Comments Thread For: Thurman: Won't Be as Easy for Crawford at 147 as It Was at 140

[CLUBBER!]

Crawford is P4p no 1 but if he fights in Australia. definitely losing. Judges 1 - Crawford 0

How the hell is Crawford P4P number 1 when his best wins were still against friggin Viktor Postol and a smaller Gamboa?

I'll believe the hype when he beats someone notable. Until then, he's just that, hype. He definitely has potential, but he hasn't beaten a single top 5 fighter yet.

What is it, his "undefeated" record of fighting bums?

[whatismyname]

Sounds like Thurman knows whats comming

[gntsfan84]

I get what Thurman is saying here. However, he did say the same thing about Spence and is now pushing back that fight even though Spence is the champ. Will he say the same after Crawford beats Horn to win the WBO?

Eventually, I think he will fight either Spence or Crawford. I don't think he is a ducker since his last two fights were against Porter and Garcia but he could word his responses better.

As for Crawford, it's not just the opponents, it's the eye test. It's not Crawford's fault that he was so much better than everyone else at 135 and 140. I saw him fight at MSG earlier this year and the guy is the goods. Now that he is at 147 where there are bigger names, he will have the chance to show it to the world.

[whatismyname]

How will he ever find out. Everyone at ww to fookin scared to let it fly

Horn is gonn be forced to by wbo and arum.. and soon Thurman will to by demand

[djtmal]

thurman could have saved a lot of ink if he just said lets see crawford's chin checked properly @ 147 before we jump the gun on him...

[KingTito]

I understand his logic, but I don't think it applies here. Crawford unified 140 and as universally recognized as one of the p4p best. Would anyone honestly have a problem if Crawford got a big fight right away?

Besides, Thurman says he needs a comeback fight. Spence is locked in for January, and Crawford will probably fight Horn or some ****. He doesn't need more than one fight. Thurman needs to fight Crawford or Spence this year, preferably Spence. Crawford can fight Porter later. Then the winners square off in 2019.

[P4PGOD]

Thurman needs to worry about spence

[Shadoww702]

has a stronger resume than GGG, yet everyone has him in their top 3 P4P list.

Who exactly has Crawford ducked? The reason he doesn't mind Arum is because Arum is paying him what he think he's worth. No fighter ever had an issue with Arum other than $$$. If Crawford feels like his $$ is good, why leave?

How the hell does Crawford have a better resume then GGG??? You smoking coke WITH De La Hoya??

He had a draw with P4P top 10 Canelo. Most felt he won and he beat Jacobs.

Jacobs/Canelo > Postol/Gamboa x1000

[Afi23]

You wouldn't have this excuse making between the top guys if you have one unified champ! Having a belt only gives you a reason to avoid fighting other Champs because major belt organizations don't rank current Champs from other organizations.

Have the organizations "always" done this or only in recent times?

[ceylon mooney]

Crawford's resume would be better if Freddie Roach wasn't scared to death of him for the past 2+ years! I can't blame Arum for that one, because he's been trying for 2+ years to get Manny in the ring with Crawford! Freddie Roach knows how good Crawford is!

not true. arum refused to let crawford-manny happen for more than 2 years. in stead he gave us the fights we've all been duing for, like pacquiao-bradley 3.

been sayin for years as soon as many cant win arum will make it an option.