Comments Thread For: Crawford: Fightin' Boots Is Lose-Lose Situation; I Deserve To Do Whatever The F--- I Wanna Do!

[Boricua181]

Crawford is 100%, correct, Charlo is a more lucrative fight, and a bigger challenge than Ennis is.
Ennis will probably have to move up to the 154 pound division if he want's to fight Crawford, before he retires.

[Robi13]

This man is correct regardless if you agree or not. He he paid his dues to be the shot caller. Just like others that get criticized and hated on have… same sh.it

[jqSide]

They want him to fight anyone just to buy time so they can claim Crawfords too old.

Imagine calling yourself a boxing fan and not wanting to see your favourite fighter fight the best. Imagine not wanting to see the best vs the best.

Fight Cody Crowley hahahahaha, you couldn't make it up lol he needs to fight Crowley doe lol

Oh man look at this. These Boots' fans just confirmed what I said earlier. They're very sensitive people.

They're essentially saying Jaron Boots needs to continue playing waiting games. Meanwhile, let him fight Custio levels to make him look good again and just to be safe. You can't make this s*** up. They're desperate for Boots skipping levels above leftover Dulorme so their idol heads straight to big fish levels. Makes sense, if you ask me. I hear you. What if he gets derailed fighting Kavaliauskas levels, or struggle? It's better to lose to a big fish than to a non-big fish. Makes sense. It's typical PBC stuff.

[Oldskoolg]

This is why boxing is complete and utter ****. This is why no era since the 80s will ever compare. Boxers today have become premadonnas and don’t come remotely close to comparing to SRL, Hagler, Hearns and Duran.

This comment should be liked 100 times. This man is exactly correct. No fighter should ever be above taking on the best competition. It does not matter where he sits on the p4p list.

[Brutus1]

Boots is a nobody at this time. Crawford should go for Undisputed at 154 and push his luck at 160.

[Muchen]

He shouldn’t just wait for Charlo imo. He could make some good money fighting Tszyu over in Australia. It will allow him to test the waters at 154. Crawford is of course more skilled, but Tszyu has some pop and it will be interesting to see how he takes that power moving up in weight.

[_original_]

Bud knows Boots beats him.

[Tibburon245]

Crawford will probably figure Boots out too--if they fight. Charlo before Canelo might be tougher but after Canelo maybe not so much.

[Sammy7861992]

Vergil Ortiz should fight boots in a main card and winner should fight Crawford , it's true they have to earn it now

[Tag, You're Hit]

All Ennis had to do was stay in the wbo rankings. He didn't. He went the ibf route. Could've triggered it vs Spence, he didn't.

Ennis knows there's a rematch clause that 99%i s at 154. And when, not if, Bud moves up, hes NOT going back down. Bud breaks Spence again at the end of this year, fights Tszyu then fights Charlo for all the marbles. Retires as the greatest of this generation and an ATG.

People disagreeing with Bud here are obtuse. Based on the interviews I've heard, he has probably 3 fights left before he retires. So, if he has 3 fights - or even 4 - before he retires, it would ideally be as follows:

1. Rematch with Spence - ONLY if he has to, because he is obligated to take it.
2. Fight Tim Tszyu for his belt and become a 4 division champion. Tim is up for it & the WBO will allow Bud to step right into it, just like he did moving from 140 to 147.
3. Fight Jermell for the rest of the belts, become undisputed in 3 weight classes.
4. Rematch with Jermell if that's what it takes to secure the fight.

RETIRE

How can anyone honestly think a fight with Ennis is more important - or even more challenging - than fights against Tszyu or Jermell? And that's besides the $, and the $ is way better, too. Boots may be the next great fighter (and I like Boots A LOT), but Tim, while appearing less skillful than Boots is more tested than Boots. Plus, he's a naturally bigger fighter, which = a bigger challenge. Plus he has the belt Bud needs. Jermell is bigger and more accomplished. This is a no brainer.

Yeah, it'd be cool to have Boots and Bud fight, but the timing of their careers is just off. It sucks, but it is what it is. In an ideal scenario Spence will forego the rematch, and Bud's 4th/last fight is against Boots and by then he will have accomplished something. Or, if things go awry with Charlo (doesn't come back down to 154 or ducks Bud), then maybe there's another path for the fight with Ennis. But, you can't fault the logic.