Comments Thread For: Terence Crawford-Julius Indongo: Risk All Around

[Pigeons]

'' Since the WBO came into existence in the late 1980s, only two fighters have held all four major belts simultaneously: Bernard Hopkins who unified the middleweight crown and Jermain Taylor who took it from him. The winner Saturday will be the third.''

Wow! great detail here by Mr. Rold. Why am I not surprised only Americans have accomplished this?

In addition to that only three fights have occurred with all four major belts on the line: Hopkins vs. De La Hoya, Eastman, and Taylor I. The fight Saturday will be the fourth.

[MastaBlasta]

risk? really? crawford is 1/20 on the win with uk bookies lol. is that what a risky fight is considered to be? A risky fight is what spence did by fighting brook, not what this clown is doing.

The bookies have it all wrong then. This is definitely a risky fight for both men.

[goldenbear]

Indongo still would have options............

If Indongo loses then he can fight Postol, Lundy, Broner, Garcia, Prograis among others. However only fight for Crawford if he wins is Garcia and then on to 147. If Crawford loses he can do a potential trilogy with Indongo. I still see a lot of solid fights at 140 even if Crawford vacates and moves up.

[VG_Addict]

Indongo throws wide punches. Crawford will pick him off all night.

[JakeTheBoxer]

indongo by KO. Crawford is overrated.

[miked85]

Why hasn't espn top rank promoted this fight

[daggum]

Indongo throws wide punches. Crawford will pick him off all night.

whats wrong with wide punches? why are you racist against wide punches!

[killakali]

Broner and Garcia each made a million. I don't know how much Bud and Indongo can really make over a million each.

"Had he missed weight, he would have lost $500,000 of his $1 million purse, the same purse as Garcia"
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...-adrien-broner

dan Rafael says the purse report is 1.6 mil for crawford but he's getting over 2 million and Indongo shows 100k but his package is 1million

[PBR Streetgang]

I think Indongo gives Crawford a tough fight. Based on what I saw from him in his victories over Troyanovsky and Burns, he seems to be a skilled gamer who doesn't know how to lose. Troyanovsky has some defensive lapses and Indongo brutally capitalized on them. He really beat Burns from pillar to post, only Ricky's toughness preventing a stoppage. He showed me he can fight from range and was effective in close as well. I like Bud but his tendency to start slow may put him down on the cards early as he starts to figure out Julius and begin to pick him apart. I don't think Indongo goes the way of Lundy, Gamboa or Diaz, I have a feeling he will make adjustments to make this a very compelling, competitive fight.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Im not sleeping on Indongo. He has what takes to shock Crawford