Comments Thread For: Merchant: Crawford is Even Money Against Floyd/Manny

[Wizardsh]

Oh man. I like Crawford, but sheesh. Not close to their level yet.

And he never will be ethier

[elgu]

Crawford loses to both, and probably by KO.

[Greed.]

I wish people would stop Manny KOes them , he cant KO anyone that is not drained , check it out .

A guy who was rocked and repeatedly tagged by a smaller 126/30 lber and has only fought once at 140 can't get KO'd by Manny Pacquiao? Ok

[aboutfkntime]

who was drained that manny ko??? from 2009-2015, manny only had 1 legit ko and that was from hatton. so hatton was drained?

To be fair, Hatton had a reputation for blowing up horribly between fights.

I have heard 180+.

Sure, its his own fault, no argument there..... but it happened.

Also.....
Immediately prior to the Pac fight, Hatton had been campaigning at 147.

Add up those two factors, and you can see whats up.

That doesnt mean that Manny doesnt deserve any credit.

Neither of those factors made Hatton walk into that punch.

But yea, it is what it is.

[aboutfkntime]

Marquez said a lucrative offer to fight Pacquiao for the fifth time was on the table, but he ended it up turning it down.

"I've been offered a lot of money for a [fifth] fight with Pacquiao," Marquez told Boxingscene.com.

"But for me honor, prestige and respect for a country comes first. And, why do a fifth fight? Considering we won."

He would be crazy to fight Pacquiao again.

In the 4th fight, unless Marquez knocked Pacquiao out, he would never have been awarded a decision, regardless as to what happened between rounds 6-12.

We saw that in the 3rd fight.

Marquez should hit and run in regards to Pacquiao.

That series is done !

[big_james10]

Veteran boxing observer, Larry Merchant, is sky high on the prospects of one Terence Crawford, who just recently captured the vacant WBO 140-pound title by halting Thomas Dulorme in six rounds on April 18th in Arlington, Texas.

"I think that after he fights somebody at 147 and if he can show the same stuff he's showing now, I would make him no worse than even-money against either (Floyd) Mayweather or (Manny) Pacquiao," said Merchant this past Friday.
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This is the most ridiculous comment that I have seen in a month. Crawford was staggered and hurt by Gamboa, a guy moving up from 126 to fight Crawford at 135. He may be even money with Mayweather two years from now when Mayweather is 40 and is 10 years past his prime, but overall, this is a ridiculous comparison.

[big_james10]

Crawford loses to both, and probably by KO.

Crawford loses by KO to Danny Garcia, Lamont Peterson and probably Adrien Broner also.

[Street]

Yup. No doubt about it. Crawford is so skilled and complete that Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather better hurry and retire because there is a young lion lurking to dethrone both of them.

Crawford IMO can KO Manny if they fought right now. I see it an easy fight for Crawford.

Crawford can not KO Floyd but he just might be able to outbox him. I'm not to sure right now but since Floyd is slowing down, Terence might beat him in a year or two fo sure.

I am glad I'm not the only one who notices this guys talent. Merchant agrees with me and soon, everyone will see. So Manny, Floyd, you are taking too long. Crawford will is coming your way. Either you guys move or get bumped.

[ChestRockwell]

Crawford is good and fun to watch, but I wouldn't go so far as saying this. Not by a long shot.

[!! Shawn]

Crawford is good and all, but... if you are giving up rounds to Dolrme... Yeah... Even if you are setting stuff up, Floyd wouldn't have given up those rounds.

I like Crawford though. He has the ability to adapt, which is good. He just needs a little bit bigger bag of tricks so he can take rounds while he is setting traps. Would love to see him trained by Virgil Hunter.