Comments Thread For: Arum: Crawford is Equal if Not Better Than Sugar Ray Leonard

[MrFynest]

Way too premature to say that. Leonard fought the best in his era in their prime and beat them. However Crawford is in the perfect division to prove he's on that level. He's got Porter, Garcia, Thurman, Spence to dance around with.

[MDPopescu]

Yes but a HOF is still in the prime of his career..or near it and seeing how horn roughed pacquiao up I really see no point in making this fight...a bit like terry Norris when he beat Leonard

... and I guess there were no HOFs left at 135 and 140 while Bud was fighting in those divisions...

[MarB]

Haha Pretty much the way I see it. I think Crawford is definitely pretty damn good, but he’s gotta beat a few top welterweights before I start comparing him to Leonard. That’s gonna be a while, if ever it happens. Arum is a promoter, so he’s gotta build up his man; but it does get a little annoying to hear him go on like that.

Thank you..thats all im saying lol

[The plunger man]

... and I guess there were no HOFs left at 135 and 140 while Bud was fighting in those divisions...

unless you class gamboa, burns or postol as HOF i would say no there wasn't ....don't forget pops this post is actually bob arum stating he is as good or better than Leonard

[McNulty]

Right.

Leonard ran the gauntlet against a murders row of ATG beasts and monsters straight out of Greek mythology and Terence Crawford, slayer or Jeff Horn and John Molina Jr, is "better than Ray Leonard."

Ok.

Haha, +1 man for a RL lol.

Crawford is nice for sure, no doubt! But, SRL was a special type of cat. I wouldn't put Crawford anywhere near SRL right now. If he cleans out guys like Thurman, Spence, etc we can have a talk but until then no way Jose.

[4truth]

and if you believe that, here is some more crap I'm sure you'll believe

[deanrw]

Arum will hype up guys like Crawford and Loma. It is his job to do it. Even if you disagree, you still know deep down he has two of the most talented fighters out there right now.


He also has a ton of confidence in both of them. You can tell he is willing to put them in there with anyone.

[markther]

Arum comparing Crawford to Leonard is like someone comparing beyonce’s or JLO’s ass to nicki minaj.....his career needs more injections....

[Bronx2245]

... I know this news... But Arum rally was planning to make Pac face Bud... and the fact that Pacquiao now states that he would go down to face Loma, rather means that he doesn't want to fight or make a fool of himself any longer...

I remember when Pacquiao didn't want to come to 140 for Crawford! Now that Crawford is at 147, suddenly he can go to 135 for Lomachenko! Pacquiao never wanted any part of Crawford! Crawford should've had the first crack at Manny, and not Horn!

[HanzGruber]

Arum is ridiculous