Comments Thread For: Crawford: I Won't Get Credit for Beating Pacquiao AND Lomachenko

[KrusherStan]

I don't understand Crawford's logic. He says GGG too big for Floyd, but he ain't too big for Loma.

[KrusherStan]

He'll get credit beating Thurman, Spence Jr IMO. Nobody else.

[gmc_rfc_06]

He won't beat Pacquiao, Brook and many other guys at 147.

Loma moved to 130 to find opponents, Crawford will soon be at 147

[chrisJS]

He's right. He shouldn't be butthurt though, sports fans and boxing fans are mostly rabid idiots. There's fanboys and haters and that takes up about 80% of what you see online and they post more and therefore they are seen more.

As an objective fan I think he's right people will nitpick. If he doesn't fight Lomachenko people will cry that he's ducking him or that he has to beat him and if he did those same people would discredit it.

His career is going fine so far and lets look at it in the perspective that he's been at the championship level for 3 years. He beat Klimov and Prescott to earn the title shot. He went to hostile territory and beat Burns to win the title, he defended as an underdog in his first title defense against Gamboa (the same Gamboa who seemingly scared Mikey Garcia out of the sport for a while) and then beat a very good contender in Beltran (shut out). At 140 he's had one top opponent in Postol, who was coming off an excellent win and who a lot of people felt would win or give Crawford major problems. Remember Bud was "ducking" Postol?

Now he's "ducking" Diaz who he signs to fight. What's gonna happen when he smokes Diaz?

[PK3434]

GOOD FOR CRAWFORD.... IF HAYMON IS IN HIS EAR HE WILL GET TO FIGHT ON PRIMETIME AGAINST STARS..... NOT ON HBOLD AGAINST NO NAMES LMFAO.....

I was actually talking about ward lol

[GhostofDempsey]

So he has to be champion @ 135, 140, and 147 before he's given his due? Does the same hold true for GGG?

What does GGG have to do with this? If Bud wants more recognition and respect he has to earn it by going where the big fights are, not whining about fictional fights that haven't happened. He has a few good names on his resume, but none that resonate with casuals. Gamboa was the biggest name he fought but that was three years ago. Take care of business with Diaz and then get his ass up to 147 where he belongs. That's where the money is and that's where the competition is to launch your name and reputation into the mainstream.

[JASON SHAW]

i was actually talking about ward lol

well then my bad... Haymon will never work with a non fighting diva like ward... Also haymon wont work with thugs like james prince....

[Billycostigan]

1 he cant best pacquiao. 2 he should be fighting fighters in their prime anyways, When Manny was coming up he took on prime fighters back to back until he hit algieri. He cant beat pacquiao tho.

The more Terrence talks the more I dislike him. With each passing fight he gets ****ier. Even a past his prime Pacquiao still edges him out in a decision. Manny is an all-time pound-for-pound great and why people assume it's a given he would lose to Crawford is beyond me, it's absurd really..
Lomachenko on the other hand toys with Terrance in a wide decision if they meet

[SkillspayBills]

Just keep on winning and he will be fine. They can't deny greatness no matter how much they try.

[UNBIASED BOXING]

This is a joke. He received plenty of credit beating Gamboa despite Gamboa being a smaller fighter. That helped establish him.

You don't get full credit for beating a guy coming up TWO weight classes. That's a huge weight difference. Now, if you came down one and he came up one, that's a different story.

As for beating Pacquiao, you would get credit, but not the same kind of credit obviously of beating him back in his prime. It's no guarantee that Pacquiao can handle the top WWs like Thurman, Brook, Spence, etc.