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

[RawDawgHasSpokn]

The hype is real. Crawford dominated Spence, who obviously needed a tune-up and a game plan. Floyd is a master of adjustments. I think it would be a good fight and Floyd would get touched, but his chin is tested and true. Money by decision.

[Liondw]

Tim is smoking something.

Crawford fantastic, but damn, he didn't just beat Sugar Ray Robinson or Leonard.

[shawnkemp804]

A prime Crawford could beat a 60 year old Floyd Mayweather. But a prime Mayweather beats Crawford easily.

[hugh grant]

Bud does indeed beat floyd. This didn't need to be a fantasy fight, floyd couldve fought bud, and while floyd was at it fight bradley too

[zedster]

I was never a fan of Floyd.

I did not like the way he disrespected other fighters (including Sugar Ray Leonard), the way he disrespected media, the way he managed his career so that he could leverage his "0" losing column to claim he was the TBE. He did not seek challenges - he knocked back the offer to fight Antonio Margarito in his prime - but rather he was masterful with knowing when was the right time to fight a certain fighter. Floyd was all about the "0" and the $'000,000's.

But he cant be knocked for that business strategy. And I don't allow my personal dislike of him to interfere with what I witnessed.

Floyd was rarely troubled in the ring. Only against Castillo, when Shane Mosely hit him on the button (and that was the only moment Mosely had him in trouble), and when Maidana roughed him up in their first fight (their second fight Floyd had him figured out). Pacquiao entered their fight with a torn shoulder rotator cuff - a la Lomachenko vs Teofimo - which was aggravated early in the fight and required surgery the week after the fight, but its debatable how competitive Manny would have been against Floyd if the shoulder was 100%.

Floyd was a freakin snake in the ring.

Against T-Craw I actually give Floyd the marginal edge in speed. And Floyd's defensive skills are unparalleled, he was so hard to hit flush. But Floyd never fought a guy with Bud's varied skillset and ring IQ.

For me, it would have been a genuine 50-50 fight. But i would want Bud to win

[Manic Shot]

If Floyd will come out of retirement, he can still beat Bud with decision. as a boxing fan!

[Gary Coleman]

Maywreather struggled with Castillo and Maidana.
Compare Castillo and Maidana, totally different levels.

And toyed with Canelo, the counter puncher.

[Cyborg Fangerloo]

I was never a fan of Floyd.

I did not like the way he disrespected other fighters (including Sugar Ray Leonard), the way he disrespected media, the way he managed his career so that he could leverage his "0" losing column to claim he was the TBE. He did not seek challenges - he knocked back the offer to fight Antonio Margarito in his prime - but rather he was masterful with knowing when was the right time to fight a certain fighter. Floyd was all about the "0" and the $'000,000's.

But he cant be knocked for that business strategy. And I don't allow my personal dislike of him to interfere with what I witnessed.

Floyd was rarely troubled in the ring. Only against Castillo, when Shane Mosely hit him on the button (and that was the only moment Mosely had him in trouble), and when Maidana roughed him up in their first fight (their second fight Floyd had him figured out). Pacquiao entered their fight with a torn shoulder rotator cuff - a la Lomachenko vs Teofimo - which was aggravated early in the fight and required surgery the week after the fight, but its debatable how competitive Manny would have been against Floyd if the shoulder was 100%.

Floyd was a freakin snake in the ring.

Against T-Craw I actually give Floyd the marginal edge in speed. And Floyd's defensive skills are unparalleled, he was so hard to hit flush. But Floyd never fought a guy with Bud's varied skillset and ring IQ.

For me, it would have been a genuine 50-50 fight. But i would want Bud to win

I entirely agree on all points. I think he pave the way for many fighters to win at the expense of the fan. I also think about how many times I thought someone might be able to beat him and was then disappointed.

[Oregonian]

Not impossible, maybe. He's better by far than the version of anyone else Floyd faced at Welterweight.

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Using the same exact logic, would you say Khan, Brook, Avanesyan, Kavaliauskas, Horn WERE ALL better opponents (by far), than Cotto, Canelo, PAC, Marquez, Mosley, Zab, Gatti, Oscar, etc??

The list of guys Floyd beat are all better version than ALL the guys Bud fought except perhaps Spence and I’m being generous to Spence.

[joseph5620]

Mayweather would have done the same thing to Crawford that he did to Pacquiao.
Aged him out, and then fight him, or not at all.

Proof is that money came before legacy, when he fought Berto, before he fought Pacquiao.

That was the M. O. that PBC follows to this day.

Mayweather is older than Pacquiao. So that's a ridiculous statement.


Mayweather fought Berto after Pacquiao. You clearly don't know what you're talking about.