Comments Thread For: Terence Crawford tops Israil Madrimov to become four-division champ

[TintaBoricua]

You will never hear the word Madrimov ever again unless you're in Wal-Mart looking to purchase a new vacuum cleaner.

LMFAO oh my God…this dude. LMFAO

This is comedy gold.

[BodyBagz]

LMFAO oh my God…this dude. LMFAO

This is comedy gold.

Well, um, prior to Bud picking his name out of a hat, when was the last time anyone mentioned Maddy ?
How high do you you see his ceiling being ?

TBF, I'm glad he lost. NSB would break with all the ''Maddy is an ATG'' nonsense.

Unless, of course, you agree with D ?

[Knuckle sandwich]

Madrimov had too win the first three rounds to force Crawford to attack and take risks, i had it a draw, i think a rematch would be a much better fight.

[BrankoB]

Bud was the close but decisive winner of this fight because Madrimov was just too afraid of taking any risks in the ring. He spent too much time using feints.

He was in pure counter punching mode. Crawford was able to unloaded several beautiful combination sets of punches on him .

Finally someone making some sense on this forum. I can't believe the rubbish I am reading from other posters about how good Madrimov was and how he was landing hard shots and Crawford was doing nothing. Madrimov was a twiching bunny hopping around the ring landing single right hands. The fight was close until round 10 when Crawford stepped on the gas and started fighting him (instead of juts boxing) by landing combinations and being more aggressive. I cannot believe anyone thought Madrimov won any of the last 3 rounds.

[BodyBagz]

Crawford would always be way way too small for 168, but Canelo would be a lot more hittable than Madrimov and is more stationary. Not saying Crawford beats him, though.

Bud is taller by an 1'' and has a 4'' reach ''advantage''

Nelo is not as easy to hit as one might think.
Bud will definitely reconsider his strategy once he gets hit .
Won't just unload recklessly.

[toners3]

Madrimov was robbed, period. Like eddie hearn said, it was a complete waste of time.

[BrankoB]

Madrimov was robbed, period. Like eddie hearn said, it was a complete waste of time.

Are you related to Madrimov? Perhaps from the same country. Only a blind Freddy would call this a robbery. Sure, tough competitive fight but the right guy won.

[JTfloyd]

Spence was not right maybe they start to see it now, if Bud was as good with others as he was Spence he would have never been buzzed and dropped by B level guys, Buds a great fighter but his resume is not strong he is not the superman people thought he was after Spence, I don't see anyone at 147 154 beating him but on that performance he would have to pull out a Mayweather clinic to beat Canelo and that's just not Buds style.

I don't think he's a great fighter at all for that very reason. His top 5 wins in the past decade or so are Khan, Brook, Porter, Spence, and going life and death with a slightly bigger (talented yet untested) guy with 11 fights. Meanwhile, there's article after article full of Crawford is an ATG, future Hall of Famer ass-kissery with a resume like THAT? That would be like if guys claimed Broner was a future Hall of Famer after he beat Malignaggi.

I guess some guys here are clearly more enamored with Crawford impressively beating shot, mediocre, or damaged goods-type opposition than I am.

[Carpe Diem]

Crawford would always be way way too small for 168, but Canelo would be a lot more hittable than Madrimov and is more stationary. Not saying Crawford beats him, though.

More stationary, but still a more calculated counter-puncher than Madrimov and that alone would **** Crawford’s whole game plan up.

[Knuckle sandwich]

For a fighter with only 10 pro fights he made Crawford look bad!