Comments Thread For: Thurman: Spence is '2' at 147, Crawford is Barely a Champion!

[The Big Dunn]

Thats what I get for quickly responding without reading previous posts. My bad homie!!

[Pennsauken1]

Damn you got Crawford at #5??
Regardless of who's he fought and what network he fights in if you got Crawford at #5 then you must be smoking that Triple D again... For real!

That is my 147 lb ranking according to resume on that level, pound for pound he is ranked higher than all those guys except Spence or maybe Thurman, you need to stop being a fanboy and talk boxing facts

[Pennsauken1]

Crawford took the loyal road and signed with Top Rank but if he would of done his researching and ask the questions why Mayweather, Mikey Garcia and now Paquioa bolted from Bob, he probably would of done the same thing, but Bob dangled all this ESPN money in Crawford’s face and he took the bag, not knowing he will be stuck fighting bums, while he could of fought better competition and made more money with Al Haymon

[sammybee]

True talk Thurman

[filup79]

This myth that Toprank does not work with other promoters has been debunked, I'm sorry to tell you. Funny how the P4P #1. has to chase those beneath him, how does that work?

Top Rank works with other promoters that provide lower tier fighters and who agree to whatever terms Arum dictates. What top tier fighter from another promoter has Crawford or Loma fought? When I mean top tier, I mean a fighter that is draw and is backed by their promoter and a network.

[sicko]

Say what you want, Thurman can fight and beating him won't be easy

[filup79]

Crawford's resume = worse than GGG's at the same stage. Crawford hasn't beaten anyone notable at 140 or 147. Let's keep it moving with him until he actually takes a real fight.

He did beat the great Indongo who had to belts to unify 140. Along with the great Ricky Burns and Gamboa. Crawford's resume is the same as Mikey's. Same level of oppoition But people **** on the names Mikey has beaten.

[tomatocantender]

You must not follow boxing that much, Mikey and Spence isn't happening because Showtime won't do 2 PPVs in following months. They chose to go with Wilder/Fury PPV over Mikey/Spence. The truth is Crawford is signed to TR and fights on ESPN, how many Haymon guys did Manny fight? Arum had Manny keep fighting TR fighters or fighters from small promotional companies that gave Arum options on their fighter. Arum never let any of his WW at the time go on to fight on any other network and he had to be the sole promoter.

Agree 100 with this. In fact I don't need to agree because you just hit on 100% FACT! This was TR/Bob's gameplan especially in the late 2000's when you had Cotto vs. Margo etc.; e.g. If Bob didn't have you in his stable or couldn't get a 3-fight option on you if you beat his A-side then guess what, No Fight! And you saw the antics he would play with Pavlik for example by Kelly having all these crazy injuries like staph infections etc...just to hold the mw belts hostage.

Great post my man, you are legit in your boxing/business acumen!

[Bronx2245]

The funny thing is I wasn't even arguing about the damn welterweight rankings -- it went over your heads.

It sure did! I have no idea what you're talking about!

[Raggamuffin]

Thurman vs Bud is next after Bud destroys Benavides. That’s Thurman’s announcement.