Would Crawford be just another Buddy McGirt or Jose Luis Lopez in another era.

Very possibly.

 

I think he's better than both of them especially Lopez but it's hard to say because while he's looked top P4P material his opposition hasn't been actually stellar. But you can only beat who's in front of you and he has done so in dominant fashion up to now. I guess we'll find out if he steps up in weight to fight Canelo as has been reported. If he's the real deal then he beats Canelo or at least is ultra competitive with him.

 

Buddy McGirt was a world champion in 2 weight classes. What did he fall short of? What else should he have done?

 

Buddy was tough and one of my favorites at the time. He had left shoulder surgery and was never the same afterwards. His big left hook was never the same. Buddy was tough but was never at the level Crawford is at. Crawford also has better size and bigger punches.

Even though Crawford has fought sporadically over the past few years, he’s beaten the best at every class he’s been in. That’s something you can’t say about most modern fighters. We have guys like Tank Davis who go through weight classes having never fought top three opponents. You can’t say that about Crawford.

 

You beat who you can when you can

 

The problem with Jose Luis Lopez he didn't lift the pace enough and fought too much in 1st gear without going through the gears. He should've knocked out James Page flooring him twice and rocking him numerous times but let him off the hook. Against Quartey he just stood in front of him for like 7 or 8 rounds taking a hammering from Quartey's jab, again had he started a bit sooner and gone through the gears more he probably could've stopped Quartey aswell.

You're also not wrong about Lopez's chin he took almost 400 punches from Quartey who is a big puncher at Welterweight and Lopez was never fazed.

As for Crawford i think Lopez would have his moments but again would lose a competitive decision because he simply doesn't have the workrate. But then again Crawford is untested against big punchers and Lopez would be by far the most dangerous puncher he has fought.

 

Buddy McGirt did fine the problem was he run into prime versions of Meldrick Taylor, Pernell Whitaker. He also went through long stages of his career not having big fights and he had chronic shoulder problems.

As for Crawford we simply don't know what his actual level is because he hasn't really fought an upper echelon guy apart from Spence who was compromised from the car crash and inactivity.

Crawford has good achievements but his opposition is so-so, and whilst he does look impressive in regards to the eye test we need to see him beat more top guys to form a real opinion of him against former greats of the past.

 

Crawford wouldve competed w the Fab 4. That's how good he is. He has had a combination of bad luck and entire promotional outfits outright ducking him at points in his career. Hes a 2 weight undisputed champion and a champion in 3 different weight classes, going for his 4th weight class in August against yet another undefeated opponent.

Bud wouldve been live versus any WW in history but wouldve rightfully been underdog against some.