Comments Thread For: Crawford: Thurman's Right; I Must Prove Myself at Welterweight

[Jack_sh*t]

Crawford has to be my favourite US fighter. Class all the way.

[millcitymauler]

"So it’s great for me to start off with a top welterweight, for a world title, in my first welterweight fight..."-Bud

This is for the dumb wanna be fans & abel that say Jermall don't deserve to fight lil g....It's been done many times so no excuse.

Sorry can't let these kind of things just slip by.

...and of course, somehow you turn this into a Charlo situation. #kittiesonly

[nycsmooth]

Give the guy a chance this is his first fight at WW and I predict he will stop Horn in the later rounds and he will beat much of the class of the WW division with the exception of Spence no one beats Pence at WW..

[thack]

Spot on Bud

[JuniorTorres720]

It's funny you'll have the same crop of fighters mentioning their own names between themselves but somehow Errol Spence Jr. isn't in those conversations. Everyone knows who the true boogeyman at 147 is.

[_original_]

It's funny you'll have the same crop of fighters mentioning their own names between themselves but somehow Errol Spence Jr. isn't in those conversations. Everyone knows who the true boogeyman at 147 is.

LOL he did mention him, read the damn article.

[landotter]

LOL he did mention him, read the damn article.

Thank you for that. Crawford will duck no one.

Crawford is a machine. He will study opponents and take his time in the ring and adjust to what they are doing. He can out box most anyone. The only real question is what power does he bring from the lower divisions. He needs to have enough pop in his punches to keep these naturally stronger guys off of him. Any of the four top 147 fighters will walk right through even the best boxer if they can't hurt them. We need to see a Horn stoppage, not just a clean win. Horn will be easy to find and will not be able to avoid all the angles Crawford brings with his offense. So if he can't drop a Horn, how will he compete with Spence or Thurman or Porter?

[JakeTheBoxer]

Crawford should fight Prograis at 140 before moving to 147.

[JuniorTorres720]

LOL he did mention him, read the damn article.

My bad b, I literally skimmed through it and was in a rush. :/ my fault my apologies haha.

[lion33lit]

I just hope 1 day Bud schools the hypejob known as Errol Spence.

I wouldnt necessarily call him a hypejob, because he's uses that style of his to perfection, that disciplined tucked in defence with his long limbs seems like a hard shell to crack or even get to - he even did work in the UK with it.

With that said, he hasnt seen the likes of a Thurman or a Crawford, a style thats not stationary. Spence relies on opponents being "right there" with back & forth blow for blow action, with his opponents either "trying" to get to him or taking most of the heavy leather.

I don't consider him a hypejob, but he sure hasnt seen enough different looks for he himself to crack. SRLeonard, Mayweather or even Tommy Hearns wouldve had him faaar out of his usual comfort zone and it wouldve been interesting to see how he wouldve adjusted.