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Bud has sidestepped the entire welterweight division. He is 30 years old and had one of the best American amateur careers in a while. He has been 160 pounds when he enters the ring for years. But melted down to 140, to fight in what was an amazingly weak division. All the good fighters had already moved up. 5-8 years ago, DSG, Khan, Maidana, Peterson, Bradley it was stacked. Then the last ones, DSG and Peterson finally moved up, and after that, when it left guys like Postol and Indongo as champs, then Bud moved up to fight them. And I'm not impressed with his lw foes either.
He beat the guys in the divisions he was in. That is the reason he was in those divisions. Look, DSG, Thurman, Spence, Porter, even Broner, all these guys are the same age or younger than Crawford and they are the same size or smaller than Crawford. And Crawford had perhaps the best amateur career of them all. Yet, while they have all been fighting some of the very best while Bud has yet to meet an elite opponent in the ring.
Yes, Bud can beat Horn, some other bum in a defense, then he can move up and take a 154 belt from the Ali-Smith winner. And then he is a four division champ. And he will be a four division champ who has refused to take any risks, to ever test himself.
He beat the guys in the divisions he was in. That is the reason he was in those divisions. Look, DSG, Thurman, Spence, Porter, even Broner, all these guys are the same age or younger than Crawford and they are the same size or smaller than Crawford. And Crawford had perhaps the best amateur career of them all. Yet, while they have all been fighting some of the very best while Bud has yet to meet an elite opponent in the ring.
Yes, Bud can beat Horn, some other bum in a defense, then he can move up and take a 154 belt from the Ali-Smith winner. And then he is a four division champ. And he will be a four division champ who has refused to take any risks, to ever test himself.
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