Serious question: what is Terence Crawford's signature win?

[boliodogs]

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/447121
What is Crawford's signature/best win?

Not trying to hate on Crawford at all, but I can't figure out which wins people use to justify him being P4P #1.

I'm not saying he's not P4P material...but I don't think we know for sure yet, because we have yet to see him perform against elite-level competition...or have we?

Which elite-level fighter has Crawford beaten?

You don't need some big win to be number 1 pfp. You are confusing pfp with resume. PFP is just personal opinion of how good you THINK a boxer is for his pounds based on recent fights. You only have to think he is the best to make him number one. If you have seen Crawford fight and don't think he is the best pfp then put him where you think he belongs. I don't have him in my top 5 pound for pound but many people have him number 1.

[rolshans]

You don't need some big win to be number 1 pfp. You are confusing pfp with resume. PFP is just personal opinion of how good you THINK a boxer is for his pounds based on recent fights. You only have to think he is the best to make him number one. If you have seen Crawford fight and don't think he is the best pfp then put him where you think he belongs. I don't have him in my top 5 pound for pound but many people have him number 1.

Bingo. Pundits often cite the "eye test" in determining P4P status.

[EDD1]

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/447121
What is Crawford's signature/best win?

Not trying to hate on Crawford at all, but I can't figure out which wins people use to justify him being P4P #1.

I'm not saying he's not P4P material...but I don't think we know for sure yet, because we have yet to see him perform against elite-level competition...or have we?

Which elite-level fighter has Crawford beaten?

From my point of view there is no such thing a "1 win" that qualifies you as a pound for pound #1, it's the body of work, the way he is winning and the skills that he is developing.
Also "elite level" competition is a matter of perspective, there are knowledgeable people out there that will see the level of competition as adequate to justify his ranking and there are other who might not see those fighters he has beaten as elite.
To your last question, I consider several of his opponents Elite level, some might not be big names but on the ocation they fought Crawford they had good upward trajectories.

[Mister Wolf]

Postol. He was ranked over Crawford at 140 and coming off the best wins of his career. Many on this board talked **** about Postol exposing Crawford just like the same ****** **** I hear today. Idiots never change.

[Floyd is TBE]

We only fight beasts like Amir Khan over at Top Rank. PBC killing the sport with mismatches

[BennyBlanco]

His win of Gamboa at 135 is his best win at the time both were unbeaten and 2 best at lightweightand it was seen as a fairly 50/50 fight. Postol win is a very close second thoe.

I get why people would say Gamboa because he's a good name...but coming to the Crawford fight, Gamboa had fought only twice in 3 years, and it was the fight was at 135 (just Gamboa's second fight at 135) when Gamboa was really just a 126-lber, where he spent almost all of his career up to that point.

I think Postol has to be Crawford's best win.

[Floyd is TBE]

As a Crawford fan none of them are.

What stands out is that all his wins are decisive. Whether he ended up winning by tko or dominating the rounds. No one has come close aside from a good shot here or there.

But it's hard to properly gauge a guys skill level when he's fighting sub par competition. Everyone thought 97G was an unbeatable monster because he looked dominant fighting the likes of Lemieux. Then he gets in the ring with Jacobs, Canelo, and Dervy and all of sudden he doesn't look so unbeatable. I can't rank Crawford until he beats at least a solid welter.