NSB: Tank wanting to drag Inoue up = bad. Crawford wanting to drag Tank up = good. Legit

[Amir Imam]

Ok but he and Postol were the other best. He cleaned them out. You have to judge those wins in real time.

Dulorme was ok.

True but Bob wasnt going to put Manny in with a barely known Crawford at that point.

We’ll just have to agree to disagree on this one Dunn. It has nothing to do with Indongo and Postol being bums. They both were limited fighters with C level resumes. Any non biased person that looked at Postol and Indongo resume would say the same thing. Mikey Garcia was ranked above both of them at that time but if you want to call them two the best that’s fine. I respect your opinion

[SweetPbfAli]

This is a non story because Tank's quote was taken out of context. Right after he said it, he said "I'm joking" but the internet engagement seekers ran with it for clicks and views.

[Citizen Koba]

Dont make the mistake of judging Indongo and Postol after the fact.

Those were both extremely good wins.

They were the clear top 3 at JWW and he beat both convincingly.

Ive seen too many posters do this.

Postol remains an extremely good win even in hindsight- in fact in context IMHO the second best win on Buds career - right up there with Porter at least. Even as an old dude Viktor was able to give the young guns at 140 all they could handle (and took a couple Ls he deserved to win) whereas Bud utterly outclassed him.

Indongo was definitely a good win at the time but despite his extremely awkward style it was already apparent that a real quality figher would be able to exploit his limitations. Of the two the Postol win definitely aged better.

[Combat Talk Radio]

How the **** were you able to twist this into a Mayweather **** ride?

I'm honestly impressed.

It's a basic question.

You crapped on Floyd for dragging Marquez up and you discredited the win.

You're NOT crapping on Crawford for entertaining the idea of doing the same thing.

Just like you overlooked it when Pacquiao campaigned at 147 yet fought lightweights.

You're exposing your bias, bro.

[BoxingParadigm]

Both are ****** fights, but Tank vs Bud is less ****** than Tank vs Inoue

[Spray_resistant]

Both fights would in my mind be akin to Khan vs Canelo, this fascination started with Pac vs Oscar but the result of that was the exception not the rule resulting in a cherrypick gone wrong.

[champion4ever]

Well what can one say? It's called hypocrisy at its finest. Everyone wants to protect their favorite fighter. They do want to see them taking any risks for fear of them losing. I guess that is NSB for you.

[Roadblock]

Tank is the one who said he would knock Crawford out at 147.

I haven't heard inoue saying anything about tank or moving up to 135.

Wasnt it said a long time ago?

[famicommander]

Postol remains an extremely good win even in hindsight- in fact in context IMHO the second best win on Buds career - right up there with Porter at least. Even as an old dude Viktor was able to give the young guns at 140 all they could handle (and took a couple Ls he deserved to win) whereas Bud utterly outclassed him.

Indongo was definitely a good win at the time but despite his extremely awkward style it was already apparent that a real quality figher would be able to exploit his limitations. Of the two the Postol win definitely aged better.

Beltran and Burns also both won world titles AFTER Crawford beat them. And considering Beltran was a lineal title fight and Burns was Crawford's first title challenge I'd say both are very underrated wins.

[Roadblock]

Both are ****** fights, but Tank vs Bud is less ****** than Tank vs Inoue

Why, Tank is in the middle it really requires a CW both ways, if Tank can do 130/5 then a Manny 144/5 would be fair for TC wouldn't it, and Inoue would need a CW also, its the trouble with being in the middle of both guys and talking about fighting 2 divisions both ways.