished that he didn't want to ko him. And he did punish Benavidez. Benavidez at one was the boogeyman too before he got shot. It ain't like he was a slouch

[Sharpshootah]

Crawford was bambi legged by Hobbit Gamboa. Spence gets the job done for this. The Bud crowd are pretty quiet on this one.

[LA_2_Vegas]

Spence has fought better opposition - he's fought boxers that were close to their primes, and beat them. I call Spence The Black Terminator (1984 - The original). He walks through his opponents and hammers them into submission/defeat. Months ago I thought Spence would walk through Crawford if they fought. I felt he was too big, resilient, and strong.

However, as we're coming up on the eve of their fight, my feelings have changed. While I believe that Spence can win by stoppage, I believe Crawford can win on points and by stoppage. I've seen Bud get hurt before, so I think Spence has the ability to hurt Crawford. I've never seen Spence hurt, but he doesn't look that invincible anymore - perhaps, it's all of his new tattoos, lol.

Crawford, is a very good boxer, that gets better as a fight goes on (Even if someone gives him fits, he figures them out and stops them).

And like I said, I've never seen Spence hurt, but he looks weaker for some reason, and there's always a first. If Crawford hurts his opponents, he knows how to finish them. I've never seen Spence have to fight after getting hurt. Therefore, I don't know know how he'd react. Some boxers bounce back when hurt - like Gatti, Nigel Benn, and Holyfield. And then some fold like Roy Jones Jr, Fernando Vargas, and Mike Tyson.

I'm not ruling either fighter out. Both fighters can win this - and it's crazy because I went from it being a sure win for Spence, to now giving a slight edge to Crawford.

I like both fighters. I can't bash either. I'm looking forward to a classic.

He might have been stunned in his last fight, and potentially late in the fight against Danny G but those are debatable - but I still think the time he was rocked the most was early in his career vs Emmanuel Lartey at the end of round 7. He was visibly rocked by a right hook (from a southpaw), the crowd/announcers reacted to it, and he seemed to still be effected into the next round. He was well ahead on the cards so that might have played a role with how he looked in the last round - he fought to make it to the end of the fight which was round 8. But everytime I watch that, I wonder what more he can do defensively if that is TC bearing down on him. The crowd seemed to sense a slight shift in momentum in that last round. From memory, Lartey is one of the two southpaws Spence has faced in the past ten years ( i think Van Heerden was the other). 8 rounder, might be worth a watch if only just to see Spence vs a southpaw. Also in fairness to the young Spence, there was a 4 minute round in the 6th

[Luilun]

With two good legs Benevides beats Crawford

[Lefty0616]

He might have been stunned in his last fight, and potentially late in the fight against Danny G but those are debatable - but I still think the time he was rocked the most was early in his career vs Emmanuel Lartey at the end of round 7. He was visibly rocked by a right hook (from a southpaw), the crowd/announcers reacted to it, and he seemed to still be effected into the next round. He was well ahead on the cards so that might have played a role with how he looked in the last round - he fought to make it to the end of the fight which was round 8. But everytime I watch that, I wonder what more he can do defensively if that is TC bearing down on him. The crowd seemed to sense a slight shift in momentum in that last round. From memory, Lartey is one of the two southpaws Spence has faced in the past ten years ( i think Van Heerden was the other). 8 rounder, might be worth a watch if only just to see Spence vs a southpaw. Also in fairness to the young Spence, there was a 4 minute round in the 6th

I just watched his fight against Lartey. He got caught and was visibly hurt. Lucky he got caught at the very end of the round. He was able to recover enough in the next (and last) round. He can be hurt. That's another takeaway and plus for Crawford.

I will say, Spence was not hurt in the other two instances. He was more concerned that his fake teeth came out than he was from the punches he received, lol. He's supposed to be using a new style mouthpiece that should correctly protect his falsies.

[Charlie Zelenoff]

Crawford was bambi legged by Hobbit Gamboa. Spence gets the job done for this. The Bud crowd are pretty quiet on this one.

Crawford will do Spence the same way he did Gamboa, he'll bounce back and brutalize Spence!

[SweetPbfAli]

I watched both of their media workouts and I have a takeaway for each guy.

Bud was not keeping his right-hand up moving to his right. Open for a sweeping backhand from Errol.

Spence was very stiff and did not use a single feint when working the mitts with James. Spence has never been the best at feinting but against an elite counter puncher, that might not end well.

We shall see.

[LAchargers373]

Spence has fought better opposition - he's fought boxers that were close to their primes, and beat them. I call Spence The Black Terminator (1984 - The original). He walks through his opponents and hammers them into submission/defeat. Months ago I thought Spence would walk through Crawford if they fought. I felt he was too big, resilient, and strong.

However, as we're coming up on the eve of their fight, my feelings have changed. While I believe that Spence can win by stoppage, I believe Crawford can win on points and by stoppage. I've seen Bud get hurt before, so I think Spence has the ability to hurt Crawford. I've never seen Spence hurt, but he doesn't look that invincible anymore - perhaps, it's all of his new tattoos, lol.

Crawford, is a very good boxer, that gets better as a fight goes on (Even if someone gives him fits, he figures them out and stops them).

And like I said, I've never seen Spence hurt, but he looks weaker for some reason, and there's always a first. If Crawford hurts his opponents, he knows how to finish them. I've never seen Spence have to fight after getting hurt. Therefore, I don't know know how he'd react. Some boxers bounce back when hurt - like Gatti, Nigel Benn, and Holyfield. And then some fold like Roy Jones Jr, Fernando Vargas, and Mike Tyson.

I'm not ruling either fighter out. Both fighters can win this - and it's crazy because I went from it being a sure win for Spence, to now giving a slight edge to Crawford.

I like both fighters. I can't bash either. I'm looking forward to a classic.

Excellent post