Comments Thread For: Crawford Says He Doesn't Expect to Fight Above 154: 'There Are Weight Classes for a Reason'

[Pac=Duran]

Jermall? Yes. Yes he would.

Mall is huge.

What’s his walk around weight? He’s been inactive for 2 solid years now lol

he might come back and get whooped by Crawford. No way that’s an easy fight to call.

[Boricua181]

Crawford is a very smart guy to say that, there are weight classes for a reason.
But if the promoters make a financial offer that is too good to pass on he just might fight at 160.
I really can't see Crawford fighting at 168 pounds, that would just slow him down to much, taking away his main assets which are speed, timing, and power.

[PRINCEKOOL]

I apprecaite the thought out post.

But come on dude, people have been weight draining themselves for decades in the sport its not a new phenomena. And you just picked two fighters, who of course fought at WW because thats where all the fights for them were at.

Crawford has been growing. To say hes a natural 154ser is just a bit crazy. Dude started as a LW and never looked drained. Completly dominated his opponents with skill and counter punches, nothing to do with the weight. He always looked pumped and energetic. Did he looked drained after destroying Spence? Of course not

People were saying hes not a real WW, not long ago.

Under the same day weigh in rule, fighters were not dropping 10-20 pounds in weight to make a weight limit 'Then after the weigh in, regaining that weight. Fighters boxers have not been weight draining themselves LIKE they are in today's modern game in past era's. This is a completely new phenomenon in boxing, especially to the extreme extent that it happens in the game today'.

Here is a boxing coach Dominic Ingle touching upon the difference between fighters, when they would train and fight under the same day weigh in rule.

At the 4 minute 50 second mark, Ingle touches on how fighters did not weight drain themselves during past era's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8086FLeXmaI

Note: But yes mate in this modern era, fighters have been weight draining themselves 'If that is what you mean'. But historically in the entirety of boxing history? Fighters were not weight draining themselves anywhere near to the level that is present in the game today 'Because quite simply those training methodologies would of been too detrimental for a fighters performance'.

You must have seen interviews with Bernard Hopkins stating, why he classes himself as a old school fighter. Hopkins was a fighter who tried to always stay very close to his fighting weight even outside of a training camp 'Mayweather was also a fighter who trained in this fashion' etc.

[Slowhand]

Is English not your first language?

Uncalled for! English is not my first language and I understood Bud just fine.. must be some other kind of challenge.

[Slowhand]

Canelo is also 5'8" and fighting 168 and 175 pounders and that's why he is the face of boxing.

Canelo is shorter than Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia

So, you think the hardest hitting ww ever is.. David Tua?
- I still think weight classes work better than height classes, and Canelo (as talented as he is) with all his catch weights and bought judges is more like the feces of boxing. And I´m pretty sure Jermell is a jmw, not a smw.

[DeeMoney]

Under the same day weigh in rule, fighters were not dropping 10-20 pounds in weight to make a weight limit 'Then after the weigh in, regaining that weight. Fighters boxers have not been weight draining themselves LIKE they are in today's modern game in past era's. This is a completely new phenomenon in boxing, especially to the extreme extent that it happens in the game today'.

Here is a boxing coach Dominic Ingle touching upon the difference between fighters, when they would train and fight under the same day weigh in rule.

At the 4 minute 50 second mark, Ingle touches on how fighters did not weight drain themselves during past era's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8086FLeXmaI

Note: But yes mate in this modern era, fighters have been weight draining themselves 'If that is what you mean'. But historically in the entirety of boxing history? Fighters were not weight draining themselves anywhere near to the level that is present in the game today 'Because quite simply those training methodologies would of been too detrimental for a fighters performance'.

You must have seen interviews with Bernard Hopkins stating, why he classes himself as a old school fighter. Hopkins was a fighter who tried to always stay very close to his fighting weight even outside of a training camp 'Mayweather was also a fighter who trained in this fashion' etc.

And yet people hate on rehydration clauses.

If they are followed then they prevent fighters from dropping down to a weight class they dont belong in and make it similar to a same day weigh in.

[Roadblock]

And yet people hate on rehydration clauses.

If they are followed then they prevent fighters from dropping down to a weight class they dont belong in and make it similar to a same day weigh in.

They still dried out and gained a lot of weight with same day weigh-in as it was often very early in the morning allowing 12/14 hrs to pack on fluid weight, this is a false narrative that they didn't gain weight making it sound like they weighed in an hour before the contest.

[Boxing2695]

Crawford is a very smart guy to say that, there are weight classes for a reason.
But if the promoters make a financial offer that is too good to pass on he just might fight at 160.
I really can't see Crawford fighting at 168 pounds, that would just slow him down to much, taking away his main assets which are speed, timing, and power.

Yeah the middleweight division isn't really great right now no big money fights there. Got Adames as interim WBC champ,janibek WBO champ, that german guy who just won the IBF belt and Lara as WBA champ. No money there. 154lb Spence rematch. possibly charlo after. Retire

[Boxing2695]

No money fights at 160 to risk going there. 168 too big. Boots at 147 but he still ain't there yet in terms of it being a big fight. 154 Spence rematch. Possibly charlo after. Retire

[IronDanHamza]

He's almost 36 so that makes sense.

He'll probably max out at 154 and if he wins the Lineal or undisputed there which is very feasible that will make him a 4 division Lineal Champion and 3 of which undisputed which would be incredibly impressive.