Comments Thread For: Porter: Terence Crawford is already one of the best welterweights

[Nomadic]

He hasn't fought anybody. He's 30 with no major victories on his resume at 140 or 147. He has a worse resume than GGG had at 30.

I was thinking the same, some already screaming he is the best at 147 because he beat up Horn.

[methodcal]

I have to agree with you. Spence is a great fighter, but he's not faced a truly great boxer. Crawford is slick, him and Loma both have great footwork, and ring generalship. Best pure boxers in the sport, now that Ward has retired. Both Crawford and Loma can knock you out too.

I love them both and WE see TC got the goods but we could play devil's advocate with this one tho one... I'll say a Kell Brook is a better fighter than TC best win which to me would be Burns i guess. They both went over to snatch up belts but TC at lightweight i think. So TC hasn't faced a True Welterweight yet ( Not talking weight::: Skills, IQ etc..) Your point taking tho, I just hate they gotta fight.

[methodcal]

I was thinking the same, some already screaming he is the best at 147 because he beat up Horn.

Can't put him over Spence or Thurman even tho I see the skills. Still gotta fight descent comp....... Jose Benevidez........ Bob stable isn't stacked with welters.....

[Nomadic]

Can't put him over Spence or Thurman even tho I see the skills. Still gotta fight descent comp....... Jose Benevidez........ Bob stable isn't stacked with welters.....

I agree. I think Porter or DG will be a match for his life.

[methodcal]

I still think Garcia will wait out Thurman. There's too many easy PBC paydays for him like Berto, Alexander, Ortiz.

Crawford is without doubt the best fighter in the welterweight division. If he fights the elite at 147 he'll no doubt find it harder than he has to date but he'd be a solid favorite over them all including Spence IMO.

Unfortunately unless Thurman retires I think it's going to get the PBC guys in the ring whilst they still have each other.

Take out the word solid then you'd be spot on in my opinion. Spence a 50/50 fight if TC gets 2/3 more fights at welterweight. Right now Spence all day. Just my opinion.

[Larry the boss]

He hasn't fought anybody. He's 30 with no major victories on his resume at 140 or 147. He has a worse resume than GGG had at 30.

at 30 his best wins were

Ouma
Proska
Rosado
Ishida

[Califire209]

Crawford is the most well-rounded out of this batch of Welterweights in this era. He can box, he could pressure fight, he can counter punch, he can switch from Southpaw to conventional. Bud is the Smartest and will soon be undoubtedly pound-for-pound #1 in the world.

[Fists_of_Fury]

id like to see him prove it. although that seems to be too much to ask. in 2018 we dont actually need anyone to prove it theyve just got to pass the eye test.

Sad times for sure. So many hype jobs. Proving the hype seems like too much to ask anymore.

[factsarenice]

"I can do anything you can do better" Styles make fights, I'd take Crawford over anyone at 147. I've seen Crawford fight every style from the speedster to long range ****er and the in close in mauler and Crawford did a Floyd Mayweather on them.... plus some demoralizing damage.

[factsarenice]

Can't put him over Spence or Thurman even tho I see the skills. Still gotta fight descent comp....... Jose Benevidez........ Bob stable isn't stacked with welters.....

Benevidez does a lot of talking, I'd like to see Crawford shut him up.

Both Thurman and Spence will give Crawford a real go. Oddly, I believe the more difficult of the two would be Thurman because he's athletic, a mover, smart and dimensional.

Spence may be equally as good but I haven't seen it. I've noticed that he's strong and uses his size but that's been about it, no angles, shot selection, dimension, footwork, just power.