Comments Thread For: Crawford Can't See Fight Between Him & Lomachenko Happening

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NEW YORK Terence Crawford truly appreciates Vasyl Lomachenko's skills. He also understands why boxing fans and media have discussed them possibly fighting at some point. Crawford just can't see it happening. The undefeated Crawford fights two weight classes above Lomachenko. And by the time Lomachenko moves up to 135 pounds, Crawford might be headed to 147.
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[JASON SHAW]

LOMACHENKO SAID CRAWFORD IS TOO BIG FOR HIM JUST LIKE CRAWFORD SAID SPENCE IS TOO BIG FOR HIM....

[Sun_Tzu]

Isnt Loma a 126lber? The hell would Crawford want him for. Is Loma talking about going to 140?

[Bronx2245]

LOMACHENKO SAID CRAWFORD IS TOO BIG FOR HIM JUST LIKE CRAWFORD SAID SPENCE IS TOO BIG FOR HIM....

It's funny how Kellerman didn't ask Pacquiao (147) about Errol Spence Jr., but he asks Crawford (140) about it.

[JASON SHAW]

it's funny how kellerman didn't ask pacquiao (147) about errol spence jr., but he asks crawford (140) about it.

or how they never ask ggg about ward.... Its the same old kkk plantation mentality at hbold... Thats why they are dying and Showtime is thriving!

[Hatesrats]

In a segment on "A Los Golpes" (one of those fuggin' shows) Loma said that he would be willing to fight Pac (Who has been campaigning at 147lbs for a while now) but said "Bud" is too big for him and he fights at 140lbs.

[Boxing Logic]

In a segment on "A Los Golpes" (one of those fuggin' shows) Loma said that he would be willing to fight Pac (Who has been campaigning at 147lbs for a while now) but said "Bud" is too big for him and he fights at 140lbs.

That's because Pacquiao is a natural lightweight who is such a legendary boxer, he is able to fight guys much bigger than him at 147, while Crawford is a natural welterweight who weighs 160 on fight night, but has campaigned at 135 and 140 so far in his career in order to be a weight bully and beat up smaller guys. He is still a talented fighter, but we won't know how great he is until he steps up, and if he were ever to do the equivalent of what Pacquiao has done, and go fight at middleweight or at least 154, I'm not sure he would be able to stand toe to toe with bigger guys and win wars against them the way Pacquiao has.

So yeah, Crawford fights at a lower weight than Pacquiao, but he's still way bigger than Pacquiao. That just tells you two things though. One, it tells you how remarkable Pacquiao's run at welterweight has been, and two, it tells you that Crawford is taking the path of least resistance so far, and not daring to be great the way Pacquiao did. So Crawford should never complain about not getting the love of the fans Pacquiao does because so far he has been unwilling to take on the same challenges Pacquiao did.

Unfortunately, Crawford is too big for Lomachenko, otherwise that would be a great fight. If Pacquiao can still make 136 or 137 at his age after putting on extra muscle to compete at welterweight, then Pacquiao-Lomachenko actually could happen, and that would be an amazing matchup.

I think Lomachenko's skill set and ability to run through the weight classes and become a pay-per-view star is higher than Crawford's, so if I'm Bob Arum and I had to choose to pass the torch to either Crawford or Lomachenko with a Pacquiao fight, I'd definitely choose Lomachenko. Plus that would be an incredible matchup. Lomachenko is a boxer but he will also fight. He stays in the pocket. He doesn't circle the ring looking not to engage like Crawford does. He doesn't have a huge size and reach advantage over Pacquiao like Crawford does. Pacquiao-Crawford could be a complete dud of a fight like May-Pac was.

But Pacquiao-Lomachenko on the other hand could see the return of the explosive Pacquiao for the first time in five years. Pacquiao would be fighting a smaller man for the first time in probably almost a decade. We could have knockdowns both ways. The amount of combination punching, and the quality of speed and angles and explosive punching, would be historic in many ways. Whereas with Pacquiao-Crawford, yes the amount of speed in the ring would still be great, but it would just be Crawford using his longer, younger legs to circle the ring all night and pot shot. It wouldn't be anything like the Pacquiao-Marquez type of legendary matchup that Pacquiao-Lomachenko would be except with way more speed from Lomachenko (but less size and power for Pacquiao to worry about too, so a more aggressive Pacquiao).

Arum is getting older, but if he is still at the top of his game, he will stop trying to make Pacquiao-Crawford, and start trying to make Pacquiao-Lomachenko at 136 or 137 instead. That is the fight, and if Lomachenko can move up another 7 pounds and give an amazing fight against Pacquiao, he will win Fighter of the Year, and #1 pound for pound status, and receive way more hype and bring in way more fans and money than if Crawford uses his size to outbox Pacquiao in a slow, low activity fight.

[chrisJS]

He's right. Logical comments. Lomachenko is a featherweight fighting at super featherweight. Sure he's moving to 135, but will be there a long time. Crawford himself said he'll be at 147 soon. Both these guys are going to keep winning and winning maybe in 4-5 years the mainstream will call for it but Crawford-M.Garcia is the most likely fight between the best in those divisions (30, 35, 40) and that's not likely anytime soon. Timing is just off unfortunately.

“Salido was hitting him in the balls,” Crawford said, “and all kinds of stuff – cheating.” -

[hitking]

That's because Pacquiao is a natural lightweight who is such a legendary boxer, he is able to fight guys much bigger than him at 147, while Crawford is a natural welterweight who weighs 160 on fight night, but has campaigned at 135 and 140 so far in his career in order to be a weight bully and beat up smaller guys. He is still a talented fighter, but we won't know how great he is until he steps up, and if he were ever to do the equivalent of what Pacquiao has done, and go fight at middleweight or at least 154, I'm not sure he would be able to stand toe to toe with bigger guys and win wars against them the way Pacquiao has.

So yeah, Crawford fights at a lower weight than Pacquiao, but he's still way bigger than Pacquiao. That just tells you two things though. One, it tells you how remarkable Pacquiao's run at welterweight has been, and two, it tells you that Crawford is taking the path of least resistance so far, and not daring to be great the way Pacquiao did. So Crawford should never complain about not getting the love of the fans Pacquiao does because so far he has been unwilling to take on the same challenges Pacquiao did.

Unfortunately, Crawford is too big for Lomachenko, otherwise that would be a great fight. If Pacquiao can still make 136 or 137 at his age after putting on extra muscle to compete at welterweight, then Pacquiao-Lomachenko actually could happen, and that would be an amazing matchup.

I think Lomachenko's skill set and ability to run through the weight classes and become a pay-per-view star is higher than Crawford's, so if I'm Bob Arum and I had to choose to pass the torch to either Crawford or Lomachenko with a Pacquiao fight, I'd definitely choose Lomachenko. Plus that would be an incredible matchup. Lomachenko is a boxer but he will also fight. He stays in the pocket. He doesn't circle the ring looking not to engage like Crawford does. He doesn't have a huge size and reach advantage over Pacquiao like Crawford does. Pacquiao-Crawford could be a complete dud of a fight like May-Pac was.

But Pacquiao-Lomachenko on the other hand could see the return of the explosive Pacquiao for the first time in five years. Pacquiao would be fighting a smaller man for the first time in probably almost a decade. We could have knockdowns both ways. The amount of combination punching, and the quality of speed and angles and explosive punching, would be historic in many ways. Whereas with Pacquiao-Crawford, yes the amount of speed in the ring would still be great, but it would just be Crawford using his longer, younger legs to circle the ring all night and pot shot. It wouldn't be anything like the Pacquiao-Marquez type of legendary matchup that Pacquiao-Lomachenko would be except with way more speed from Lomachenko (but less size and power for Pacquiao to worry about too, so a more aggressive Pacquiao).

Arum is getting older, but if he is still at the top of his game, he will stop trying to make Pacquiao-Crawford, and start trying to make Pacquiao-Lomachenko at 136 or 137 instead. That is the fight, and if Lomachenko can move up another 7 pounds and give an amazing fight against Pacquiao, he will win Fighter of the Year, and #1 pound for pound status, and receive way more hype and bring in way more fans and money than if Crawford uses his size to outbox Pacquiao in a slow, low activity fight.

Pacquiao isn't a natural lightweight. Hell, he probably couldn't make 140 as easily as his fans like to think. Manny is a welterweight. Check some of his fight night weights when he was fighting down in the feather and lightweight divisions. Hell, he outweighed DLH on the night they fought.

[Teetotaler]

Smh hes duckin and saying loma got robbed. The demographic wont know what to make of this