Benavidez is one of the worst opponents in recent years....

[chrisJS]

losing fights is an accomplishment?

if anything he beat herrera right after everyone was saying that herrera beat garcia... since you are talking about fighters doing "good showings" even tho they lost....

and you also keep bringing up the fact that he dropped andrade in the 1st round....

uhhh saul roman dropped vanes in the 1st round too... so that means according to your logic... hes up there with those guys too


just by those facts hes better than martyrosyan

Whilst I'm not disagreeing with your stance on Benavidez being a good opponent I don't think wins and losses should be as black and white as you say. I actually think Herrera beat Garcia and most would agree with that. The scorecards were unfortunate but the fight wasn't just what's on paper. I also think Herrera just about deserved the Benavidez fight too.

I believe Vanes to have defeated Charlo but it was perhaps close enough to barely take from him. Vanes being off for two years or so and then moving up basically made him a useless opponent though. That was proven in the ring.

[Rip Chudd]

He moved up a whole 6 pounds, wow. And as I said earlier no-one seems to give a **** about furys ring rust.

Fury has had more fights than Vanes in the past 2 years

[Rip Chudd]

He was in great shape. Basically like your momma’s ass. And now get back to your spaghetti you Italian dosser!

Oh ok, now I see you know nothing and are trolling. Carry on clown

[BoxingIsGreat]

Given what's available to Crawford right now, Benavidez is a good choice. It might be more competitive than Crawford vs let's say a shot Pacman. I personally prefer Benavidez to the current Pacman.

[HanzGruber]

how is this ****** thread 8 pages?

op is the same idiot who made a thread saying vanes isnt that bad of a fight

[Derranged]

Because they're with the same promoter and Crawford isn't fighting against a PBC welterweight unless it's a PPV fight.

Why is that so hard for people to understand

Why does it have to be PPV?

[b00g13man]

Vanes has been a top 10 fighter for much of his career and done well against some good fighters. Benavidez isn't even top 30.

You said it, not me.

[Motorcity Cobra]

Why does it have to be PPV?

Because Crawford isn't fighting on Fox and the PBC top WW aren't fighting on ESPN. Bob said neither has the budget for it

[The Big Dunn]

Why does it have to be PPV?

There are too many issue regarding broadcasting rights for it to not be a PPV. I doubt the teams of either guy would be comfortable with a fight on the other guys network.

[Motorcity Cobra]

how is this ****** thread 8 pages?

op is the same idiot who made a thread saying vanes isnt that bad of a fight

Because this forum hates Crawford. The only time he's useful to them is when they can pit him against the black fighters on PBC. He was useful the other day when they could pit him against Spence. Now it's back to hating him