Crawford is not as good as we thought

[MDPopescu]

He figured out that Jose doesn't/cannot defend body punches.

... of course (because of his right leg)...

He won by knock out while losing maybe 2 rounds....

... "maybe" -- right...

While taking zero punishment.

... ...

Bud did what he needed to do and took over in the 2nd half

But I think he lost a bit of lustre after tonight’s fight. Not saying he isn’t legit and a A class fighter but he’s looked amazing fighting overmatched opponets don’t think he’s #1 P4P and if he ever fought Spence I think he gets body bagged

... Yes, Bud waited for the way bigger Benavidez to tire a little... (Benavidez' only chance was to KO Bud in the first place)...

[Guest]

Did you take your own comment from another thread and turn it into a thread?

I noticed that too... too many idiots duplicating threads.

['b']

Crawford is supposed to be P4P top 2, in the prime of his life at 31 years of age. He didn't look it tonight.

For the first 6 rounds benavidez looked like damn pernell Whitaker in there. Bobbing and weaving with his hands down making crawford miss just like at the weigh in. While sometimes getting the better of crawford during exchanges. Let's not forget, benavidez was inactive for almost two years and fighting with one leg.

After 6, when it was obvious benavidez was tired and his knee cap had collapsed on him, only then is when crawford "found his rhythm" and "made adjustments" lmao.

Thurman and Spence blast this kid. And lets face it, an active benavidez with two legs beats him.

Crawford let me down tonight. And this shows he's been fighting nothing but uber drivers. He fought a B level fighter tonight. Can you imagine what happens when he steps up to the A level fighters?

Let's face it. After tonight, Bob arum is keeping him far far away from the PBC guys.

I don't know what it is but all the comedians are out today in full force! Keep up the great work my funny friend!

P.S. (you can PM me whenever you like, I usually respond within a day or so. Cya 'round, kid)

[Vinnykin]

this is crazy...... Crawford got the job done against an awkward opponent.... he had to be the offensive fighter against a tall, rangey guy.

Styles make fights...

[Ray*]

The first KD was a sensational knock down, the refs should not have stopped it at the point that he did. I would have preferred Jose going out on his shield.

[CodeBreaker]

Relax, he's not a power puncher.

He dominated the whole fight. How many rounds did Benavidez win?
As they said, he's the 2nd coming of Floyd Mayweather, boring but takes time to drown his opponents deep water and check mate!

[HarvardBlue]

These anti-Crawford threads are meant to discredit him as P4P #1 and give Lomachenko a bigger boost. Although I wasn't thoroughly impressed with Crawford his performance didn't do anything to lessen my opinion he's the best of the best. He was never in danger of losing the fight and he finished Benavidez. What else was he expected to do? With that being said I give Spence a greater chance to beat him. My problem with Crawford last night was him walking into shots he didn't see coming. He also couldn't afford to be tentative against Spence like was early in the fight. Spence applies all kinds of crazy pressure.

[_Rexy_]

yeah, a real p4p #2 would have had a 100% connect rate in jabs and power punches, while being hit 0 times. What a fraud this 3 division champ is.

[VatoMulatto]

Pretty good to not look impressive but still only lose two rounds and win comfortably against an awkward fighter, stopping Benavidez in the last round.

[Body Shot]

I'm curious to what the official score cards were going into the 12th.

#CrawfordBenavidez scorecard. #boxing pic.twitter.com/KpWP9KmuCb

— Dan Rafael (@danrafaelespn) October 14, 2018