Comments Thread For: Teddy Atlas on Crawford-Khan: It's Not Good For Boxing or ESPN

[komandante]

Amir king of scam.

[Oldskoolg]

He has a point. I don’t remember the last time a big boxing match was a combination of a good fight that lived up to the hype along with an ending that didn’t put people off. Matchmakers need to be careful from here on out.....fights like last night have a way of alienating the casuals and even putting off the fans

[steeve steel]

"water in the basement"... one of 5 expressions used endlessly by Senile Teddy.

[skinnystev]

no way was that low blow accidental

[SCEN3RY]

Don't worry Teddy, I don't think anyone actually paid for the ppv and if they did...it's a learning experience.

[Brooklyn926]

Teddy isn't good for Boxing or ESPN imo.

Your opinion has the intrinsic value of used bathroom tissue

[Brooklyn926]

"water in the basement"... one of 5 expressions used endlessly by Senile Teddy.

Kinda funny... also kinda crazy how atlas forgot more about boxing than you pretend to know

[Mooshashi]

What isn't good for boxing is PPV's for C level bouts. By that I mean C level matchups....it was a foregone conclusion that Khan was going to get KO'd. Who the hell pays to see a fight when there is a 95% chance of
the ending being known beforehand. I get it if Khan fanboys wanted to see him succeed when deep in their souls they knew he was going to lose, but a regular fight fan? Come on now. I'll pay for Wilder-Fury or something of that nature, otherwise I'm fine with free (streaming) PBC or the cheap DAZN fights or even the ESPN+ subscription.

[boxingfan4ever]

I was totally confused. What rule does it apply? If there was a blow under the referee, he should immediately decree and tell him, without haste, that he had 5 minutes to recover. After 5 minutes to check if Khan could continue ... he should automatically take 2 points to Khan in the card for the low blow, so he matches things ... then, if Khan can not continue after 5 minutes for the " magnitude "of the blow, then stop the fight and as there were 4 full rounds go to the cards ... the result 48-46 twice and 47-47 ... winner Crawford by majority decision ... that should happen. ...! But if before the end of the 5 minutes Khan decides that he can not continue, without having done it or anything, then the fighter abandoned the fight so a technical ko should be decreed in favor of Crawford due to abandonment of Khan ..... If you have 5 minutes to recover, you should have taken them and tried to continue ... if you could not legitimately. Well, if it was less than 4 rounds to decree the fight ... this is my understanding ... I just clarified here ... Crawford hit an unintentional low blow, had to pay with two points for it (if been intentional then disqualified). So with those two points deducted they matched the thing, compensating Khan for Crawford's mistake ... and after two minutes things Khan was that he had to see if he could continue or not, not before! For doing it before lost by abandonment. I think this was all that happened, although I'm not sure if the rule as I applied it is like this ..... Crawford forget Khan ... Arum, do not throw stones at Haymon ... Haymon does not need Crawford ..... can make a tournament between Paquiao, - Thurman, Garcia-Porter II, with Spence facing the winners in some super fights .... and there goes the best pound for pound, and Crawford is exposed to continue fighting with jr. inflated welter or mediocre welters .... with the risk that people get tired of it or lose with any of these .... or that in the end, have to negotiate a 55-45 in favor of Spence or other of those involved who would have defeated Spence ... Arum, you look pretty ...

[Corelone]

Khan has been kod and hurt so many times, his mouth is up by his ear, it looks like he's talking out of the side of his neck. How anybody thought they were going to get $75 worth out of this is beyond me.