Comments Thread For: Tim Bradley: Terence Crawford Would Beat a Prime Floyd Mayweather!

[djtmal]

Floyd smacking manny around in the 10th round was a sight to behold

manny’s confidence was ruined at that point

Smacking him with what his non stop hugging

[Gary Coleman]

Floyd had close wins against castillo and past prime de la hoya. Bud never had any close fights. And keep in mind prior to castillo fighting floyd, he already had 4 losses by tko against journeyman. Bud beats him. Sorry floydtards.

The De la Hoya that Floyd fought, at 154 btw, is better than anyone on Bud's entire resume. That's a hard fact.

[Carpe Diem]

People letting recency bias to cloud their judgement as usual. Styles make fights. Spence is a blue collar high work rate boxer who got by with sheer will and relentless pressure. Spence has had great success against orthodox boxers who couldn’t nullify his jab, but we saw how basic and limited he truly was when his jab got taken away or got counted by Crawford, no head movement, no ability to make adjustments, etc. The whole game plan got thrown out the window after that first knockdown, you could see how timid and salty he looked. Spence is still a solid boxer even after that loss, but let’s pump the brakes into trying to make him seem like he had Floyd, Roy Jones, etc, type of ring talent, he’s damn sure not on that level and never will be. Solid boxer with solid fundamentals, but no special effects. Lol


Nothing about that Spence-Crawford changes my view about how a Mayweather-Crawford fight would’ve panned out, completely different matchups, different level of tier in terms of talent. I’d give Crawford a 20% chance to score a lucky KO because he has the equalizer when it comes to power/KO punches, but beyond that, he’s a tier below than Floyd in almost every categories besides power punching. It would’ve been a chess match to see who can beat the other to the punch first, and as fundamentally sound as Crawford is, he’s not that guy when compared to Floyd in a pure chess match. Prime for prime, Floyd by UD. 9-3 or 8-4 type of fight.

[satiev1]

people letting recency bias to cloud their judgement as usual. Styles make fights. Spence is a blue collar high work rate boxer who got by with sheer will and relentless pressure. Spence has had great success against orthodox boxers who couldn’t nullify his jab, but we saw how basic and limited he truly was when his jab got taken away or got counted by crawford, no head movement, no ability to make adjustments, etc. The whole game plan got thrown out the window after that first knockdown, you could see how timid and salty he looked. Spence is still a solid boxer even after that loss, but let’s pump the brakes into trying to make him seem like he had floyd, roy jones, etc, type of ring talent, he’s damn sure not on that level and never will be. Solid boxer with solid fundamentals, but no special effects. Lol


nothing about that spence-crawford changes my view about how a mayweather-crawford fight would’ve panned out, completely different matchups, different level of tier in terms of talent. I’d give crawford a 20% chance to score a lucky ko because he has the equalizer when it comes to power/ko punches, but beyond that, he’s a tier below than floyd in almost every categories besides power punching. It would’ve been a chess match to see who can beat the other to the punch first, and as fundamentally sound as crawford is, he’s not that guy when compared to floyd in a pure chess match. Prime for prime, floyd by ud. 9-3 or 8-4 type of fight.

floyd couldn't even ud a past prime oscar. He's not uding bud.

[BenjaminLinus]

Floyd would have ducked the **** out of Crawford. 5 years minimum.

[djtmal]

Floyd might as well make real fights. He can't stay out the ring and can't stand that guy's like Canelo, Tank and Crawford made people forget about him.

[Carpe Diem]

floyd couldn't even ud a past prime oscar. He's not uding bud.

Styles make fights. Crawford got dropped by a C-level boxer. There are multiple glimpses of him being outboxed or getting beat to the punch on multiple occasions in his past fights. He has repeated bad habits that he gets away with and against Floyd, you can’t have predictable patterns, he’ll see through that **** and anticipate your every move.

[Carpe Diem]

Stylistically, Spence’s style would give Floyd more problems. It’s not about how great a boxer is, majority of HOF boxers have had their toughest fights against lower level or lesser known opponents. Triangle theory rarely works in boxing. Just because Crawford(southpaw)defeated Spence(southpaw) as easily as he did, doesn’t mean that Floyd(orthodox) would’ve been able to do the same. Same thing using the Mayweather-Canelo fight as a measuring stick to determine the outcome of a potential Canelo-Crawford showdown, apples and oranges. Crawford may do some things like Floyd, but he’s not Floyd.

[satiev1]

Styles make fights. Crawford got dropped by a C-level boxer. There are multiple glimpses of him being outboxed or getting beat to the punch on multiple occasions in his past fights. He has repeated bad habits that he gets away with and against Floyd, you can’t have predictable patterns, he’ll see through that **** and anticipate your every move.

BUD never had any close fights. Every major fight he had he closed the show. Mayweather had the castillo and oscar fight. Bud has seen every style.

[Carpe Diem]

BUD never had any close fights. Every major fight he had he closed the show. Mayweather had the castillo and oscar fight. Bud has seen every style.

Negative. Bud has never been in the ring with an elite counter-puncher who’s defensively responsible. Bud is a great finisher with a mean killer instinct, he’s like a mini Wilder in that sense. The inconsistent patterns in his game are there and waiting to be exploited by an elite counter-puncher. The Kell Brook, Mean Machine, and even Benavides fights showed glaring holes in Bud’s game when being fought at a tactical patient level where he had to be a bit aggressive to look for openings. Don’t get me wrong, he’s good at setting traps and finishing off his opponents, but he tends to make tactical mistakes while doing so, an elite counter-puncher would have him on his P’s and Q’s all night.