Comments Thread For: Terence Crawford's Path To Superstardom At 147 Pounds

[TravisPythagora]

Crawford ain't going to be**** until he beats Thurman or Spence. And I don't see neither fight happening. Crawford is good, but he hasn't beaten anyone other than Postol. I don't understand how many people have him higher than Thurman who beat Porter and Garcia.

He finished Felix Diaz which Lamont Peterson couldn't do so lets have Errol Spence fight Peterson. Talk about aint ****

[TravisPythagora]

Spence and Thurman are men to beat at 147, not Pacquiao and Horn. Even garcia and Porter would be better wins. Until Crawford beats one of them, he will prove nothing at 147.

Crawford already proved something by steppin up to 147 to take on all these 'bigger, stronger,' guys.

[TravisPythagora]

Pac snuck in against superstar fighters before anyone knew how dangerous he was.

Crawford has zero charisma. Great fighter, but never gonna be a star. ever. Even GBP would have a hard time and GBP makes the biggest stars in the game.

Zero charisma and never gonna be a star gets him over a $1 million a fight

[TravisPythagora]

I'm tired of Crawford. For years he's had the opportunity to call out Pac but instead was happy with hand-picked opponents fighting in Nebraska. Now the he has unified the belts (fighting pretty much no one of note) he wants to move up. At a time when 140 looks to be getting better with Mikey Garcia and even a Lomo fight possible. After barely breaking a sweat to unify versus Indongo - he now gets 8 months off to fight Jeff Horn? 147 is where you have a bunch of top PBC guys (excluding Porter) who really only want to fight once a year for an over-inflated paycheck. (Yes, 3.5 million to fight Lamont Peterson is a joke). So who is he going to face? Haymon fighters don't need to fight him. They can make more fighting the house brand. Crawford is not marketable in a sense of an HBO-Showtime co-promotion. Frankly, boxing would be better is Horn beats him. At least Horn has the balls to call people out.

Oh yeah you like when Horn calls out guys. Those same guys that have no 'need' for him either

[TravisPythagora]

Crawford is nothing at 147, beating 140 guys doesn`t make you relevant at welterweight.

I wonder if he could even beat Collazo.

Sparring Timothy Bradley and having him call Cameron Dunkin to tell him Bud is gon' be world champion makes you relevant at welterweight

[elfag]

Arum aint making fights with Haymond fighters and all the top 147 guys are with Al

[TravisPythagora]

The Hornet has a great nickname, but he is a B level fighter at the absolute best. Still have yet to see Crawford beat anyone that would whip AB, so he has a long way to go. I would be quick to move up to face Horn instead of Mikey Garcia, if I was Crawford too.

Anyways, Arum should spend more on putting together good fights instead of paying sites only die-hards visit to hype up his stable. They have tried and everyone still knows Vargas and Horn are second or third tier. And no one knows about Crawford, because he never fights an A level opponent. Sorry but beating Postol and Indongo are not in the same league as wins against Porter and Swift or Brook.

Crawford has never even mentioned wanting to fight anyone but Horn at ww. He is with Arum for a reason. To make money without ever taking any chance. Which is cool and all, but Crawford isn't taking any fight he has a chance of losing this decade. Unless Thurman bails and jumps ship to join Arum just to avoid Spence, which he might do if forced to battle The Truth.

Crawford beat both Garcia's in the amateurs hows that for resume. Oh and great job explainin Al Haymons business plan. Maximize earnings eliminate risk.

[elfag]

Crawford is nothing at 147, beating 140 guys doesn`t make you relevant at welterweight.

I wonder if he could even beat Collazo.

Dumbest post I have seen in a while. Crawford is number 1 at 140. When the number 1 of a division moves up a division, of course he is ***ing relevant at that weight. Was SRL not relevant at middleweight when he fought hagler? Was Canelo not relevant a month ago when he fought GGG at 160 because it was his first fight there? That is a ***ing ******ed thing to say.

[TravisPythagora]

This is why there should be one boxing organization. Something like the UFC. Two belts at most.

Yeah where after years m'f'ers get as low as $6500 to show and $6500 to win. That's pathetic

[TravisPythagora]

What are Crawford's options at Top Rank, especially with knowing that Jesse Vargas is no longer with Arum?

His option is fighting on ESPN/ABC THREE times a year. two of the last three guys Terence fought were Al Haymon guys.