Is Crawford beating Pac the same king maker as AJ-Wlad?

[TheCleaner]

the torch passing similarities are definitely here. the old legend, who in the absence of the guy that beat them in 2015, are still seen as the best in the given division depite being around 40ish with a younger lion who still need a bigger/defining win to solidify their accolades.

a win over said legend throws them to the top, but does the same new-king status happen to TC in beating Pac as AJ beating wlad.

and for both of them the question would always be, can they beat the guy who made their main win look silly back in 2015, could aj beat fury if he came back, could TC beat Floyd if he came back.

neither might get chance to try (TC almost 100% won't) but in parallel again, both those guys are eyeing 2017 returns to the ring, and wlad and Pac both want rematches of their 2015 defeats

[Sadiqkingofko]

Most likely beating Pacquaio is huge no matter what age

[Redd Foxx]

Bigger, esp if he does it at 147 because he would be going up in weight (first fight at 147) and pac hasn't had a loss in a couple years, whereas Wlad was coming off a loss and a huge layoff.

[satiev1]

Nope. Manny is a small ww. Crawford would out weigh him by 10 lbs.

[Elroy The Great]

not if they fight before 2019 (and if pac survives the hornet).

[Larry the boss]

Manny is younger and still a current champ and top 10 p4p fighter.............MUCH BIGGER WIN

[Larry the boss]

nope. Manny is a small ww. Crawford would out weigh him by 10 lbs.

joshua outweighted wlad by 10 pounds..try again

[TheCleaner]

If Crawford does manage to unify the whole division with an indongo fight next, then I'd imagine he'd fight Manny at 140? Plus if he did have the ibf by then, he'd have to do that same-day no more than 10lbs weigh in.

A win over Manny should actually be seen as even better than what AJ did to wlad, and I'm a big AJ fan since his early amateur days

[hectari]

Well AJ has a huge following in UK even before that Wlad fight.

Crawford beating Pacquiao is a passing of the torch fight for sure but thats only if Pacquiao gets past Horn.

Will Crawford get the type of backing though, we saw Bradley beat Pacquiao and his hometown tried to kill him he had to hide and was getting dirty looks in Palm Springs so the power didnt transfer over to Timmy.

Its hard to tell man, you have to be marketable, Pac had that lovable goofy childlike personality but a ferocity in the ring that people loved, Crawford is being more personable plus if he fights like he did Diaz and Gamboa and beats Pacman in that type of fashion with a devastating blitz KO he will def make a name, if he stinks the joint out like in the Postol fight he will not gain a name casuals have to be given a reason to tune in.

This is entertainment business too thats how you make money.

[RomanReigns]

Current Pacquiao is better than Current Wlad. And still a top 5 fighter in the World.