Spence v. Crawford Wake Up Call

[Mammoth]

Who's gonna beat one of those guys though?

[qwickm3]

And I think the Brook fight is very dangerous for Crawford!

[Cobra Curry]

Will the Joshua loss be a wake call for the handlers of Spence and Crawford to get off their asses and make the fight sooner rather than later? We have already lost one Mega fight. I would be crushed to lose this one too due to a loss by one of them.

I'd like to think so. But no, it won't.

[JJRod]

Loooool 12 losses Salido!!

And he did it twice!!

Yup. And once in Puerto Rico.

[DuckAdonis]

It should be a wake up call to fans to stop anointing every young fighter with a belt. If Spence or Crawbob get exposed the way Joshua did, then that' a good thing. Just proves the 'mega fight' was never a 'mega fight'.

That's the problem with you guys. You think somehow because a fighter has a loss and got KOd they aren't any good. Wake up bro, fighters take losses and get knocked out. That's just boxing. Look at Julian Williams. He got his ass f#king KOd and then came back and whooped on a unified champion. The best need to fight the best at their best. Not want until someone else beats them. Because most of the time it's almost bound to happen and someone has your number.

[DuckAdonis]

Who's gonna beat one of those guys though?

Almost no one thought Ruiz would KO Joshua. Spence and Crawford don't have granite chins, they have been clipped and hurt before. If the marination continues one of them can get clipped and KOd Vs a risky fighter or puncher. Everything can happen, it's boxing. History even tells us it will happen rather sooner than later.

[sicko]

NOPE!

Don't try to rush any and every fight just because AJ couldn't get it done. Based on how BOTH traveled overseas (Crawford to fight Burns and Spence Jr to fight Brook), both are much strong mentally than AJ clearly because both was able to go into hostel territory and walk out convincing winners

Also what we cannot do is PROTECT "BIG FIGHTS" they have to earn it and if they're as good as a lot of us think, then they will truly be the last 2 Standing for the big showdown. They have to still prove they're the best by beating Porter, Thurman, Pacquiao...

Unlike AJ and WIlder, they don't have all the belts between the 2

[Eff Pandas]

Valid point but Crawford and Spence are far better than AJ so its less likely one of them loses, especially in embarrassing fashion like AJ did.

This. Joshua & Wilder are both very beatable. I've been saying I won't be surprised when or who either guy loses to for years now. Ironically Ruiz was the first guy in a minute who fought either guy who I didn't think was a live dog & he's the one who effed up Wilder's day.

Spence & Bud are far less beatable & someone major is gonna need to take them out & its probably the other guy. Maybe Spence is at more risk to lose since he's on the more serious side of the street, but I feel like Spence will be & should be a favorite vs all the guys with PBC who he could fight anytime soon.

Another angle is that fight needs some marinating. Joshua vs Wilder were the top 2 for awhile (til the Fury D12 Wilder result that I think you can side more with Fury winning than Wilder winning) & got all the belts & its not THAT deep at the tip top. While Bud & Spence are probably 1 & 2 in the division they probably got the worst resumes of any of the title holders at 147. Plus its a deeper division with Manny, Porter & Thurman still holding solid territory. I feel like Spence vs Bud for 2 belts isn't quite the super fight it'd be for all the belts & with both of their resumes sexy'd up a bit with Thurman, Manny & Porter among their victims.

[Mammoth]

Almost no one thought Ruiz would KO Joshua. Spence and Crawford don't have granite chins, they have been clipped and hurt before. If the marination continues one of them can get clipped and KOd Vs a risky fighter or puncher. Everything can happen, it's boxing. History even tells us it will happen rather sooner than later.

Joshua was dropped by Wlad and took rounds to recover. The stamina issues were there as well. Nobody saw the Ruiz upset coming but I haven't seen Bud or Spence's noticable flaws yet. I haven't seen any of the guys around here make threads about them either.

[DuckAdonis]

Joshua was dropped by Wlad and took rounds to recover. The stamina issues were there as well. Nobody saw the Ruiz upset coming but I haven't seen Bud or Spence's noticable flaws yet. I haven't seen any of the guys around here make threads about them either.

I just told you. Both of them can be caught with punches in-between if you punch with them. And if you're heavy handed you might clip them and take them out. Spence was very hurt Vs Lartey and Bud was wobbled by Gamboa. These guys aren't invincible. This is boxing, anything can happen. You will get hit in the ring, these guys get hit on the regular. But ofc they are phenomenal fighters and I think Skill wise they are the 2 best in the division. And they should get it on as soon as possible because in boxing a disaster is always lurking around the corner