Who is the #1 WW in the World? Crawford, Spence, or Thurman?

[Steven Mccowan]

Crawford is. And if thurman gets back in it fully i think,thats his toughest ww fight. I hope these guys fight him and he become undisputed ww champ.

[_original_]

Yeah but there has to be some carry over from what you did in your last division. So that being P4P if you move up and pick off a titlist then you shoot to the top of the rankings. I can see an argument made for any of the 3 guys actually. That is what is interesting about this thread.

No there shouldn't unless the guy moves up and beats the #1 or #2 guy in his first fight at a weight ike Lomachenko did with Linares. Even though Horn had a belt there were probably 8-10 guys that should've been ranked over him at 147.

The fact that Crawford is leading the poll and you agree just shows that old Bob is still the best in the business at working his magic.

[Eff Pandas]

Thurman is still #1 in my mind. I can see a solid argument for Spence since Thurman has been inactive for too long to & I'm probably at the that point myself honestly. Bud has the weakest 147 resume with a Horn W so he's for sure 3rd in my book or 2nd if we aren't even counting Thurman right now.

[SAINTSTEVE]

Yeah the reason Crawford is leading the poll is because Bob Arum is a powerful hypnotist. GTFOH

[Eff Pandas]

Yeah but there has to be some carry over from what you did in your last division. So that being P4P if you move up and pick off a titlist then you shoot to the top of the rankings. I can see an argument made for any of the 3 guys actually. That is what is interesting about this thread.

In a lot of divisions I could understand that. Not at a loaded 147lb division where you got two strong guys with better wins & Bud gots one W at welterweight over the lowest hanging fruit (literally btw to keep up with the Horn is gay sh^t).

Thurman gots W's over a who's who of decent 147lbers to top ones with Garcia + Porter. Spence beat Brook who some felt was #1 instead of Thurman. Bud gots Horn who most felt shoulda taken an L to Manny or best case was life & death with an old shadow of himself version of Manny.

[Gillie]

Thurman has the better resume and WAS the unified champ. He has a stronger claim than both, especially against Crawford who's sole win at 147 is the gifted B level Horn.

Sure, you can argue who's more skilled or the BS eye test stuff, but that's not how divisional rankings should work. P4P you might have a point.

This. I think Bud is the best of the 3 but Thurman's resume cannot be ignored.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Crawford checks all the boxes according to the eye test. But it's hard to dismiss that destruction of Kell Brook by Spence. Skillwise you gotta say Crawford. But gotta see him against top level competition

[SAINTSTEVE]

Well technically it doesn't say who should be ranked #1 but who is #1. So when Mayweather moved up to 140 lbs and beat Gatti, was Hatton the #1 at the weight or was it Floyd because he eventually proved himself superior *although at 147. If you think Crawford will eventually come out on top or that Thurman would beat neither because they are such great talents, then you still have to vote for Thurman based on his victories? Doesn't it matter if they were narrow victories or dominant? Because Thurman squeaked by some guys and Crawford killed Jeff Horn.

[_original_]

Yeah the reason Crawford is leading the poll is because Bob Arum is a powerful hypnotist. GTFOH

Only way to explain buffoons like you ranking Crawford #1 after only beating the horrid Horn.

[Chrismart]

I find it quite hard to rank them. I think Thurman has the most consistent resume, but that Spence has the best single win in Brook. Crawford ability wise is up there too.

I think if they all fought each other over a series of fights, that Spence would come out on top overall.