Comments Thread For: Tarver Backs Crawford as P4P Best: How Many P4P Champions Has Inoue Defeated?

[hitmanjosh]

Tarver was my dude when fighting but stick to sh_t U know about, Spence has good wins but nothing devastating Inoue has become undisputed twice and dethroned Steve Fulton a highly respected former champion as well. Inoue is equal to Crawford or just under but don’t try to write him off like he doesn’t belong because you don’t follow smaller fighters. That’s what I feel here, a write off!

[SilverMiles]

Lb for lb isn't and has never been a resume comparison but solely ones opinion on who would win in a head to head match if all things were equal. So it doesn't matter how many lineal titles Crawford
has or how many divisions Inoue won belts in.

If you think Crawford would beat any man given they were equal in weight than he's your lb for lb. And of you think Inoue would beat any man if equal in size than he's your on for Lb #1.

[PanPan1and2]

Personally the win against Spence wasn’t special because Spence is overrated and not a top 10 p4p fighter. Dude has been gifted decisions and not the same fighter since the wreck. Crawford also dont want that Ennis heat at least Innoue is cleaning out hia division.

[juanpablo]

Crawford:
3 division lineal champion
2 division undisputed
3 division world titlist
14-0 vs ranked opponents
10-0 vs world titlists

Inoue:
2 division lineal champion
2 division undisputed
4 division world titlist
13-0 vs ranked opponents
13-0 vs world titlists

Crawford has 3 lineal crowns so that makes him #1 in my book, but anyone who says Inoue's resume isn't incredible too is a clown. These two are head and shoulders above anybody else in boxing.

Both have strong cases, although I do try to take the P4P convo taking into account the last year or so because the list is so dynamic. I'd also like to add that Inoue is 6 years younger than TC.

[daggum]

guys like tapales and fulton are more proven than tank davis and tank davis is on the p4p list so that should show you being p4p doesnt always mean much

[El_Mero]

Big Crawf fan but I gotta go with Inoue case he's way more active. 10 or 11 of 13 fighters he's faced were former or now current champions.

1a. Inoue
1b. Crawf
2. Usyk

Long drop off after that

[budfr]

Tarver is siding with his fellow Afroamerican and being racist. Just because Inoue is from a small weight class and fights in Japan does mot mean he is not worthy of p4p credentials.

[A.B Counterhooks]

Everybody got their own perspective when it comes to the P4P list. Personally I rate Bud as 'numero uno' right now just for the fact he fights at a higher division, as far as accolades concern there is really not that much difference between both guys... just my opinion.

[famicommander]

Both have strong cases, although I do try to take the P4P convo taking into account the last year or so because the list is so dynamic. I'd also like to add that Inoue is 6 years younger than TC.

Inoue is younger than Crawford, but that's not relevant for P4P. It's likely that Inoue will continue to pile up achievements for many years to come, but that doesn't mean we can project and give him credit for things he hasn't done yet.

To me, the lineal titles are the most important thing. There haven't been many 3 division lineal champions in the entire history of boxing:
Manny Pacquiao (5 divisions)
Floyd Mayweather (4 divisions)
Bob Fitzsimmons
Tony Canzoneri
Barney Ross
Henry Armstrong
Sugar Ray Leonard
Oscar De La Hoya
Terence Crawford

That's it. By comparison, there have been 22 4 division world titlists. That's also an incredible accolade but there are some names on that list that just don't stack up to the names above like Adrien Broner.

If Crawford becomes lineal at 154, that puts him on a 3 man list with only Mayweather and Pacquiao. That should be his focus going forward.

Inoue should finish whatever business he wants to take care of at 122 and then focus on becoming lineal at 126.

[KrusherStan]

The thing is, Crawford has 1 win over a P4P champ. It's not an outrageous number