Comments Thread For: Crawford: If The Spence Fight Don't Happen, I Don't Feel Like It'll Hurt My Legacy

[Fire4231]

Why are they continuing to fan the flames on this BS. Crawford is my boy but this clout chasing is getting old.

Spence is not ducking him. What is interesting is this when interviewed Terence said he wants to fight Spence after Garcia and Pacquiao. So Terrence basically wants the same money trail that Spence earned with out taking on any of the risks?

ESPN can miss me with this clout chasing. There are fights for Crawford and he decided to pick on a shop worn Brook. But Brook looks physically game let’s see how this one goes. May be a tougher night than Terrence expects.

[F l i c k e r]

Why are they continuing to fan the flames on this BS. Crawford is my boy but this clout chasing is getting old.

Spence is not ducking him. What is interesting is this when interviewed Terence said he wants to fight Spence after Garcia and Pacquiao. So Terrence basically wants the same money trail that Spence earned with out taking on any of the risks?

ESPN can miss me with this clout chasing. There are fights for Crawford and he decided to pick on a shop worn Brook. But Brook looks physically game let’s see how this one goes. May be a tougher night than Terrence expects.

Brook has got years taken off him by GGG and Spence though.

You don't smash your orbital like that, twice, and come back to boxing the same.

I expect Crawford to do a number on him. Maybe the same way he did to Khan.

But Crawford could've easily taken on the other Garcia, Pacquiao, or even Porter instead and chose not to. Which is a shame.

[b Murphington]

You are correct sir... and how sad is that?

It’s fine taking a stay busy fight every once in a while, but to do it every time?

Especially when most top guys only fight once or twice a year, that can’t happen.

Most top boxers have a key foe. A dance partner. A career defining opponent. Ali and Frazier. Tyson and Holyfield. Holyfield and Bowe. Pacquiao and Marquez. Ward and Gatti. Ward and Kovalev. Mayweather and Pacquiao. Now it’s Crawford and Spence.

[Fire4231]

Brook has got years taken off him by GGG and Spence though.

You don't smash your orbital like that, twice, and come back to boxing the same.

I expect Crawford to do a number on him. Maybe the same way he did to Khan.

But Crawford could've easily taken on the other Garcia, Pacquiao, or even Porter instead and chose not to. Which is a shame.

I am with you just hope we see some glimmer of who Brook used to be.

Also hoping he doesn’t permanently damage himself trying to get a fair well payday.

Crawford is the goods but this opponent selection does not match his perceptions of being a top guy at 147.

I say that as a guy that is impressed with Crawford. But this BS where everyone else is doing the heavy lifting has got to stop.

[Monty Fisto]

Bud's about right here.

Whether he Fights Spence or doesn't fight Spence does not affect his legacy at junior WW and it does hurt his legacy at WW.


He cleared out the junior WW division and deserves credit for that.

Unfortunately, Crawford hasn't achieved much at WW and has fought no one of any real note, despite moving to the weight more than two years ago.

And fair or not, he's at the legacy-defining part for his career as whole. And he's fighting a not-young-for-his-34-years Kell Brook next.

[BigJoe999]

Aaron Pryor, JCC Sr, Antonio Cervantes...these guys had legacies at junior welterweight. Crawford had a good run, but nothing that will be remembered.

Maybe not facing Errol alone wont hurt his cred.

Not facing anyone who can beat him will.

[Brother Mouzone]

Fight someone witha name please , u can’t duck everyone bro , all boxing fans know u ducking Shawn Porter , Errol and keith , please fight be a man bro

What legacy he talking about???

Quack quack quack. Terrence Coward don't want any smoke from PBC welterweights.

Best wins were Postol and Gamboa, that's all you need to know.

Sure, he's beat everyone in dominant fashion, he's a 3 weight champion and he's been undisputed but he's built those acomplishments beating weak opposition.

I put Mikey Garcia over anyone Crawford has beat so Spence to me might not have the trinkets but at this time his resume is better and if he beats DSG it will keep improvin while Bud's keeps sinkin.

Tim Bradley has a better resume and that's saying alot considering he never fought any PBC guys. Crawford has to leave top rank or that's a wrap as far as competitive fights left....he's too good to leave a legacy with that much to be desired

He just doesnt seem to want to fight anyone. His best opponent at ww is the Mean Machine, who at the best is bottom half of the top ten.

No much credit due for Khan.

Jeff Horn wasnt as good as either one. In fact, Jeff should have his license pulled with the amount of punches he is taking.

All the top welterweights have far better wins. Fornella who fought Sean recently isnt any worse than Horn.

This is why I have lost all respect for Crawford & why I feel like I beat him in a bet on his career by saying for yrs hed be mid 30s before fighting a threat at ww. And here we are.

Looks like when Crawford fought Khan he got infected with Khan's delusional thoughts.

Crawford is so full of himself.

He has zero legit names on his 147 record. I believe bud is p4p but he needs to understand that the spence bout and a victory would define him. The credentials of his opponents have suffered greatly being under TR. He needs to understand he needs this fight imho.

While it's impressive that Crawford won belts in multiple divisions and unified more than once, when boxing fans/historians assess careers in the future they'll probably ignore the mess of belts and statistics and just ask 'who did he beat?' and Spence would be a much more meaningful answer that whoever Crawford's current best win is

Legacy?

Bud Crawford will be quickly forgotten and never mentioned when talking about great fighters.

Your resume is hot garbage, bruh.

Crawford’s resume is very weak. His best win is Gamboa? Very weak. He became undisputed at 140 beating postol, indongo and Ricky burns. How weak is that?

Let’s all not forget that Crawford RESIGNED with bob arum. Crawford could have been a free agent at 30 years old and went to PBC, but he didn’t want to fight anyone who could possibly beat him. Crawford made that choice to resign with a promotor who has no top welterweights. I blame Crawford for that.

Crawford won't be mentioned among the greats unless his resume improves a lot.

Spence would be the biggest boost to it. But even names like Yordenis Ugas, Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia, and Keith Thurman would help.

He has no legacy. Time to sign PBC and fight other top welterweights.

Aaron Pryor, JCC Sr, Antonio Cervantes...these guys had legacies at junior welterweight. Crawford had a good run, but nothing that will be remembered.

Maybe not facing Errol alone wont hurt his cred.

Not facing anyone who can beat him will.

Its rare when you find a thread pretty much in agreement. BUD has talent , but has fought a whole lot of tomato cans. Very weak resume.

[lefthook2daliva]

It's spoiled . The Spence fight and the rest are spoiled now. If Crawford beats Spence it'll be the after-the-car-wreck, alcoholic Spence. Who else? Even if he ends up fighting Porter and Garcia and Thurman, it all happens a couple of years too late. Now they are all teetering on the end of their prime and all are too spoiled (purse wise) for any of them to risk the loss in the current compensatory environment. The only guy I really like any more is Porter and he's not the best of the group.

Lets see if the new group of studs currently hanging around 135 lives up to it's promise. They have yet to amass ridiculous fortunes.

[The D3vil]

I was ready clown him until I saw this.

Crawford was asked during a virtual conference call Monday whether he feels as though the Spence fight might “fall by the wayside” if it doesn’t finally happen sometime in 2021.

“Yeah, it might,” Crawford said. “It might. You know, but like I said, I never really felt like I really needed Errol Spence for my legacy or my career. You know, I’ve accomplished so much in the sport of boxing that, you know, I really didn’t need him. You know, yes, I needed him for my legacy at the welterweight division and becoming a two-time, undisputed champion at two different weight classes. But if that fight don’t happen, I don’t feel like, you know, it’ll hurt my legacy. It just hurts the legacy of [me in] the welterweight division.”

And I see. He's right.

It will hurt his welterweight legacy, but it won't change the fact that he's been ranked P4P king by much of the boxing media for 2 years.

It wont change that he's been a legit champ in 3 divisions or that he completely unified 140.

He's a Hall of Famer and that will not change without fighting Spence, but he is not an ATG without fighting Spence.

[vital1983]

Ya know, it does, ya know.