Comments Thread For: De La Hoya Blasts IBF for Stripping Title from Terence Crawford

[Elheath]

As long as Ennis is a busy fighting champion, I welcome the change.

Given that at this point Crawford will never fight Boots (he's going to fight Spence and then go to 154 if he already isn't doing the rematch @154), a Boots vs Barrios or Boots vs Stanionis will be the next best thing for 147.
Heck, if those two actually occur, I won't even mind the whole "email champion" stuff.

[paulf]

Reads like the emotional outburst of an overgrown, semi-literate child.

Nailed it.

[yoshik]

"Reads like the emotional outburst of an overgrown, semi-literate child."

says someone who has never done 1/10th of 1% if anything compared to what Oscar has done in and for the sport. Clowness. And go ahead and laugh about the fishnets. Clown.

[Mr.NiceGuy]

Meh. Oscar is just trying to put over his product, which proudly featured MMA fighters over boxers for years. He has no credibility in this matter.

He was spot on regardless

[Mr.NiceGuy]

I mean I don't think crawford will really care that much.. he achieved what he set out to do and that was become undisputed in a second weight class and that will forever be in the history books and doubtful he'll be at 147 in his next fight anyway. Don't be surprised if the rest start to fragment soon aswell.. Crawford is bigger than the belts right now so the IBF taking the title off him isn't something that will concern him hes just gonna take what fight he can get that's gonna pay him the most money going forward

Yep, fight fans know what the real deal is in spite of the IBF attempt to generate their own versions of rankings and champions in order to line their pockets

[Combat Talk Radio]

He was spot on regardless

No he was not.

Crawford should have vacated.

[Boxing2695]

Yep, fight fans know what the real deal is in spite of the IBF attempt to generate their own versions of rankings and champions in order to line their pockets

The IBF rankings are pretty lack luster tbh you got ennis obviously now champion who's a rising talent and below him you got Cody Crowley who's decent but nothing special and Ekow Essoman who's British/commonwealth champion but again nothing really special.. its like a few years back when you had Kell brook having to defend against guys like JoJo Dan and Kevin Bizier

[crimsonfalcon07]

I'm just hoping the change means better fights for Boots. Hopefully he can get those fights against the top contenders at WW now.

[Roadblock]

These sanctioning bodies are a joke. They are killing their own product.

Somebody paid them, promotors have been able to buy ratings and belts like this forever, I,ll bet Tszyu's free belt was paid for as well.

[djtmal]

Somebody paid them, promotors have been able to buy ratings and belts like this forever, I,ll bet Tszyu's free belt was paid for as well.

You should have paid Jeff Fenech to lie and say he knows you.