Comments Thread For: Arum: Crawford Will Be at Level of Mayweather, Pacquiao

[Larry the boss]

Let me guess"IN ALL MY YEARS I HAVE NEVER SEEN A FIGHTER AS GREAT AS TERRANCE CRAWFORD..NOT ALI,NOT LEONARD...ETC ETC

[Da Hammer]

Wouldn't mind seeing Pacquiao fight him after he beats Mayweather. Assuming the fight is in Macau then I don't think Arum cares big about the PPV numbers.

[HanzGruber]

Just another average Joe huh? Already a two division champ who brings in 15K fans routinely and he's just getting started. Name a guy at 140 who beats him if you don't mind.

Gamboa buckled him. He might by chinny but he has skills. Hopefully he doesn't take the kell brook route

[SergioMartinez]

Let me guess"IN ALL MY YEARS I HAVE NEVER SEEN A FIGHTER AS GREAT AS TERRANCE CRAWFORD..NOT ALI,NOT LEONARD...ETC ETC

You're back, now everyone can stop calling me a Larry Alt.

[gdub27]

Thurman, Maidana, and Khan all beat Manny.

Thurman has a shot, but I'd still pick Pac, Maidana is tailor made for him and would run face first into a buzzsaw, Khan got sparked by Danny Garcia so I will assume you are joking, I need to see Khan beat a good WW, not a blown up junior.

[Outworn]

Put in him with Lucas and Ruslan then we can talk.

[jas]

He won't be a star popularity wise

And unless he fights pacquaio won't ever be on ppv

[SN!PER]

To reach that level, he would have to eventually move up and beat Thurman, Khan, and Brook. And that is not going to happen.

[jjsmyth87]

Crawford is smart for only moving up one weight class unlike these guys like broker and Rios who think they can gain 12 pounds of fat and jump right up to 147 and have success. Mikey Garcia is saying he might go straight to 140, which I think is a dumb move. Anyways arum didn't say that Crawford is in the level of pacquiao mayweather. He said in 2 or 3 years he will be which I believe is the case. I think he at least has the same ring smarts as them, and is bigger than what people expect. His fight vs. Ray Beltran he rehydrated to 18 lbs heavier on fight night and he didn't have a single gram of fat on his body, so he is growing and should be a champion at 147 in 2 years. Maybe he wont go on to achieve the same type of success, but hes damn sure making a strong case to be the future top goon at 147 when Pac and may retire. Lets just hope the top guys at 140 dont duck him. I'm pretty sure Danny Garcia will permanently move up to his 143 lb weight class after watching Crawford in action. Crawford has a way of hitting guys with completely unexpected punches which is why he is such a good finisher like arum alluded to. They can't roll with the punches if they don't see them coming

[jjsmyth87]

To reach that level, he would have to eventually move up and beat Thurman, Khan, and Brook. And that is not going to happen.

I think Crawford would find a way to touch khans chin pretty easily. Thurman and brook he would have a hard Tim with, but remember Crawford is doing it the right way by moving up only 1 division. By the time hes ready for welterweight anything could happen. Alls that's for sure now is Crawford should take over at 140. The landscape at 147 will be a lot different by the time Crawford has conquered 140 and is ready to move up