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Personally, I don't think it's necessary to put down Inoue or Crawford either one to appreciate their accomplishments. Those two are the obvious top guys. If Fury actually gets in the ring with Usyk and Usyk dominates and stops him, he'll be in the running too.
It's a shame that people can't just appreciate what we've been given, getting to enjoy these two in their primes.
I've been reflecting on these two since that great week of boxing, and I think, personally, I'm happy to put Bud as top P4P now. He's at the tail end of his career, and will likely only have a few more career defining fights. My guess would be Spence again at 154, then Charlo at 154, then retirement if he wins.
Inoue is still in his prime, and has an opportunity to keep adding to his already stellar resume. He'll be on top of P4P in due time, and this conversation will doubtless be revisited if he beats Tapales.
But they're in such vastly different weight classes that it's all ultimately just speculation and will always be debated by boxing historians. There's never going to be anything close to a definitive answer, and as such, there's very little reason to try to force one to be better than the other. I want to see how their resumes will finish, and how they'll stack against the ATG's when all is said.
It's a shame that people can't just appreciate what we've been given, getting to enjoy these two in their primes.
I've been reflecting on these two since that great week of boxing, and I think, personally, I'm happy to put Bud as top P4P now. He's at the tail end of his career, and will likely only have a few more career defining fights. My guess would be Spence again at 154, then Charlo at 154, then retirement if he wins.
Inoue is still in his prime, and has an opportunity to keep adding to his already stellar resume. He'll be on top of P4P in due time, and this conversation will doubtless be revisited if he beats Tapales.
But they're in such vastly different weight classes that it's all ultimately just speculation and will always be debated by boxing historians. There's never going to be anything close to a definitive answer, and as such, there's very little reason to try to force one to be better than the other. I want to see how their resumes will finish, and how they'll stack against the ATG's when all is said.
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