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

[Carpe Diem]

Realistically, Canelo would be the closest thing to an elite counter-puncher Crawford can fight.

[GrandpaBernard]

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.

Errol an educated pressure fighter with a good jab

like Cotto

yeah these guys are tough for Floyd

Realistically, Canelo would be the closest thing to an elite counter-puncher Crawford can fight.

and even then Saul Alvarez with his cement feet fights can't box like Floyd

I'd take Floyd's greater ring IQ and superior defense over T-Bud

Floyd has guys completely figured out in 2 rounds. Terence takes twice as long using the 1st 4 rounds where he frequently gets caught.

T-Bud often starts slow and loses early rounds.

Should he adjust to what Floyd does Floyd would adapt quicker than T can

[GrandpaBernard]

People forgetting how skilled Floyd was

opponents seldom took two rounds in a row off of Floyd.

Winning 2 rounds consecutively VS Floyd was an achievement in itself.

Great fighters didn't win 2 rounds in a row against Floyd

Oscar won round 2 then 4 then 6

manny won round 4 then 6

Cotto won round 3 then 6

[satiev1]

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.

That's because bud is a superior fighter. BUD IS THE ELITE COUNTER PUNCHER. He can pot shot you and not get hit but he chooses to close the show and at times gets hit more. You're cherry picking small amounts here and there. Inconsistent? He dominated all of those fights and closed the show unlike floyd who wins using pot shots. You can't pot shot bud to a ud.

It's not happening at 147. Floyd has been exposed many times. Maidana exposed him by winning 5 rds. Spence would have given floyd hell at 147. Bud never lost the first half of a fight like floyd did against castillo and judah. Judah was coming off a ko against kostya and he still won the first 4 rds against floyd. Brooke exposed bud? Brokke didn't even land a single shot. Umm okay right lol. Bud 8-4 against the 147 floyd. The 135 lber has a better shot at winning. And floyd never fought a guy like spence who was in his prime at 147.

[GrandpaBernard]

That's because bud is a superior fighter. BUD IS THE ELITE COUNTER PUNCHER. He can pot shot you and not get hit but he chooses to close the show and at times gets hit more. You're cherry picking small amounts here and there. Inconsistent? He dominated all of those fights and closed the show unlike floyd who wins using pot shots. You can't pot shot bud to a ud. It's not happening at 147. Floyd has been exposed many times. Bud never lost the first half of a fight like floyd did against castillo and judah. Judah was coming off a ko against kostya and he still won the first 4 rds against floyd. Brooke exposed bud? Brokke didn't even land a single shot. Umm okay right lol. Bud 8-4 against the 147 floyd. The 135 lber has a better shot at winning. And floyd never fought a guy like spence who was in his prime at 147.

False

Floyd swept the first 5 rounds against Castillo in fight 1

Floyd began having issues in the 2nd half after his rotator cuff teared

T-Bud is defensively inferior

not once has anyone described Bud as a defensive wizard lmao

[GrandpaBernard]

T-Bud got dropped by Kavaliauskas

It took highly talented guys like Mosley and Zab to catch Floyd

Terence is neither in the same league defensively nor ring smarts.

[GrandpaBernard]

Bud was troubled by the smaller Gamboa

No smaller opponent was ever highly competitive VS Floyd. He was so good that a size advantage was necessary for a chance against him.

Floyd is a level or two beyond Bud

[HandsofIron]

It's a great, 50-50 match up.

[Carpe Diem]

Tim is smoking crack. Styles make fights. Spence and Brook aren’t Mayweather, just like Guerrero and Ortiz aren’t Crawford. I’m just trying to create a little theory based on how the fight would’ve played out. The way Floyd fought both Ortiz and Guerrero are completely different, Floyd actually looked so much more fluid in that Guerrero fight than he did against Ortiz even though the Guerrero fight was a year or two later after he fought Ortiz. Based on the patterns that I’ve seen them both(Floyd and Crawford) displayed, Floyd would’ve been all wrong for Crawford and I’m STANDING ON BUSINESS when I say it too.

[Century Tuna]

Crawford definitely has a chance against him. However, the problem is that Mayweather adapts his fighting style based on his opponent and can make adjustments between rounds.