Crawford is this generations best fighter from the USA

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  1. anthoto1

    anthoto1 Active Member Full Member

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    He probably has the shittiest resume ever for a boxer that skilled.

    A total waste.
     
  2. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Only until Ennis beats him if Crawford actually decides to stop avoiding him.
     
  3. Themessiah

    Themessiah El Jefe Full Member

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    Like GGG he passes the eye test but his resume is poor. Even the Porter fight, Porter was a part time commentator
     
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    box33 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yup all the same.
     
  5. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    This begs the question as to why he is avoiding Spence? The answer he knows Spence will beat him.
     
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    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    When GGG faced an elite level Canelo he lost.
     
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  7. Elvizzz

    Elvizzz Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I’m not convinced...
     
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    Not just yet, not until he gets tested by Ennis, Spence.
     
  9. OldSchoolBoxing

    OldSchoolBoxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Avanesyan often caught him. Crawford is waiting to get knocked out.
     
  10. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    I had Avanesyan up 3-0. He was landing crispy shots. Crawford will be in trouble once he fights a puncher with skills.
     
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  11. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Speaking as someone who has admired his skills for a long time, he spent an awful lot of time throwing air jabs at Avanesyan's gloves or lightly tapping them to keep him at bay as he was advancing the other night and stiff-arming him too.

    He has a freakish 74'' reach and has never been at a reach disadvantage once in any of his world title fights and I don't like this tactic, especially when it's employed so excessively as he was doing it because it's a sneaky way to achieve the same results as stiff-arming and keep a smaller fighter with a shorter reach at bay and I don't consider that great defence or skillful.

    His buddy Shakur does this nonstop too in some of the fights of his I've seen. Other fighters do it too, even some I'm a big fan of, but when it's done so excessively, nonstop all night even, it shouldn't be allowed.
     
  12. MismatchHypejob

    MismatchHypejob Active Member Full Member

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    “The eye test” is just dumb terminology casuals use when they see some flashiness that’s not necessarily indicative of being elite
     
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  13. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    No he beat him twice when past/well past his prime after shamelessly being ducked by him whilst in his prime or closer to it. The second time after Clenelo got popped for PEDs. And then Clenelo shamelessly ducked the final installment of the trilogy and aged GGG out until he was over 40 y/o even though it was by far the biggest, most lucrative and in demand fight out there for him.

    But even if you do belong to the tiny group of 'fans' who worship at the altar of corruption who scored those for Clenelo, even tinier than for the first one, a prime Clenelo could only fight to a draw and scrape by a way past prime GGG by a single point on his judges cards after being busted for PEDs months before the fight.

    114-114, 115-113 115-113

    Which elite fighters have your boys Errol and Twink fought? The later has fought trash and is one of the most shameless duckers in the sport and massive 147 pounder Errol has been clearing out 147 of as many career 140 pounders and blown up 135s as possible.
     
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  14. Themessiah

    Themessiah El Jefe Full Member

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    You're literally one of the biggest casuals on ESB and have gotten embarrassed in everyone of your threads
     
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  15. MismatchHypejob

    MismatchHypejob Active Member Full Member

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    Nonsense. You’re a fool