Comments Thread For: Crawford Ready For His Superstar Moment Under Vegas Lights

[chrisJS]

Looking forward to attending this one on Saturday

[John Locke]

I'm looking forward to this. Tough first fight for Crawford at 147. Horn can throw hands.

[SteveM]

I totally agree...however Top Rank obviously didn’t get the message that this is Bud’s “superstar moment” by NOT televising this fight. FFS, these guys only box once or twice a year!

Wait!! It's not on tv over there? Not on ESPN - how can that be?

I didn't realise as I'm used to streaming most fights from when I lived in Ecuador.

[millcitymauler]

Wait!! It's not on tv over there? Not on ESPN - how can that be?

I didn't realise as I'm used to streaming most fights from when I lived in Ecuador.

No US t.v. You have to watch it on a cell phone or tablet with the ESPN + app. Imagine that - a guy who is top 5 PxP in the world, and his promoter has a major deal with ESPN. Can't make this stuff up.

[Dr.Cool]

Wow, what a sad time for boxing. A 31 year old, multi-division champ facing a guy outside the top 5 at the division is finally his "superstar moment." If fighting Horn in Vegas is a "superstar moment" then what is breaking the face of the #2 guy in the division, in front of 30,000 fans screaming for the guy who's face got broke? What is beating the top two contenders in the division back-to-back, in Porter and DSG? What is a fight between the top 2 p4p fighters, like Ward-Kov?

Sorry, fighting a gym teacher from Australia in his first fight outside of New Zealand or Australia is an easy paper title. There is a big difference between a "superstar moment" and picking a cherry that comes along with a paper title. Bud is doing the second of the two. Great fighter, with zero cahones. Biggest cherry-picker in boxing today.

A superstar moment is AJ ko'ing Wlad, is Ward coming back from a kd and beating #2 p4p fighter, is breaking Brook's face in England. But when Indongo is your biggest win and you are fighting a paper champ in the guys first fight in the Northern/Western hemisphere it is not considered a "superstar moment."