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Hate is still real lmao. He beat names at 135, names at 140 now he is moving to most stacked division to beat names there. He destroyed two gold medalist, was one of four undisputed champ with all 4 belts now is going to take WBO champ at 147 who is not future hof but hey he is moving up and yall know that there is no place to hide and duck someone in 147. If Bud fights 3 times in 2018. His third fight will be against some big fish,DSG, shawn porter maybe ???Comment
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I think his frame will fill out perfectly for welterweight. He is going to make some noise at 147! Exciting times.Comment
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If Crawford can carry his power up to 147 he's going to be dangerousComment
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I'd pick Thurman or Spence over him, but I doubt those fights happen. The Thurman fight would have to be a co-promoted PBC/Arum ESPN card or something - and those events hardly ever happen. Crawford has already indicated he wants to duck Spence and hopes Spence moves up to 154 because he's so big for the weight class.
I see Crawford v. Horn next - and then I see Crawford fighting unknown mandatory opponents for a while because I doubt he fights any Haymon fighters. I definitely see a "MEGA FIGHT" for the WBO title on the Horizon with Crawford taking on the ever-so dangerous Jessie Vargas.Comment
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The "Gold" medals you reference mean nothing - by 29 years old Pac, May and other greats had beaten Hall of Famers and ATGs. That's head gear and a point system. Not to mention, one was a chinny-blown featherweight who moved down since the fight and is the opening bout on an HBO card triple-header. The other was security guard as a pro. And at 140 his biggest name was Victor Postol who beat a washed up Lucas.
Crawford hasn't fought anyone his size who was a serious threat yet. Postol's entire build up for the fight was from one win over an inactive, fading opponent. Crawford didn't KO Postol and he didn't even KO Prescott at 135, but I'm going to believe he's going to bring power to threaten Thurman, Porter, Garcia, etc. I doubt he'll even KO Horn.
Bottom line is that Crawford is completely unproven and was an HBO and now ESPN over-hype job. He might be great, but his level of competition has been extremely weak and he's 29.Comment
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Facts are -
He beat the #1 and 2 guys at 135 and the best fighter at 130 (coming up)
He beat the #1, 2 and 3 guys at 140 and won all the belts
He lost maybe 4-5 rounds across those six fights and showed tremendous skill, versatility, dominance and intelligence.
He has never once ducked or sidestepped one challenge to date.
Fiction is -
That he's protected. What and who could he have done/fought up to this point?
That he's scared of other fighters
It's going to be hard to get Thurman, Spence, Garcia, Porter (ugh) in the ring at 147 since they are all PBC and they have their own round robin of barely fighting each other. Crawford will continue to fight the best available opponent and will continue to dominate. Hard to ask for more than that.
He's certainly one of the best fighters in the World. Definitely top 3, arguably #1.Comment
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