Comments Thread For: Terence Crawford: '2023 Fighter of the Year Is Me'

[Smash]

does bud not realise u are nobody without haters, those maggot and scumbags just appear out of the woodwork when u get more successful and the light shines on you, they are so transparent

[mrpain81]

Doesn't work that way, maybe if you didn't rather dump one of your belts and actually fought Boots. He wins that he would have been easy Fighter of the year winner.

[hugh grant]

Yep Bud is my fighter of the year. Inoue was fantastic, wining divisional crowns in 2 weight classes. But Buds total domination of a lb for lb top 5 fighter was the performance of the year and in my eyes, makes him fighter of the year.

No, bivol beat nelo that was a better win, Nell was seen as unbeatable nearly, and bivo l underdog.

[Curtis2]

Deep down Crawford knows Inoue is fighter of the year plus P4P 1

Ring Mag and 13 of 17 ESPN writers have the correct voted top dog- P4P # 1 … you know his name .. it doesn’t start with I

[SteveM]

that's not how it works- other people choose you - unless you are Mohammed Ali, only then can you proclaim yourself as the Greatest.

[SteveM]

There should be a rule that a fighter who only fought once over the course of the year cannot win FOTY.

To me, it's disrespectful to not recognize the sacrifice Inoue made to get it in this year (diet/camp/in-ring), whilst making history. It's gotta be him.

Nobody has EVER unified 122 before

[Robi13]

A true fighter of the year doesn’t need to boast out loud about it, you had the year you had gave it the best you could and the talking has already been done in the ring, let to whom it may concern decide what’s what… self proclaiming anything has always been corny to me, almost in every scenario

[hugh grant]

A true fighter of the year doesn’t need to boast out loud about it, you had the year you had gave it the best you could and the talking has already been done in the ring, let to whom it may concern decide what’s what… self proclaiming anything has always been corny to me, almost in every scenario

I cringe at jarrel miller saying what he was going to do to ddd. Embarassing!

[harry-greb]

Interesting.

When Crawford fought Jeff ‘The Hornet’ Horn, he (Horn) was listed as #5 P4P. NSB discredited him - meaning Crawford at that time DIDN’T beat a top fighter, yet he was regarded as having done so.

So what’s changed?

I’ll answer that.

Spence, as good as he is, was NEVER a P4P level and damn sure not Top 5 even if.

Nobody would ever say that Spence beats Usyk, all weights equal. Come on.

I'd like to see the website that listed Horn as no. 5 pound for pound!!
There is no comparison between Jeff Horn and Errol Spence. None

Spence was rated a top pound for pound fighter by The Ring, Boxing scene and TBRB. Now we can argue if he deserved to be that high or not (I'd probably agree with u) but established, respected publications/websites rated him highly before he fought Bud.
And he was definitely a better fighter than anyone Inoue fought this year

[harry-greb]

No, bivol beat nelo that was a better win, Nell was seen as unbeatable nearly, and bivo l underdog.

That's a fair point. Great win. I still shade it to Bud. He dismantled and battered his nemesis in a career best performance, in his career defining moment, in the biggest fight of the year.