Comments Thread For: Crawford, Inoue Make Boxing Even Greater Than It's Been in Years

[BoZz]

crawford beat a shell of a man and that japanese dude beat some american named fulton no one has heard of before the fight, some so called champ from philly who was scared to let his hands go. Sad times for boxing.

[Oregonian]

By Lyle Fitzsimmons - You can always count on the old guys. The purists. The traditionalists. The types who suggest boxing would be made great again if we could simply return a few generations back to the time when fighters were in it for the fans and competition, not the money and fame. It's easy to recognize them.
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The same bull crap nonsense we hear that Floyd couldn’t compete in the 1980’s with the likes of SRL, Duran, Benitez etc.

[Oregonian]

crawford beat a shell of a man and that japanese dude beat some american named fulton no one has heard of before the fight, some so called champ from philly who was scared to let his hands go. Sad times for boxing.

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“So called champ” from Philly? You talking about Danny Garcia?

[Oregonian]

Inoue hits harder than a normal small guy. That is why he looks so incredible, and rightly so. Either via gym work, or via genetics, or likely both, he hits extremely hard for the weight classes he is fighting in. Guys feel his power and it changes them, much like Bud.

Pac is a good example of a guy that always hit really hard at the low weights. His power carried somewhat, but what gave him the ability to keep moving up was his freakish speed, along with his unorthodox style and ability to do things other fighters cannot do. He is lateral movement, punching while jumping in and out, his ability to hit a guy from angles he was unprepared for, combined with his power and his punch placement, was utterly incredible. And to use the Marquez KO as an example, almost no one could deal with Pac's abilities....JMM was a legendary counterpuncher, and he was getting beat up....he landed the hail Mary when Pac got careless. The best of that era beat Pac a few times, but he was a phenom. At welter, guys started fighting just to survive from being knocked out, he was that good.

Inoue is a fundamentally great fighter, very strong for 122 and below. The issue he will face is, fundamentals are great, but when he faces a guy with more power, and a special skillset, his fundamentals will keep him in the fight. But if Pac had been a fundamentally sound guy who just came forward and walked everyone down like Inoue does, he never would have made it that high in weight. Inoue is going to get stopped if he keeps moving up. I think Ramirez does it at 126. Robeisy hits from all angles, and throws bombs, and fights with no fear. And he is used to big punchers.

We will see. Love Inoue, but he isn't going up much past where he is. No shame at all in that, but I'm betting by this time next year, the hype train is derailed.

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“he landed the hail Mary when Pac got careless.”? Do you remember what happened in the 3rd round of that very fight?
The same Hail Mary is what dropped “careless” PAC in the 3rd round. So was Marquez “lucky” twice in that fight?
Manny fans surely have selective memory

[Roadblock]

crawford beat a shell of a man and that japanese dude beat some american named fulton no one has heard of before the fight, some so called champ from philly who was scared to let his hands go. Sad times for boxing.

Its not sad times, its how the eras work, last era we had the transitionals Oscar Mosley etc and the new guns Manny Floyd Cotto Hatton that made the early part of the era hot with a bunch of big names, this time the transitional greats Manny Cotto Floyd Hopkins Ward etc were all gone so the new guys don't have the big names other than Canelo, this era wont mature until around 2027/8 , boxing has always had its ebb flow of greats and great fights, nothing has changed.

[Slip jab]

I appreciate this article. It gives perspective on the significance of both wins. With Bud performing like that against the no. 2 WW, it’s logical to stack him up against past greats for discussion. Naoya; unifies 118 than goes up to KO the top SBW. Both historical beat downs.
I’m pointing my metaphorical finger at Spence fans. Yall cried so hard for the split lmfao.
PBC guys are obviously protected.

[Slip jab]

crawford beat a shell of a man and that japanese dude beat some american named fulton no one has heard of before the fight, some so called champ from philly who was scared to let his hands go. Sad times for boxing.

Lol shell of a man??? Dude Errol couldn’t duck any longer.

[Poopdick]

That's how they ALL do it, especially when they aren't even 18 yet!

they'll still say he young when he 30. like they do tank smh

[Bronx2245]

they'll still say he young when he 30. like they do tank smh

Who was Bud Crawford fighting, when he was 18? Who was Mayweather fighting, when he was 18? Who was Mike Tyson fighting, when he was 18? Trust the process!

[Poopdick]

Who was Bud Crawford fighting, when he was 18? Who was Mayweather fighting, when he was 18? Who was Mike Tyson fighting, when he was 18? Trust the process!

calm down. we know how Mayweather guys are . plain and simple.