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

[FeFist]

I don't think he would. Spence's style played into Crawford's. He kept pushing forward which allowed Crawford to catch him between shots.

Floyd would be content with potshotting him from the outside and cruising to a UD decision.

The consensus seems to be the higher weight classes favouring Crawford. I disagree. At the lower weight classes, Floyd is more likely to allow the fight to turn into a scrab where he could get hit with something that hinders him.

[N!Ck F.]

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

mayweather struggled with Castillo in their first fight where Floyd injured his shoulder in the first round…what happened in the rematch?

maidana won maybe 4 rounds against Floyd, but Floyd is such a god that casuals like you claim any fight where he lost any rounds he “lost the fight”

Jealous, envious casuals.

[Str8.2.Da.Point]

People still out here leg humping Floyd and his undefeated record.... He beat so many champions....yadda yadda...... Respect to his accomplishments, but why do all that love for him but then try to break down Crawford's career. Crawford has now defeated14 world champions. 9 of them were undefeated going into the fight.....But we belittle Crawford's accomplishments because of how easy he made it look vs his opposition.

Those of us who followed Floyd's career and not just leg humped him for his name.... We all know that he strategically fought certain champions "at the right time". Sugar Shane, Canelo, Manny, are easy names to throw out that many argue he did not fight them at their best....but Floyd gets ultimate props for beating them.....Meanwhile Crawford fought Gamboa...undefeated, top5 p4p by Ring Magazine.....and people belittle that accomplishment. They give Gamboa ultimate props for landing a clean punch in the 6th round in between Crawford's attack....ignoring the fact that Gamboa hit the canvas 5x in that fight. How come no one brings up the fact that Zab Judah rocked Floyd twice in their fight and 1 (or both) of those times should have been counted as a knockdown.

Fact is.....Crawford has ALWAYS been dominate vs his opponents and it isn't only just his physical skill set. His IQ in the ring is worth of praise as much as anyone in history. Floyd is the same... as defensively elite as many label him.....he has been touched up multiple times by individuals who aren't as talented as Crawford. So if someone thinks that Crawford could beat a prime Floyd.....stop trying to act like that individual is clueless of the sport.

It's something that can't be proven but it is a great talking point..... Just like Ali vs Tyson in their primes.......

[Bostonfear]

I suppose I can see all of those points. There is one thing that keeps me from totally getting on board and that is that Floyd fought some really good fighters and was able to simply adjust as many times as needed to win. It was not fun to watch and I rooted against him every fight, but win he did. He just may have that magic answer.

Thats true. But obivously Bud adjusts as well. And While Floyd did adjust, he clearly had a distinct fighting style. He was an almost purely defensive fighting at WW. Still did a lot of the samethings. Clinch anytime anyone gets inside. And use that insane amount of movement in a phily shell, best exemplfied in his fight against Oscar. At the end of the day Floyd at WW was a dude who didnt really hurt you, that itself is limiting

Bud, on the other hand really doesn't have any specific style. Yeah he does things like counterpunching but he can also lead when the fight demands it. Can switch hit. Can fight on the inside. Defend on the inside. Box from the outside. Counterpuch.

Just far more fluid than Mayweather.

To some people its insane to debate because they hold Floyd as sacrosanct. But we've already seen Floyd is definitely beatable. Hes had a few close fights with people not even close to Crawfords level. Saw what old man Mosley did.

Crawford on the other hand you could say seem unbeatable.

Crawford has been as dominant as one could be. Most importantly I think Crawford is the perfect person to punish Floyds style, he would move him around with his body into positions where he could get at Floyd among other potential techniques. No one ever did that to floyd.

[Oregonian]

Floyd really needed his excessive holding and clinching to use that defensive style. But he can't do that against Crawford who was a state level wrestler, and would control that part very easily. And post Zab, Floyd was such a defensive fighter. Floyds tactics mayve not beaten a prime pac, cotto, or mosley.

Crawford? We have seen how damned accurate he is and stance switching, and power shot from any position. I think he would beat up Floyd.

Floyd had close fights, and lack luster fights. Crawford has destroyed pretty much everyone he has fought.

Crawford does one thing better than any fighter I have ever seen. The way he punches down is incredible. Dipping fighters are so tough to hit crawford is a master at it. He's kinda a master at defusing that kinda elusive movement fighters try to use

And how does Floyd clinch with Crawford is so good at controlling the body with his wrestling backgroud.

Think Crawford might even destroy Floyd.

And we know Floyd didnt want to fight some fighters in their prime, or maybe the biggest WWs, while Crawford would fight absolutely anyone in his division. Floyd was put on ***** street by the ghost of Mosley. Crawford would straight up KO him

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“As we know”?? Lol nope only you guys know that.
Which guys did Floyd not fight in their prime? Floyd has 50 fights, can you name 5 guys that Floyd didn’t fight in “their prime”?

[archiemoore1]

I won't say who would have won if they met, but I will say that Floyd definitely knows boxing. That's why he tried tooth and nail to block Bud from facing Errol. He knew how it would turn out, and he also knew that if Bud beat up Errol, that ppl would say Bud would beat him up too, and he didn't want that be said. He knows Bud is no joke and that's why he didn't wanna assist Bud in any way of helping to make a fight that would showcase just how good he is. And he also knows very well that against Bud, he would've more than had his hands full. He understands boxing better than anyone, so he's most definitely aware of that. Same thing goes for Boots Ennis. Floyd knows how serious it would've been for him if Boots Ennis was around in the Fioyd era. When Floyd knew someone was a hard ass fight or a real threat, he stayed away. Like young Shane, Paul Williams, 2008-2009 Pacquiao, a prime Margarito. Because of this, I have reason to believe he would've avoided Bud and/or Boots, because he's too intelligent and knows what he's looking at

[$quabbles94806]

I gave it some serious thinking. And imo ranking goes SRR, JD, PBF, TBC, MP... top 5 p4p for the past century. *The Monster has just embarked on his journey into legendary status.

We're already in 2023, with 2024 right around the corner. And for the past decade, Boxing has been cementing itself in modern society once again.

[4truth]

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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.

that isn't the same logic at all. If you said that Floyd was better by far than anyone that Crawford faced at welter, that would be the same logic. What you are saying is something totally different.

[1Eriugenus]

I'm gonna say 'snap' a peak SRL beats them both
Then, I'm gonna say 'snap snap' a peak SRR beats all of them.
I don't mind this but it is, essentially, just words for their own sake. You can only beat the best men of your era.

[Rodtang]

Whoop his ass and then some.