Comments Thread For: Terence Crawford is The BWAA's Pound-For-Pound Number 1

[Raggamuffin]

Yes, a 12 month layoff for a smaller guy moving up doesn't matter to you if you have a horse in the race but a 11 month layoff does matter if it's not your horse.

Hard to penalize a guy for the lack of a re-match when it's been offered multiple times and the fighter even admitted it was a good offer that he was happy with.

Bud has fought 4 world champs, Loma 5. I'd say Loma's 2 best wins are better than Bud's and if (when) he adds Rigo his 3 best wins are better, but yeah I'll say the next set of wins (Burns, Beltran, the vastly underrated Diaz) are better than (Martinez, Sosa, Marriaga). That's a close resume though when you factor all in and the skill levels is hard to separate - I consider both complete fighters with extraordinary skill sets with perhaps Loma having a higher ceiling due to his lack of fights and more outrageous talent (but Bud being a harder hitter) but both seem to get better with each showing.

Loma is not a lineal champion nor has he become an undisputed champion. And he has lost. These aren't negatives, this is reality when compared to Bud. Bud has not lost, has been a lineal champion in 2 divisions and has not come close to losing. It isn't hard for me to figure out who is ranked higher pfp. I don't consider Loma a complete fighter.

I still think that he only has good speed and good ring movement. I need more from Loma. His power is suspect, and he has a light jab. Good body puncher doe. I'm just not impressed like everyone else is. But I wasn't impressed with Sweetpea and Floyd early in their careers either. It's a wait and see thing with me when it comes to Loma. I need more.