Comments Thread For: Size and sighs: Terence Crawford provides yet more evidence that bigger does not equal better

[BoxingUpdates]

Terence Crawford is the latest boxer to prove that it's the better fighter who wins, writes Eric Raskin
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[Charlie Zelenoff]

Also a tale of cherry picking gone horribly wrong.

[vitruvian]

Good article. I've been preaching this very point for a long time. I swear I've heard everyone including the fighters and trainers themselves saying that ****** "Weight classes exist for a reason" and "A good big man always beats a good little man" ... The problem is this is said and then casuals get a hold of those words and you have every Tom, ****, and. Harry saying it and the truth gets lost in translation. It's never ever been true. It's a factor of course but by no means is there any basis to believe this is the case. If it were we wouldn't have any two and three and four division champions and Tyson Fury would never have lost his title to a former cruiserweight. This nonsense will perpetually be repeated nevertheless the next time we have a fighter moving up. It'll lead to the next asinine boxing saying everyone says but doesn't understand the meaning to "swim without gettin' wet" I wish to God Nazeem had never said this to Bernard because now we have to many idiots running around repeating it like they're some boxing genius.

[thack]

BUD proved me wrong , he was able to put on weight that turned out to be to his benefit .I hope that doesn't start a landslide of smaller fighters moving up Bud caught Canelo right as we all know he's not the fighter he was BUT maybe Bud would beat a prime Canelo we won't know .Bud is older at 37 but is not as shopworn as Canelo .I was impressed how Bud was still sharp and won the final rounds , there's no point in a rematch.I agreed with the judges scoring at 113-115 . I've always been a Bud guy ever since his fight with Ricky Burns all those years ago and would love for him to retire with all that Money and enjoy.

[BoxerFreddy]

The thing I did not see mentioned anywhere, Canelo is arguable a very small Super-Middle Weight in terms of height.. He and Bud is the same height, or Bud maybe an inch taller. It's not the same as moving up and having a reach disadvantage. It was a way more even fight that everyone put it out to be in terms of size...