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

[Bronx2245]

nah. ida
preferred he fight khan, thurman, brook, porter, garcia...if haymon and bob
wanted us to see thoae foghts weda seen em.

You mean if Bob wanted it, then maybe! After Bob's lawsuit failed, suddenly Crawford can fight Molina and Diaz, both Haymon fighters! "If you can't beat 'em..."

[fantasy5021]

I really think Crawford would mop the floor with Thurman. Thurman had close fights against garcia and porter so its not like hes leaps and bounds ahead of those guys. Spence and Crawford will be the next superfight at 147 within a couple years.

Its very possible Crawford beats him no doubt. I thought Thurman won 8-4 maybe 7-5 vs Garcia. I would love to see Crawford fight someone good at 147 and not some clown. I really want to see how he matches up with the rest.

Crawford beats Garcia and Porter but that's what i need to see before i favor him over Thurman. Thurman is a slight favorite in my book.

[Sledgeweather17]

Cuz they climb the ladder in ranks to fight each other while your boy bob puts up mismatches in his stable to reek in all the doe for himself, genius.

Heh? You sure you quoted the right person?

[chepboxingking]

Think about the fighters in recent years who left top rank for other promoters, the money wasnt the issue. Hbo and top rank didnt like rigos style so he left, mikey garcia left because he didnt want to fight gamboa after being offered a career high payday, chavez jr left after they offered him golovkin and a fight after for 11-18 million depending if he won. So its not money its usually they dont like top rank giving them hard opponents.

Anyways Crawford fought all the top guys at 135 and 140 and cleaned out both divisions so anyone complaining about crawfords resume is foolish because he fought the best fighters in his divisions. Now hes at 147 and going straight into fighting a champion, I doubt Thurman has the balls to fight Crawford he will just keep making excuses like he always does and the rest of the pbc guys always do. Pbc (protective boxing custody) is for guys that want easy fights and the real champions fight for top rank

You make good points on Crawford's resumé. Anyone that questioned it is a moron.

Regarding the fighters and TR...Arum just hated rigo after exposing his cash cow Donaire, that's the real reason for the beef. I hate when people say rigo is boring. I've never seen a fighter with a 70% KO rate be considered "boring". Chavezjr was told in order to get the GGG fight he'd have to sign an extension with TR, which was the real reason the fight didn't happen. Mikey was offered a similar deal for Gamboa. People think fighters want to be more active, and that couldn't be further from the truth. Yes, they want to be active because they're obviously getting paid, but if you ask any fighter if they rather fight 3× year for $1 million purse each fight, or fight once a year for $3.5 million purse, I guarantee you they'll all pick the latter. They just want to make $$ and provide for their families. That's why all the fighters gravitate towards PBC. Yes, you're not as active, but when you are, you're getting paid.

[Sledgeweather17]

You make good points on Crawford's resumé. Anyone that questioned it is a moron.

Regarding the fighters and TR...Arum just hated rigo after exposing his cash cow Donaire, that's the real reason for the beef. I hate when people say rigo is boring. I've never seen a fighter with a 70% KO rate be considered "boring". Chavezjr was told in order to get the GGG fight he'd have to sign an extension with TR, which was the real reason the fight didn't happen. Mikey was offered a similar deal for Gamboa. People think fighters want to be more active, and that couldn't be further from the truth. Yes, they want to be active because they're obviously getting paid, but if you ask any fighter if they rather fight 3× year for $1 million purse each fight, or fight once a year for $3.5 million purse, I guarantee you they'll all pick the latter. They just want to make $$ and provide for their families. That's why all the fighters gravitate towards PBC. Yes, you're not as active, but when you are, you're getting paid.

He's only boring against weak mediocre opposition.

He's the type of guy who needs a good and preferably offensive dance partner and then you'll be entertained and amazed.

But when he fights one of those guys that are too scared/cautious to engage after they feel his power then it really does turn into a bore fest.

I understand being a defensive fighter but Rigo takes it too far sometimes man.

[Afi23]

Cuz Mickey Garcia had a court dispute with bob & bob probably don't want to do business with Garcia now.

Yeah I know about the dispute but I think this fight could have been good business for all parties involved!

[Afi23]

Think about the fighters in recent years who left top rank for other promoters, the money wasnt the issue. Hbo and top rank didnt like rigos style so he left, mikey garcia left because he didnt want to fight gamboa after being offered a career high payday, chavez jr left after they offered him golovkin and a fight after for 11-18 million depending if he won. So its not money its usually they dont like top rank giving them hard opponents.

Anyways Crawford fought all the top guys at 135 and 140 and cleaned out both divisions so anyone complaining about crawfords resume is foolish because he fought the best fighters in his divisions. Now hes at 147 and going straight into fighting a champion, I doubt Thurman has the balls to fight Crawford he will just keep making excuses like he always does and the rest of the pbc guys always do. Pbc (protective boxing custody) is for guys that want easy fights and the real champions fight for top rank

C'mon man, against Gamboa, the money wasn't the issue for Garcia but the contract extension attached to it.
http://www.sho.com/video/50477/the-reveal-mikey-garcia

[SUBZER0ED]

It's funny when you hear these champs say they won't fight a certain someone until they are "relevant", yet they'll do a voluntary defense against a can. If Crawford is going to have such a hard time in the WW division, why doesn't Thurman demand top dollar & give him a beating? Because he knows Crawford is a tough customer and he won't face him until absolutely necessary.

[OmahasCHAMP]

Being From Omaha,Sitting Ringside When Crawford DID Fight At Welterweight...I Agree! Heck He Fought Diaz At MSG As A Middleweight And Diaz A Super Middleweight! And Beat Him Up Till He Quit! Keep Duckin Thurman! 402

[robbyheartbaby]

Would be nice to see Thurman fight at least twice in 2018. Crawford should beat Horn then go for some unifications.