Crawford did what he had to do in two divisions. Cotto has arguably never been the number 1 in any division ever.
Around 2 or 3 in terms of scalp. Probably his greatest win though, given the stage of his career. I bet against him when he faced Oscar. I bet against him v Hatton. And Cotto. I have never bet against him since. But I would have to bet against him if he fought Bud.
It would be his best win and it would make him a top 20 ATG considering his age. I'll be impressed just seeing him getting in the ring with Crawford. He's been beating around the bush for years.
Crawford scores more points with his right hand than DLH did, DLH was too one-handed. Oscar`s two best wins at 147 were v Whitaker and Quartey, both were isputed decisions with Oscar hitting the floor v Quartey, Whitaker, Pernell was around 34 v DLH and lost decisively to Trinidad in his next bout, Bud is still in his prime.
Morales wouldn`t have stood a chance v Bud at welter is what Luft is saying, Bud is more difficult a foe because he is bigger and stronger than Morales was and he`s knocked welter`s while Manny`s KO rate isn`t that good at welter and Morales never knocked out a welter. Bud has a 74 in (188 cm) reach. Many boxing pundits felt that an aging Morales, fighting a couple of divisions above his best weight, stood little chance against the hard hitting Maidana. However, Morales turned back the clock and gave his best performance since beating Pacquiao. The opening bell saw Maidana jump on the older Morales. Morales' eye was badly swollen in the first round by a series of hard shots, especially a devastating uppercut, and it looked like the rout was on. However, Morales held his own through the next few rounds before rallying in the 8th–10th rounds. Although Maidana was using combos to hurt "El Terrible," Morales started turning the tide mid-fight, throwing very heavy counter-punches and almost knocking Maidana down. However, just when the fight seemed within Morales' grasp, Maidana took over by throwing combos, giving him the final rounds of the fight. Morales put up a valiant effort, performed better than anyone thought possible, won the crowd over and gave the boxing public another "Fight of the Year" candidate. However, it just wasn't enough. In the end, Maidana's youth and Morales' age and mileage were just too much to overcome, and Maidana eked out a majority decision victory with scores of 114–114 and 116–112 twice.
Yes. I had mean't his popularity, he turned into a pro as Oly champ, had rocked 31-0-0 pro record with 10-0-0 record in world title fights before his first lost fight vs famous fighter. After this he still remained popular and now also long years does have this GBP promotion and boxers. I talked about things how long time he is well known in the world and like this. He was " Golden Boy ".
I guess that’s why he had to exclude pound for pound. Morales is leagues above Crawford in every way. But it just goes to show that people need to make up ways to make Crawford look better then he actually is.
In every way? Bud is a far better finisher than Morales was and gets hit less. Bud is a great switch-hitter too.
Excuse me for being a little dramatic with wording. Morales is better in most ways. TC gets hit less because his level of competition is much lower. Point is, saying TC would be the best fighter Manny beats is silly.
Mean Machine is a good boxer, knocked down Crawford and gave him absolute hell. I do not know (at all)that Crawford beats the Cotto that Pac fought.
He looked terrible cos Pac made him look terrible. The proof that he wasn’t that terrible was this: the logic was that Pac would lose to any top 10 WW because his win over Odlh was a fluke as ODLH wasn’t even a top 10 WW that night. So following this logic, if Pac lost to a ww next, that would have been true. However, what followed was Pac dominating other WWs as he did ODLH. following the logic, that means that the dominance was a result of Pac being that good, rather than ODLh being that bad. people rate floyd-corrales win one of the highest of his career but lol, Corrales looked worse that night than ODLH did. Pac looked terrible vs Floyd and had a legit excuse with an injured shoulder. JMM was blown up. Canelo was green. Etc. But we don’t apply that logic to Floyd, but when it comes to Pac, make up all the excuses for his opponents to diminish his wins. Lol. Ok.
