Does Crawford beat every single one of Canelo’s opponent that he beat?

Crawford has had all of 2 fights above 147 in his entire career

The first of which a razor-close decision vs an 11 fight Madrimov who was making a huge leap up in class in his country with a stacked deck of a home ref, 2 home judges, 1 neutral, which even 2 of them only scored to him by a point

The other vs a badly faded Clenelo who hadn't stopped anyone in four years despite having spent his entire reign cherrypicking, who was a very favourable stylistic match up for him and even in his prime always struggled badly vs a certain style, and who even though Crawford was jumping up 2 divisions after making a pitstop at 154 from 147 and Clenelo has been campaigning at 168 or above for six years, was pretty much the same size as him with a much shorter reach

Crawford's fans must think incredibly highly of Madrimov and even higher of Vergil Ortiz after he beat Madrimov, right?

Again, Crawford is a great fighter, one of the most skilful in the world, and I rate him highly and I've never picked him to lose a fight and the fighter I gave the best chance of doing so came the closest to doing so and did in many people's opinions. But that being said, he hasn't beaten a prime 160 or 168 pounder or had to face a single prime 160 or 168 pounder who was fresh, who was not on a four year KO drought vs cherrypicks, and was not a very stylistically favourable match up for him.

I would favour Crawford to beat everyone Clenelo beat at 140, 147, and 154 sans maybe Melon Head Miguel. I'm not saying I'd favour Melon Head Miguel but that would be a very interesting fight and I see a prime Melo Head being the best fighter he would ever have fought. FTR, I though Melon Head vs a prime Clenelo was a close very competitive fight and those wide scorecards were a disgrace.

But of the guys Clenelo beat at 160-175 I think there are a bunch of them who would either beat him, potentially could, or I'm not certain he'd beat

GGG and even that version of Kovalev would both knock him out and that's not a knock on Crawford.

Callum Smith is massive, a skilled big puncher with a good chin, and a 78'' reach, 4'' longer than Crawford's who has never been at a reach disadvantage. I think he'd knock Crawford out too. Too big, long and powerful

Does Crawford beat Jacobs? I'm not sure

BJS 2.0? Again, I'm not sure

Tell me when GGG has ever gone on a four year KO drought vs cherrypicks like Clenelo has? He was a walking KO machine and possessed power Crawford has never seen in his life.

Do you think Crawford would be describing Mean Machine as a harder puncher than GGG had he fought both?

Fighters on GGG's power

"He's the strongest dude I ever sparred. And I been in there with heavyweights, cruiserweights."

--Farah Ennis (boxes as a Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight)

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"Golovkin hits like a sledgehammer"

-- Sergey Kovalev

''Gennady Golovkin is the hardest puncher I've ever been in there with. This dude can hit, man! He can punch for real. And I've been in there with Edison Miranda (and Kid Chocolate) and some guys that can punch. This dude can punch like crazy.''

--Tyrell Hendrix

"Golovkin's fist is as hard as stone"

--Ryota Murata (Olympic gold medalist at MW)

''It was the toughest camp I have been in. He [Golovkin] hits like a heavyweight all over''

--Dhafir Smith (Smith has spent time in camp sparring Adonis Stevenson, Andre Ward. Lucian Bute, Zsolt Erdei, Eddie Chambers and Edwin Rodriguez among others)

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Benavidez didn't hesitate for a second when asked who the hardest puncher he's shared a ring with is

 

''Golovkin has freakishly unreal power''

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''Golovkin hits like a LHW. And that's coming from someone who can take a punch''

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''Nobody's ever hit me the way Golovkin has hit me. Honestly, the shot that he hit me with, up to this day.. since I've been boxing, nobody has ever hit the way he hit me'' -- Brandon Adams

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''He be punching as hard as Johnathon Banks be punching''

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Darnell Boone

"Boone says with 16 oz gloves he feels Golovkin's punches more than he did in his fight vs Kovalev in 10 oz mitts"

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'Ola Afolabi said to Sky Ringside “I think it’s going to be a knockout. The guy [Golovkin] hits incredibly hard. I’ve been in the ring with heavyweights, cruiserweights, light heavyweights, and I get in the ring with this kid and every time he hits me, I say whoa!''

Ryan Coyne (former CW now LHW)

''He’s a ****** beast,” said Coyne, a 20-0 cruiserweight prospect who has recently dropped down to light heavyweight. “He’s been running guys out of here. Nobody under 175 pounds will spar with him.''

“I’ve sparred with heavyweights who can punch, including Mariusz Wach and Mike Perez, nobody has hit me as hard as Golovkin. His power is out of this world.”

''I spent my summer up in Big Bear training with Gennady Golovkin who is emerging as the most murderous puncher in the boxing. I watched former champions, light heavies, cruisers, and even heavies get sent home.''

David Imoesiri HW

“The dude can hit, I’m still getting used to it,” said Imoesiri, who like Coyne, is delightfully bright and articulate. “It’s crazy. I sparred with [undefeated WBA heavyweight beltholder] Alexander Povetkin and he never hurt me like this guy.''

“I must have done 50 rounds while in camp with Povetkin and it was three and half weeks before he hit me with something that made me hold on. With Golovkin I was ready to get out of the ring 45 seconds into our first round of sparring. He hit me with two lefts to the body in the identical spot and had me doubled over. I got through it but it’s hard to defend against 6-inch punches with that much pop. He backs me into a corner with just a jab.

“And it seems like he does it effortlessly.”

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''The guy hits like a hammer. I tried everything, but it did not work. You have to give him credit, because he had a good handle on the situation and it was an honor to meet him in the ring. Even though I lost every round, I wanted to fight on. [Early on] it seemed to me that I was resistant to punches, but eventually they caught up with me. For each subsequent start, I went out out with another plan, trying to surprise him, but he is really great," Proksa said.

"I have never felt that type of power anywhere, not in sparring or anywhere."

--Grzegorz Proksa


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''I've sparred heavyweights, cruiserweights. These punches nothing to me. I spar Golovkin and every punch I feel''

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“The rumors are true, Gennady Golovkin is an animal. I’ve never been hit as hard from anybody else and I’ve sparred heavyweights”

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