Comments Thread For: Fundora Must Fight Crawford Next or Relinquish WBO Belt, Official Says

[SteveM]

When would you consider his prime?

before he got battered by Golovkin - in retrospect when he beat Porter

[James Hunt]

WBO might be even better than IBF.
Just a month ago mofo was unable to fight until the end of this year, now he has miraculously healed. GTFOH!
Bravo, WBO!

[jackblack008]

But isn't Crawford chose to take a different route to fight Madrimov. Fundora should be allowed to fight Spence

[Bronx2245]

Well, Brook was undefeated as a welterweight still. And the result of his decision to fight GGG is why I believe the Canelo vs Crawford fight is smoke and mirrors.

Brook was a huge welterweight and this was just a 2 division jump. Only to fight one of the most bruising fighters in the division. And Crawford is going to jump up 3 divisions against a guy who ate punches from light heavyweights? Crawford's idiot fan boys must want to see his career ruined like Kel Brook for a payday. I'm wondering after those broken jaws was the payday really worth it.

The difference between Canelo vs. Crawford, and GGG vs. Brook, is that Crawford is 36, at the end of his career, coming off a DOMINANT performance of a Top 5 P4P fighter. Brook beat Porter by SD. If Crawford has another DOMINANT victory over Madrimov, his excellency will have no problem making the Canelo fight. Win, Lose, or Draw, Crawford will make substantially more money, than Brook did for taking the risk, and I believe Crawford has much better odds of beating Canelo, than Brook had to beat GGG! Let’s see how Bud looks in August!

[A.B Counterhooks]

Fundora will just drop the wbo belt and fight erroll for the wbc then, one sanction fee less to be worry about. Besides, doesnt bud has an opponent lined up already?

[turnedup]

I’m glad, pbc was trying to pull a fast one wouldn’t let fundora do the rematch or fight Crawford. Now they either give up the belt or fight a more deserving opponent.

[Poopdick]

I mean dang. Spence got BEATEN DOWN big time. One sided drumming and then tries to swoop in for another trinket on another silly ppv.

[Poopdick]

But isn't Crawford chose to take a different route to fight Madrimov. Fundora should be allowed to fight Spence

he can. Just not for belt. Spence is a beaten down exposed guy. he shouldn't be fighting for trinkets on ppv

[garfios]

Good for everyone here. Fundora…. Who cares about a belt? You can stop paying sanction fees, you can pick up a belt anywhere cuz they hand them out like candy, you get to fight what some might say as a more winnable bout, build your profile and make some cash. Fight some bum for a belt next.

Crawford, you get to start claiming how great you are with another belt in another division, and set yourself up for a fight he may actually WANT next. Doubt he’s drooling over Fundora fight.

Spence, you get what you may feel as a more winnable fight. Get that career back on track. The end.

Last but not least, if I was a fighter, and ANY belt organization threatened to take a belt I just won via victory in the ring, based on some sort of technicality (unless it is legit - in this case I haven’t dove in enough To know. But I mean like Usyk and Crawford, and Charlo, and these guys getting stripped the minute they step into a fight or the minute they win a fight, it’s RIDICULOUS!), I would make sure I NEVER respected that organization again. If I won their belt later in my career, I’d drop that belt in the ring and announce it in my post fight speech. They let some fighters hold on to belts for an eternity. But some guys literally win a fight and are stripped almost immediately. Nothing more dumb than that)

Not dumb, corrupt!

[TheWinners]

The difference between Canelo vs. Crawford, and GGG vs. Brook, is that Crawford is 36, at the end of his career, coming off a DOMINANT performance of a Top 5 P4P fighter. Brook beat Porter by SD. If Crawford has another DOMINANT victory over Madrimov, his excellency will have no problem making the Canelo fight. Win, Lose, or Draw, Crawford will make substantially more money, than Brook did for taking the risk, and I believe Crawford has much better odds of beating Canelo, than Brook had to beat GGG! Let’s see how Bud looks in August!

I don't know if that helps your case. It makes it worse. He will be turning 37 and moving up 3 weight divisions to fight a younger more active fighter. Who has fought much harder punchers. The only thing that's better is the money but again if you're going to be cripple after a fight what good is it? He has just as little chance to beat Canelo as Brook had to beat GGG. And Brook was definitely winning that fight in many eyes, til he got touched by a hard hitting fighter 2 weight classes above him. There's no way to spin it, it's a foolish risk. I don't care how good Crawford is, if I cared about him, I wouldn't let him do it.