Comments Thread For: Kenny Porter Praises Terence Crawford: He Has Made Us All Believers; I Bow Down to Him

[TheOneAboveAll]

you just described Derrick James to a T. Fool was all up in his feelings. Talkin mad sh.it about Crawf, his family and BoMac. Although i hate to see the majority of fighters gettin beat down like Spence did, James was made to look like an @ss of immense proportions all the while not doina damn thing to help his fighter. Sh.it, at a certain point, he stopped getting into the ring in between rounds.

Again, I did not say a single word about Derrick James. Not sure why you keep talking as though I did anyway. I've never been a Spence fan if that helps you any.

[OnlyBeingHonest]

Get it straight, he was all time great way before the Spence fight- Bud shows the real deal vs hype -

I disagree. I think he’s had ATG talent but he did hit that status in my eyes until he demolished a great fighter.

[champion4ever]

Bud fought his best fight ever on Saturday. He fought over his head. He’s an all time great to me because of what he just did. But I don’t think he can duplicate that performance with any other worthy opponents.

Well perhaps you are right. Maybe can't replicate that same performance against other worthy opponents. However, he did look absolutely phenomenal on Saturday night with his dominating performance over Errol Spence. It was his career defining moment.

[champion4ever]

Yes Kenny, add my name to the list of Crawford converts!

Me too!

[Oregonian]

Yeh i get what you saying. But fighting big ass margarito is still pretty brave in my book. High risk little reward i know i know. I know people give pac massive credit for the performance, but it’s still not great because of the circumstances, i get it.

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Khan fans say the same thing about him fighting Canelo or wanting the Floyd smoke. How brave he was for fighting everyone ignoring that he was getting destroyed in those fights.

If PAC was as “brave” as you believe, why not fight Cotto at 147? Why not an actual legit belt holder at 154? Why fight guys that were coming off losses?

PAC was a great fighter and would have beaten Cotto regardless of weight but the bottom line is Freddy Roach specifically stated that he “wants to give his guy every advantage he can”.
PAC could have beaten any of the top ranked WW so there was no need to enforce catchweights ot fight guys that were coming off losses like Mosley, Rios, Mathysse etc.

[OnlyBeingHonest]

Why not? Is it because Spence was particularly bad on Saturday or because you think everything just gelled for Bud that night? Crawford's shown this ability his entire career so I think he's capable of much more of the same. It might not be quite as dominant as last week because Spence was just so off his game (slow, fragile, awkward), but Crawford will be a solid favorite over anybody he faces next.

I think everything gelled perfectly and he had more motivation than ever. I know he’s always been a beast but all of the stars aligned perfectly on Saturday in a fight most thought was 50/50. He won’t be ever underestimated again so he won’t have that extra motivation.

[TheOneAboveAll]

I think everything gelled perfectly and he had more motivation than ever. I know he’s always been a beast but all of the stars aligned perfectly on Saturday in a fight most thought was 50/50. He won’t be ever underestimated again so he won’t have that extra motivation.

You believe Spence and/or his team underestimated Crawford? You believe Crawford needed that as motivation to get up for this fight?

[OnlyBeingHonest]

You believe Spence and/or his team underestimated Crawford? You believe Crawford needed that as motivation to get up for this fight?

I don’t think they underestimated him, they just thought they were better, which was reasonable. But the boxing ring is a truth teller, he proved he was superior. I think his motivation was the fact that half the world thought him and Spence were similar in talent. He shut that down.

I rushed out the arena immediately after the stoppage. I thought Spence would when. I still have humble pie stuck in my teeth lol.