Comments Thread For: Broner: Fighting Spence Would Be "Foolish" for Crawford's Career

[daggum]

Daggum is better at watching cricket and eating curry.

no i'm not even good at doing that. i get crosseyed and spill my curry all over myself.

[The Big Dunn]

maidana was not highly regarded at the time that he fought broner. you are trying to revise history and make him seem like some of huge challenge based on the result of the fight. was he a walkover? no. but was he one of the best ww's in the world? no.

kigali said he moved up to a stacked division but no one included maidana and malignaggi as part of that stacked division so how does that prove he has balls? if ggg moved up and fought 2 guys who weren't considered good he would have balls? don't think so.

salido was #2 in his division when loma fought him and salido didn't even make weight. maidana was #9 i believe and had recently moved to 147 just like broner.

I didn't post anything of the sort. He was a solid fighter. Of course Broner was expected to win, but much like the Granados fight coming up, those of us that actually follow the sport know it will be tougher than expected.

WW was an incredibly deep division so being a top 10 ww is not the same as being atop 10 MW or HWT, divisions that are weak.

Its ok to hate Broner, but he deserves credit. He went up and fought Maidana who was a tough veteran. When he found himself losing he didn't quit (although he did try to milk a low blow) and fought to try and win.

SInce he couldn't fight the TR guys, what else was he supposed to do?

[aboutfkntime]

Why does a unified champion at 140 need to go up 7 pounds to fight a contender?

If Crawford goes up it to fight a champion like the winner of Thurman vs Garcia or pac

This fight doesn't need to happen for atleast 2018-19 when Crawford settles in 147 and spence get a name or two on his side

I agree with all 3 points.

best post in the thread

[bobd9842]

Crawford had issues with Gamboa's power.I'd test the waters first

Crawford had issues with Gamboa's power? You mean the one lucky and wild punch that shook him a little? Too funny. The only thing Crawford had issues with was Gamboa's speed. With the exception of that ONE punch toward the end of the fight...none of Gamboa's power shots hurt him. Once Crawford timed him out....it was over.

[bronx7]

Spence future of ww jm . Soon to be champ of both divisions one at a time best prospect contender out there

[DeLorean]

Broner also thinks it's "foolish" for him to fight Spence his damn self. .and he's currently at 140 right now, how many times has AB called out Crawford?

[Kilrain]

Terence Crawford ain't sweating anyone at jr welter or welter, that much is clear. Guy's got a ridiculous skill set in his own right, what does he have to fear? Don't get me wrong, Spence is the truth too, but if the money was right, I don't imagine either having a problem with this fight.

[Nomadic]

That would be a bad idea. Broner knows all about that.

[daggum]

That would be a bad idea. Broner knows all about that.

yeah but what broner fails to calculate is that crawford is actually good and not an overrated clown like himself so that changes the dynamics.

[Bronx2245]

I get what you are saying but my question is why is it when people have an opinion on PBC the question is ALWAYS diverted back to TR, GBP, HBO, etc? Why not comment on the question or comment in its context instead of diverting the answer elsewhere? PBC has a huge stable of fighters with big names and lots of up and coming talent, so its no wonder the opinions run high when fans dont get what expected.

Because past history is the context! Do we get mismatches from other promoters besides PBC? Do other promoters delay fights, or protect their fighters? So why all the hate for PBC? We get good fights with PBC and most of the time, they are not PPVs. 2017 is looking real good, and for all the haters, this is what we got in 2016:

2/27: Frampton vs. Quigg
4/16: Glowacki vs. Cunningham
4/16: Spence Jr. vs. Algieri
4/30: DeGale vs. Medina
4/30: Jack vs. Bute
5/21: Charlo vs. Trout
5/21: Charlo vs. Jackson
6/11: Provodnikov vs. Molina
6/18: Fonfara vs. Joe Smith Jr.
6/18: Payano vs. Warren
6/25: Thurman vs. Porter
7/2: Herring vs. Shafikov
7/29: Stevenson vs. Williams
7/30: Santa Cruz vs. Frampton
7/30: Garcia vs. Rojas
9/9: Easter vs. Comney
12/10: Charlo vs. Williams
12/10: Cuellar vs. Mares

Are all of these "must see TV?" NO! But is the quality less than TR, GBP, Roc Nation, or K2? NO! I want to see PBC succeed, and continue to do things like Thurman vs. Garcia on CBS! That's how you make the sport better! You can't make the sport better by charging us $70 for everything!