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

[John Locke]

Spence would stop Crawford. He's just as skilled (if not more) + way bigger and stronger

[Bwall004]

I just hope they don’t make the same mistake Pacquiao and Mayweather did and fight after they’ve reached their peaks.

[Bwall004]

Then stop "beating around the bush" & call it like it is, bob arum will never let that fight happen. Fighters are going to have to tell their promoters to do their JOB to make these fights happen or fire your promoter. Floyd had to run up on manny pacquiao at the Miami basketball game in halftime to get that fight done!

Are you kidding? When Pacquiao was knocking everyone out and rearranging faces, Floyd wanted no part of Pacquiao. When he FINALLY decided to fight, Pacquiao had clearly lost a step.

[bobd9842]

Are you kidding? When Pacquiao was knocking everyone out and rearranging faces, Floyd wanted no part of Pacquiao. When he FINALLY decided to fight, Pacquiao had clearly lost a step.

Not true. It was Arum that held up that fight. Besides; Floyd is older than Pac...so in your opinion then...Floyd was at a bigger disadvantage than Manny. Manny got beat by a guy that was older than him.

[b00g13man]

Spence would stop Crawford. He's just as skilled (if not more) + way bigger and stronger

I don't get why people reckon Crawford has the skill advantage. I haven't seen it yet.

[Bronx2245]

Lol. Bud posted a picture of himself on the scale about 2 weeks ago...177

That's incredible! He must do some physically dangerous diets to lose that much bodyweight! Well, Brook did it too, and we saw how that worked out!

[Mike_R]

If Crawford looks amazing against Jeff Horn... as in, he stops him, and looks untouchable while doing it: then i'm all about this whole conversation.

If Crawford soundly beats Horn but can't stop him or doesn't seem to have his power at 147, it's a totally different discussion.

But even without stopping power, Crawford is still probably Spence's toughest possible opponent at 147 in the long term. Crawford has an elite oddball style that would still be difficult. But if Spence can walk him down and back him up just by being the naturally bigger man, it would make for a rough night for Bud.

I'm fascinated by the idea of this fight. In my head I still think of Spence as being a much bigger man though.

[r1onnie2]

This would be a good fight, these are currently my two favorite fighters. If the fight was to happen now I lean towards Bud but if it's a couple years down the road I would lean toward Errol.

[D4thincarnation]

I hope you right! & neither of them are cowards.

Crawford and Spence willing to challenge and win title away form home and without having to get everything in their favor.

Both very good characters in boxing and confident in their abilities.

They don't look for excuses they look for the big fights.

Shame they don't get the recognition from casual boxing fans, who seem to prefer drama and smack talk to actual boxing and great fights.

[theface07]

dominican is not a race

That's for your illuminating correction. Is that all you have to say? How enlightening.
Fortuna is a Latino from the Dominican Republic and Easter is an African American fighting in his home country as the favorite and champion. I'll let you figure that out.