Spence praised for fighting Brook, Crawford trashed for considering it. Makes sense.

[champion4ever]

Porter is a two time welterweight champion who is also the mandatory for the Spence-Garcia winner, an in-house promotion fight in which he’ll get a split larger than 25%.

Spence took his mandatory position and won the title, which every up and coming fighter does.

Garcia and Porter were Thurman’s leftovers. They had no business being considered welterweight champions, it was all made up by the promoter and the abc titles.

Well let me ask you this question then; Can he do both? Can he exercise his mandatory challenge for one title while temporary postponing the other for a later date?

I am pretty sure, that there is nothing more that Al Haymon would want than to collect all of the major title belts at welterweight.

[Cobra Curry]

Porter is a two time welterweight champion who is also the mandatory for the Spence-Garcia winner, an in-house promotion fight in which he’ll get a split larger than 25%.

Spence took his mandatory position and won the title, which every up and coming fighter does.

Garcia and Porter were Thurman’s leftovers. They had no business being considered welterweight champions, it was all made up by the promoter and the abc titles.

A lot of truth here.

[ShaneMosleySr]

It is my understanding that fighters are removed from the ABC rankings when they challenge for a different title.

It’s why Danny Garcia lost that WBO spot, he’s fighting Spence.

Well let me ask you this question then; Can he do both? Can he exercise his mandatory challenge for one title while temporary postponing the other for a later date?

I am pretty sure, that there is nothing more that Al Haymon would want than to collect all of the major title belts at welterweight.

[champion4ever]

It is my understanding that fighters are removed from the ABC rankings when they challenge for a different title.

It’s why Danny Garcia lost that WBO spot, he’s fighting Spence.

Well if that's the case, and I was Shawn Porter; I would gamble on myself by fighting Crawford while taking shorts instead. He will always be able to get the winner of Spence or Danny Garcia because they all work for the same promotional company. Besides, he has already fought the other two fighters anyhow.

[MulaKO]

I guess this is because Kell Brook has won every fight in dominating fashion since he lost to Spence.

That must be why Crawford is getting criticized.

I’m also guessing that Spence is getting credit for beating a smaller fighter in Brook, while everyone recognizes that Crawford has an advantage in the fight because he’s way smaller than Brook.

Oh wait, being bigger is an advantage, isn’t it?

Hmmm... I don’t know..

Maybe it’s because Kell Brook has been knocking out middleweights in his last few fights.

No, wait, that’s a good thing...

Brook outperformed middleweights and undefeated prospects when he destroyed Rabchanka. That must be it.

Oh wait, that’s a good thing.

Maybe it’s because of that shutout win over Zerafa that looks so much worse now... oh no wait, Zerafa knocked out a former welterweight champion who has a win over Pacquiao since Brook fought him.

So that’s a good thing.

It must be the fact that he kicked Shawn Porter’s ass when Spence went life and death with Porter...

No that can’t be it.

OH I REMEMBER WHAT IT IS...

Crawford fights on ESPN, so the PBC fans think he’s a traitor for some reason. Because they feel like they own him and he belongs to them. And if he doesn’t sign with who they want him too, he’s evil.

That’s right, it’s a ****** fight over who has the cooler promoter.

F**k this message board in the face. Everyone here is an idiot.

My only concern is Brook’s is damaged goods
And honestly speaking doesn’t bring anything to Bud’s career in all reality

You guys are letting the facts of the matter get in the way of a Crawford fan trying to defend his guy.


It's just a good narrative to try and equate Spence and Crawford fighting Brook.

But we dare not do the same thing with Danny Swift sparking prime Khan's chin inside 4 and Crawford low-blowing a damn-near-killed version of Khan after 9 rounds, now do we?

Same way you let your hate get in the way of your judgement
Bud did not hit AmirKhon in the nuts
He hit his leg and amazingly could not continue
The knockout was coming but Amir knew damn well that he would get sparked
Maybe start listening to your own preachings
Nahhh , better to hate

[ShaneMosleySr]

We’ll see what he does I guess.

I would just bet on him taking the bigger pot.

Well if that's the case, and I was Shawn Porter; I would gamble on myself by fighting Crawford while taking shorts instead. He will always be able to get the winner of Spence or Danny Garcia because they all work for the same promotional company. Besides, he has already fought the other two fighters anyhow.

[Pigeons]

I'm a Terence Crawford guy since I saw him fight in Omaha.

[MUNG]

brook is a waste of talent it looks to me, I mean the guy loves bars i think, he's got a machete in the leg after his big win doing who know's what to who know's who, he's always better than ever after every incident or problem or loss and is a total spoofer + weight drained and damaged and delusional but other than than he's good to go

[sicko]

You reaching with this Sh^t!

Spence Jr vs Kell was 3 years ago. Kell is not anything close to WTF he was 3 Years ago and that has nothing to do with trying to discredit Crawford it is FACTS! No he won't get much credit for beating Kell Brook especially if Kell Drains to 147...a weight he haven't fought at IN 3 YEARS since that Spence Jr fight and some people still say he was "Drained" for the Spence Jr fight

[baroidi]

I wasn't too hyped about the Spence-Brook fight, but at least you could say that Brook losing to GGG was because of the size advantage of GGG. So there was some intrigue in seeing how Brook fairs against a similar sized Spence, but Spence broke Brook's other orbital. After back to back damaging losses to top competition, a fighter loses a lot of luster and should not be considered a top opponent, especially for someone like "P4P" Crawford whose resume is already weak.