Comments Thread For: Crawford Lashes Out at 'Haters': 'You Could Put Me In Any Weight Category ... I Would Still Dominate'

[lopetego]

What a clown

Spends his whole career fighting scrubs, then beats a weight drained Spence and now he believes he's the second coming of boxing Jesus

¨i'll dominate any weight class¨

That's Wilder level of delusion here

[Jab jab boom]

Call it what it is, it's an imaginary list where it is pretended that in some fantasy world that little boxers could compete with big guys whereas reality they cannot do so any more than a female boxer can compete with a male one or a paralympian with an Olympian.

Now I have no issues you as a fan indulging in such fantasies, that's what many fans do, but the fighters themselves should keep quiet about what they think they could do if they weren't hampered by little man genetics, it's unbecoming.

Not sure how long you’ve been a boxing fan but, fighters themselves have spoken about where they feel they belong on p4p lists for as far back as I can remember. I remember it being a big debate in the 90s with Chavez and Whitaker. Later on it was the same with Floyd and Roy. Right now it seems to be between Crawford and Inoue. If a fan such as yourself who isn’t a boxer doesn’t like the concept, that’s your own personal issue. But you as a non boxer having an opinion as to whether Crawford or anyone else should have a stance on p4p lists is irrelevant, as you’re merely a fan who can’t do what they do. It’s unbecoming.

[Bronx2245]

Because Arum didn't get him the fights he wanted or the money. It's that simple.

That's always been my problem with Crawford. Arum doesn't get him the Pacquiao fight, but he signs an extension with TR, knowing that ALL THE TOP WWs were signed to PBC, then blames everyone for him not getting the fights he wants! He got Molina, he got Diaz, he got Porter! If you wants the BIG fights, you got sign with the team, just like Haney had to do for a shot at "Undisputed!"

[Smash]

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just give the man his flowers, he might shut up then

[Weebler I]

Not sure how long you’ve been a boxing fan but, fighters themselves have spoken about where they feel they belong on p4p lists for as far back as I can remember. I remember it being a big debate in the 90s with Chavez and Whitaker. Later on it was the same with Floyd and Roy. Right now it seems to be between Crawford and Inoue. If a fan such as yourself who isn’t a boxer doesn’t like the concept, that’s your own personal issue. But you as a non boxer having an opinion as to whether Crawford or anyone else should have a stance on p4p lists is irrelevant, as you’re merely a fan who can’t do what they do. It’s unbecoming.

I don't think the analogies extend to fans not having an opinion, that being the essence of being a fan and there is no sport without them.

Listen, Crawford is going as far as to say he would beat heavyweights if he was their size, that's essentially what he's saying and I don't like to hear that nonsense. His skills aren't so great where he can even move up a few weight classes from where he's at, so it's hot air, big talk, a nonsense.

Now I'm not a Crawford hater, I respect him as a boxer and usually as a personality, he's had a career hampered by promoters, but not I'm not having any these little guys saying what they would do if they weren't little guys because it just has no basis in reality.

In terms of PFP generally, I think has been a marketing tool for the most part, some fun for fans and a method of promotion. But as one analyst once said, there's the heavyweight champion then there's everyone else.

[Bronx2245]

Terence Crawford is not signed to PBC. Thats just a boldfaced lie. And he sued Top Rank for failing to fulfill their contractual obligations to him and for racial discrimination.

He signed a 2-Fight deal with PBC.

[peplz]

He signed a 2-Fight deal with PBC.

AKA a fight with a rematch clause. Al Haymon is not Terence Crawford’s manager, advisor or promoter. Terence Crawford is not on the PBC’s roster. Y’all just say anything to promote PBC. It does nothing to promote the sport of boxing.

[peplz]

Not sure how long you’ve been a boxing fan but, fighters themselves have spoken about where they feel they belong on p4p lists for as far back as I can remember. I remember it being a big debate in the 90s with Chavez and Whitaker. Later on it was the same with Floyd and Roy. Right now it seems to be between Crawford and Inoue. If a fan such as yourself who isn’t a boxer doesn’t like the concept, that’s your own personal issue. But you as a non boxer having an opinion as to whether Crawford or anyone else should have a stance on p4p lists is irrelevant, as you’re merely a fan who can’t do what they do. It’s unbecoming.

There is no debate between Crawford and Inoue. Even trying to put them on the same level is just a media ploy to muddy the waters. Inoue went life and death with Nonito Donaire who was in his forties with a handful of losses and had been knocked out before. They are not the same. And in ring performance is the main criteria that determines a fighters placement on the pound for pound list.

[peplz]

I don't think the analogies extend to fans not having an opinion, that being the essence of being a fan and there is no sport without them.

Listen, Crawford is going as far as to say he would beat heavyweights if he was their size, that's essentially what he's saying and I don't like to hear that nonsense. His skills aren't so great where he can even move up a few weight classes from where he's at, so it's hot air, big talk, a nonsense.

Now I'm not a Crawford hater, I respect him as a boxer and usually as a personality, he's had a career hampered by promoters, but not I'm not having any these little guys saying what they would do if they weren't little guys because it just has no basis in reality.

In terms of PFP generally, I think has been a marketing tool for the most part, some fun for fans and a method of promotion. But as one analyst once said, there's the heavyweight champion then there's everyone else.

All Crawford did was give an accurate definition of what pound for pound means. If you don’t like pound for pound rankings thats a completely separate argument that less to do with Crawford and more to do with the way the sport of boxing is discussed by the boxing media.

[peplz]

Look i have said this before at the end of the day Crawford's resume is not that good and it's his own fault no one else's. When his first contract with top rank was up he decided to stick with Bob knowing top rank didn't have anything for him at WW it's the same song different fighter just like Pacquiao.

Also miss me with the PBC don't make fights argument as soon as Crawford signed a deal with PBC what happened he got Spence. It's his fault that he didn't get Danny Garcia when Garcia was undefeated, it's his fault he didn't get Shawn Porter when he was undefeated and he could have got Thurman also when he was one time and not once upon a Time. He could have also got Spence before the crash and squashed all this debate about the car crash and messed up eye crap.

At the end of the day it's his own fault for the decision he and his team have made. Now he's still looked at as as a great fighter with no real dance partner due to not making the right decisions.

Just imagine would we be having this conversation if Crawford moved up to 147 and took on Danny Garcia Shawn Porter Keith Thurman, Brook and Spence (not in the order) the answer is hell no...

that's how you shut the haters up and force them to give you, your props... or else what you have is well he beat Spence but he was in a car accident and his eye and well Spence stayed at 147 too long and (insert what ever excuse I missed).

To the Crawford fans that say oh there's always going to be excuses well again it's Crawfords fault for letting these excuses come up. In my scenario where he fought the top guys if he would have left top rank (which was a near 100% scenario if he signed with PBC) there would have been no definitive and legitimate way to make any viable excuse.

Excuses shine a light on the excuse maker not the other way around. It just makes you look like pathetic sore losers.