Is it possible for Crawford to emerge from tomorrow night with any credit?

How does a 40 year old, part-time boxer, fighting 2 divisions higher than his physical size dictates, and former shell of himself cherrypick a guy that's in his physical prime, significantly bigger, undefeated, and 10 years younger? Thurman didn't cash out — dude went to war and took his beating like a warrior. Oh, and he fought extremely hard for 12 full rounds.

Thurman shook off the cobwebs in the Lopez fight. He got caught in one round and schooled Lopez the rest of the way. And Porter fought a Thurman that was badly hurt and almost KO'd by Collazo and had over a year long layoff.

 

his fans will over hype the win, his haters will give him zero credit

 

Not how fighting works. A long hiatus in boxing can be a career killer.

 

Your general drift reminds me of Calzaghe-Lacy.

Before the fight, Lacy was the cleeeeeeaaar favourite...a mini Mike Tyson, and Joe was going to get decapitated.

After the fight..Lacy was a bum.

And always had been.

 

He won’t get any. People have unrealistic expectations for p4p fighters. After Spence beats Garcia he and Bud need to fight. Bud is gonna leave Top Rank if they don’t get him Spence or at least Pacquaio next.

 

He won't get credit for the win.

 

i think this fight will be more exciting than most people think. im thinking brook is back to his best weight and should be in shape to compete. benavidez got bud to mix it up in close and i expect kel to be able to do it too. and kel throws some very nice, tight, fast combinations inside. it wouldnt surprise me if he beat bud to the punch on an exchange. i think bud will win clear enough, but it will make both look good.

 

I don’t give a hoot about who gets what credit. I just want to see two grown men punch each other in the face. A d I think this will be a good fight.

 

You questioned how something can mean that Brook is now shot to bits, and that it left you confused.

But I don't think anyone had actually implied that Brook was shot to bits.

It's more the fact that Brook last beat a ranked opponent 6 years ago and right now what is beating him actually going to be worth to a fighters legacy.

Tbf I think it's a high risk low reward fight for Crawford.

 

Stop getting overly emotional.

You posted in the thread so I replied, it's kinda the way these things work.

The whole point of my thread is debating how credit worthy victory would be.

Because I think Brook has a really good chance of beating Crawford, more so then the odds indicate. But if Crawford does win, on paper I don't think the victory looks too impressive.

 

If he stops brook he can.

And stop him by a ko. Not tko. That would be a big message.

Won't happen thought.