Comments Thread For: Roach Gives Crawford Edge Over Spence: The Best Fight in Boxing

[BillyBoxing]

so i guess roach must be a "racist" too
since he said that T Bud is better than vasily lomachenko huh?

No he's just might be wrong.

He doesn't seem to give a lot of credit to Loma and being right/fair when it comes to Loma.

He said he doesn't like Loma anymore since the Marriaga fight where Loma taunted his opponent wich was bad I agree with him.

For exemple, he predicted that Rigo would beat Loma, a fight wich ended one sided, it was just as bad as predicting that Peterson would beat Spence.

I think the P4P crown is btw Crawford and Vasyl but we need to see more of them.

Right no it's not cristal clear.

I also disagree with Roach about the best fight in boxing.

Garcia vs Loma is on higher note IMO.

[factsarenice]

I agree with Roach

Personally, I think Crawford has more tools and out boxes Spence.

Unfortunately the fight today simply doesn't draw enough to cover the purse, it needs to build. Maybe in the future if there is enough demand but the problem is that Spence is a big WW and probably won't be able to make 147 for much longer.

[jjsmyth87]

No way in the world Crawford beats Errol Spence. I am not knocking Terrance Crawford he's a awesome talent I just think this is a "bad style" matchup for him. I don't think he has enough to keep Spence off of him. But somebody needs to tell Spence to stop calling out Canelo at 160 lol

Spences style would be difficult for anyone but if anyone would do well against spences relentless come forward style it would be Crawford. TC would box him from the outside and use movement like he always does to pick apart spence. I think TC wins a close but clear decision, that is unless Haymon pays off the judges. Regardless we wont see this fight for at least a year or 2, it could be the biggest fight in boxing by them and they would do a joint Espn Showtime ppv like they did with May Pac

[jjsmyth87]

Personally, I think Crawford has more tools and out boxes Spence.

Unfortunately the fight today simply doesn't draw enough to cover the purse, it needs to build. Maybe in the future if there is enough demand but the problem is that Spence is a big WW and probably won't be able to make 147 for much longer.

I agree, Crawford is too quick and too skilled and has too good of a defense. He wont be standing in front of Spence to eat all those shots like Peterson did. Plus Crawford has sick power himself so Spence wont be able to be as aggressive as he likes. Not to mention Crawford can switch between southpaw and regular as needed which that fact alone gives Crawford an advantage. I think if they fought next it would do well on ppv, and they each make 10 mill+, but if they respectively clean out the division over the next year or 2 it will grow to be almost as big as May Pac. I really cant wait till this fight happens but I understand them wabting to marinate this one because it will be a huge superfight if they can clean out 147 beforehand. Crawford is on the verge right now of fighting on ppv as it is. If he fights Pacquiao in the fall he will be a bona fide ppv fighter from then on

[HarvardBlue]

I highly rate Crawford but why does everyone think out boxing Spence will be the winning formula? He was able to outbox most of his opponents because he was way better than them. He had a little trouble with Gamboa and actually got hurt when he got careless. Against Postol, he was like 3 steps ahead of him and didn't have to worry so much about power because he wasn't big puncher. Spence is neither one of these fighters. He's fundamentally sound, has decent footwork, applies a lot of pressure, he's accurate, and has enough power to break down bigger fighters than Crawford. Do you think it will be easy to outbox all of that? I believe the fight will be somewhat competitive but I'll have to see a whole lot more from Crawford at WW to pick him to win.

[Bronx2245]

I agree that Crawford seems to have more tools, but the question is, can he take a shot from Errol? Will Crawford's power transfer from 135, all the way to 147? Crawford vs. Spence Jr., is a better skills matchup than GGG vs. Canelo II, or Wilder vs. Joshua! The only matchup that can compete is Mikey Garcia vs. Vasyl Lomachenko!

[Gillie]

Crawford, who is a bit more talented vs Spence who is a little bigger and stronger = 50/50 in my eyes

Good post.

[Butch.McRae]

I highly rate Crawford but why does everyone think out boxing Spence will be the winning formula? He was able to outbox most of his opponents because he was way better than them. He had a little trouble with Gamboa and actually got hurt when he got careless. Against Postol, he was like 3 steps ahead of him and didn't have to worry so much about power because he wasn't big puncher. Spence is neither one of these fighters. He's fundamentally sound, has decent footwork, applies a lot of pressure, he's accurate, and has enough power to break down bigger fighters than Crawford. Do you think it will be easy to outbox all of that? I believe the fight will be somewhat competitive but I'll have to see a whole lot more from Crawford at WW to pick him to win.

Some of these posters aren't paying attention or don't know what they're watching. They think Spence is GGG or something. Spence has a better pumping jab, faster hands, and probably moves just as good as Bud. Crawford is gonna have to show he can fight off the back foot and show some true power at 147 b/c that's his only shot to beat Spence. I won't even touch the body work. That's a whole other issue.

[HURTFEELINGS]

Just to keep it simple...If Crawfords only chance is his boxing skills vs Spence boxing skill, then Bud is in trouble. Because remember.....Spence boxed/trained with Floyd and sometimes got the better of him (reportedly). So Bud and a lot of people will be terrified when that part of his style is revealed. Bud is gonna open that "pandoras box".
Spence is gonna have wins over Thurman, Brook, Crawford, and people will still doubt what they see

[WesternChamp]

the coach joke roach is so desperate for attention. always talking bs!! oh wait... roach is saying something positive about a fighter a certain group is a fan of so roach is back to being creditable again