Terence Crawford's defensive skills

[Carpe Diem]

Terrence COULD be better defensively IF he fought safer, but he prefers to hurt and stop opponents. That's part of what makes him more fun than Floyd because he hurts you and CAN BE HURT.

Terrence is a great, great fighter. What's funny is HE'S MORE ENTERTAINING than Floyd, but gets none of the PPV buys Floyd got

More entertaining than Floyd, but not a better fighter. The fans aren’t ******, Crawford hasn’t fought that many great world class boxers. That’s why he’s not a mega PPV superstar. He’s talented and skilled, but he’s already 32 and his best win is against, Gamboa. Gamboa wouldn’t even crack the top 10 of Floyd’s best opponents. Floyd is a once in a generation type of boxer whose style was more of a surgeon in the ring with the ability to systematically dissecting his opponents best in-ring assets. The only thing that Crawford does better than Floyd is being able to switch stance more fluidly and having a better killer instinct to go for the kill when he has his opponent hurt. As far as skill for skill, he’s a tier below Floyd.

[Carpe Diem]

He’s not a defensive artist, but he’s above average in that department. He knows how to control range and distance, but he makes a lot of defensive mistakes that only a well-disciplined sharp-shooting counter-puncher can capitalize on.

[_original_]

He looked highly skilled in defensive terms against Postol and Ricky Burns, and maybe to an extent against Jeff Horn.

He gets hit a lot by shots you wouldn't expect a guy of his caliber (fighting the competition he does) to be getting hit with. Kavaliauskas, Benavidez, Gamboa, and even Hank freakin' Lundy all found home with shots multiple times. Somebody pointed out that Crawford is multi styled and I agree, really depends how aggressive or defensive he chooses to fight but it is still troubling to see him getting hit hard by lower level competition.

I'd say that his defensive style (when he chooses to fight in this manner) heavily relies on his footwork and length.

[_original_]

More entertaining than Floyd, but not a better fighter. The fans aren’t ******, Crawford hasn’t fought that many great world class boxers. That’s why he’s not a mega PPV superstar. He’s talented and skilled, but he’s already 32 and his best win is against, Gamboa. Gamboa wouldn’t even crack the top 10 of Floyd’s best opponents. Floyd is a once in a generation type of boxer whose style was more of a surgeon in the ring with the ability to systematically dissecting his opponents best in-ring assets. The only thing that Crawford does better than Floyd is being able to switch stance more fluidly and having a better killer instinct to go for the kill when he has his opponent hurt. As far as skill for skill, he’s a tier below Floyd.

I agree, not even sure why the hell that guy is comparing Crawford to Floyd.

Crawford should only be compared to his contemporaries like Spence, Thurman, Porter, ect.

[uppercut510]

he is willing to trade which leaves him open but his defense is pretty good

[champion4ever]

Bud has good footwork and is a great counterpuncher. Therefore he has a good defense. In addition, he is a very accurate puncher who chooses his punch selection very wisely.

[UNBANNED]

More entertaining than Floyd, but not a better fighter. The fans aren’t ******, Crawford hasn’t fought that many great world class boxers. That’s why he’s not a mega PPV superstar. He’s talented and skilled, but he’s already 32 and his best win is against, Gamboa. Gamboa wouldn’t even crack the top 10 of Floyd’s best opponents. Floyd is a once in a generation type of boxer whose style was more of a surgeon in the ring with the ability to systematically dissecting his opponents best in-ring assets. The only thing that Crawford does better than Floyd is being able to switch stance more fluidly and having a better killer instinct to go for the kill when he has his opponent hurt. As far as skill for skill, he’s a tier below Floyd.

I agree BUT Floyd had willing opponents. Terrence has a bundle of fighters NOT willing to fight him. PBC should be embarrassed honestly

[Motorcity Cobra]

Watch the Postol fight if you want to see him display defensive skills

[SplitSecond]

Decent, which he can improve if he focuses on it. But he’s got a great chin and likes to punch with you.