Did Crawford separate himself from the rest at 147?

[Elroy The Great]

He beat Jeff Horn man, good start but lets not go overboard..

seriously.

i think maybe only 1 guy at espn picked horn (by dec )

horn is nowhere near ''almost accidentally, slightly elite'' level

[OCPancho]

No he's fighting Jose Benavidez next. He might fight Khan down the line but i don't think its next. If he does fight Khan, i will bet my epoints Khan beat Crookford.

Tomato Khan goes out within 10.

[Outworn]

Tomato Khan goes out within 10.

Put your epoints where your mouth is. I'll get back to you if the fight happens.

[OCPancho]

Put your epoints where your mouth is. I'll get back to you if the fight happens.

Sure. Let me know when Hearn calls Arum for the fight .

[chrisJS]

He’s the best fighter in the division by some distance IMO. Obviously he’s had one fight so we can’t call him the man at 47 yet because Horn probably wasn’t quite top 5.

[Illmatic94]

Separate himself beating a bum? no..

hopefully he fights Khan or Benavidez next. I'm not gonna get my hope up for a Spence clash since I feel thats 2-3 years away.

[TJ highway]

"Bud" Crawford put the welterweight division on notice! He cleaned out 140. Bud punished Horn in a one-sided fight. Bud stopped Horn in the ninth round to win s world title in his third division.

Crawford had a world title at lightweight. He moved up to junior welterweight and last year became only the third fighter of the four-belt era to unify the titles of all four major sanctioning bodies.

He bulldogged Julius Indongo in a third-round knockout to take his two belts and become the undisputed champion at 140 pounds.

The welterweight division is probably the most stacked Div in Boxing. Titleholders are Errol Spence Jr, Keith Thurman, along with Crawford. Lucas Matthysse is the WBA "regular" who has a showdown with former champion Manny Pacquiao. And then there are former titleholders Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter.

a Showdown with Errol Spence Jr at the earliest is 1 1/2 years away JMHO!

Bud has definitely cracked the ice in the Welterweight Div.

[Archie_Leach]

He would pick Porter apart. I think he would outbox Thurman as well. If Danny cant hurt Crawford then he would lose.

crawford has never fought at the level porter has.

porter has balls. crawford is a duck.
he has to protect that glass chin.....

[Archie_Leach]

???????
He now has a top 5 Welter on his resume. Should the other champs be concerned?

crawford ducks punchers...

[Mister Wolf]

crawford has never fought at the level porter has.

porter has balls. crawford is a duck.
he has to protect that glass chin.....

Porter will get clipped with his charging in just like Horn. That Football/Rugby style wont work on Crawford because of his mastery of maintaining punching range.