Comments Thread For: Jim Lampley: 'Terence Crawford is this generation's Sugar Ray Robinson'

[PNUT901]

That's a stretch. You can't place guys in history while they're still active. The only guy that I put up there with Sugar Ray is Henry Armstrong.

[ShoulderRoll]

Jim Lampley is the king of over-exaggerating.

[Boro]

Eye test, talent wise and boxing IQ wise, he could compete in any era. That is where the comparison is being made. He doesn't have the comp in this era to compared to SRR in terms of opposition of course.

He did beat the other top 10 P4P fighter of his era, Spence, to a pulp. The same Spence that whipped top comp for years.

Spence was never P4P, he was just fighting the PBC round robin and ironically he avoided the one good guy from PBC (once upon a time) and outside of PBC his best win is a shot Brook, he was losing to until his eye went and even then Brook endure multiple rounds with the eye.

And the comparison to SRR is just Wild there isn't the depth in his resume, eye tests are just that they hold no weight.

[Greenfield02]

Robinson would knocked Crawford into oblivion. Really any past great WW would of beat Crawford, Leonard, Hearns, De la Hoya, ect ect. It's not Crawford fault he fought in this era but he never, does himself any favors.....

[wrecksracer]

Eye test, talent wise and boxing IQ wise, he could compete in any era. That is where the comparison is being made. He doesn't have the comp in this era to compared to SRR in terms of opposition of course.

He did beat the other top 10 P4P fighter of his era, Spence, to a pulp. The same Spence that whipped top comp for years.

people give Spence way to much credit for beating Brook, Garcia, and squeaking by Porter. That's really the extent of his resume. I like Crawford, but the eyeball test doesn't really show how you would do against real adversity.

[CubanGuyNYC]

today's fighters just don't fight often enough to compare them to guys that fought weekly against every possible style. You really can't even compare them to fighters in the 80s who fought 4-6 times a year. I don't think the talent pool these days is as deep, either. I like Crawford, but I can't rate him as high as people who fought more often against tougher opposition.

I tried finding data on, say, the 1950s versus today, as far as boxers in the pro ranks go. The numbers aren’t readily available, and I’m not inclined to go on a thesis search at the moment. Lol I think it’s safe to say that the number of fighters in Robinson’s day far outnumber those of today. The sport was much more popular, and the employment choices were far more limited for the uneducated ranks. In the 50s, you had weekly boxing on prime time television. Top fighters were incredibly busy. In order to rise to the very top in any of the original eight weight divisions, a man had to machete his way through a battalion of hungry warriors. Now…like most everyone, I think Crawford is a terrific champ, and would’ve been competitive in any era. But to liken him to the GOAT? That’s a bit of a stretch.

[JTfloyd]

Lampley is pathetically transparent when it comes to playing favorites, just like his drunken senior citizen coworker. Compare their remarks/commentary when it comes to a good percentage of the careers of DLH, Trinidad, Barrera, Gatti, or Pac, vs what they said about Byrd, Hopkins, Toney, Roy, or Floyd. Dude is just kissing Crawford's ass to stay relevant. Which is ironic because he and Larry used to talk about Roy "not fighting top competition" yet Jones beating both Hopkins and Toney before he turned 25 is more substantial than Crawford's entire resume.

This quote from Crawford stuck out to me. “We haven’t seen a lot of him with top fighters, the kind that can solidify him as a mega puncher." Does this simpleton not realize that sentence describes himself PERFECTLY? Knocking out or stopping a shot Amir Khan/Kell Brook, a shopworn/basically retired Shawn Porter, and a post -ejected from a Ferrari mid (high-speed) barrel roll-, couldn't put a dent in a blown up Danny Garcia version of Spence does not make Bud a puncher. Opportunistic? Sure.

[Chavmex40]

Not only did Lampley lost his HBO job, he also lost his mind! None of the fighters Crawford has fought, were the caliber of LaMotta or Basilio. There is only one GOAT and that is Robinson. No one comes close to it, from Welterweight to middleweights. Nothing in between like today’s era. Crawford fighting for a title vs a 11-0 cherry picker. GTFOOH Lampley!

[BodyBagz]

Lamps needs to join Byden.....both have lost their minds

[hitmanjosh]

Hold up a minute Jim Lampley you moving to dammmm fast, not quite!