That's TRUE but obviously Crawford is going to say that to save face whereas even Stevie Wonder and the 3 blind mice know that Pacquiao was robbed during that championship fight on foreign soil. In fact, according to the official CompuBox stats, Manny landed DOUBLE the number of total punches compared to Horn (182 vs. 92) in one of the worst boxing robberies in history.
Therefore, the bigger question is, would Crawford EVEN be Welterweight champion if he'd faced Pacquiao instead of Horn? Personally, I DON'T think so because post-Horn, 40yo PacMan easily beat the likes of Matthysse & Broner whilst dropping and handing previously undefeated, heavily avoided KO artist and career Welterweight Thurman his first loss.
Therefore, the bigger question is, would Crawford EVEN be Welterweight champion if he'd faced Pacquiao instead of Horn? Personally, I DON'T think so because post-Horn, 40yo PacMan easily beat the likes of Matthysse & Broner whilst dropping and handing previously undefeated, heavily avoided KO artist and career Welterweight Thurman his first loss.
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