The reality of Crawford's victory over Canelo explained in one minute

Canelo has a ton of wear and tear on him. 67 recorded pro fights, at least 10 more non-recorded pro fights as per his manager, and god knows how many gym wars. I’d bet all his joints and ligaments look like ass on an MRI.

But here, I think Bud was just that good. The only time I can really recall someone’s reach advantage really being an advantage over Canelo, in the past it never mattered and he could close anyway. Here, every time he tried, Crawford made him pay for it.

 

Im saying he's an excuse maker. Im sure he picked canelo to win and when he didnt deliver he made an excuse and tried to discredit and downplay Crawford's win. Mario wasnt saying any of this stuff before the fight now was he?

 

Looks like the excuses was always going to be on the table should Canelo lose but the truth is that Crawford was still the one moving up and the older fighter of the two no matter how you slice it. People were willing to not give Canelo credit should he win and now that the results turned out differently people are now not giving Crawford full credit for winning. You really can't please anyone no matter what the results ended up being.

Crawford deserves all the praise for beating Canelo who was never beaten at 168 and there should be no excuses to take away from that victory period.

 

I agree,,

 

I picked Canelo as well, and Canelo did look old in my opinion

 

Because Crawford took his jab away and his footwork was top notch. Canelo looked the exact same as he was against Charlo who he dominated. They weren't intimidated because they felt the power of Canelo and aren't as good as Crawford. We saw Munguia brawl it out with Canelo, he wasn't scared, already a world champion and undefeated. Canelo taxed him

Fury was not in his prime. He didn't get off the couch to beat Wilder, he had multiple tune ups because he had to lose over 100 pounds after abusing drugs for 2 years. Prime Fury was in the rear view mirror way before he fought Usyk

Larger fighters aging better is not tried and true. It's only marginally true. Lara is 41 and still a world champion. Beterbiev beat Bivol at 39 years and 8 months old. Briedis gave Opetaia hell twice in his late 30s. Pacquiao beat Thurman at 40. Crawford just beat Canelo at 38. Hopkins was beating ranked guys in his 40s. Duran was 37 against Barkley. Lucas Browne beat no top guys lmao why would you even mention that. Maybe heavyweights seem to age better because lower weight classes will have a higher talent pool most of the time

Interesting you cite Wilder who is largely unproven against the world class and only beat 1 ranked contender in his entire career. That's how overrated Fury's resume is.

 

I predicted it would be so easy people would say canelo took the money and let him win. In what world did anybody think that manufactured bum could beat a real fighter?

 

You made a great call props on getting it right.

 

Right, it's still a three horse race. If Crawford is ahead it's by a whisker. The 'P4P King' narrative doesn't hold. For one to be king the other two would have to lose first, and clearly.

Usyk, for my money, has beaten the higher volume of good fighters. That matters more.

Inoue is scheduled to face a prime top ten P4P'dr in Nakatani next year.

People saying it's been settled and this is the crawford era have both short memories and zero foresight.

 

Well there was one. But Canelo made sure to run and hide from him while badmouthing him and claiming the guy didn't deserve to fight him.

 

Canelo has more wear and tear on his body fighting in higher weightclasses and for longer periods, it's not just about age. Canelo should retire, he is past his prime and is ripe for another beating.

 

All respect to Crawford, it takes elite talent to do what he did regardless of how you put it. That being said, it’s clear that Canelo has far more wear and tear. Almost 70 fights and a good chunk of them have been against guys who are heavy punchers and men much bigger than him. Crawford has always been the bigger and better man in the lower divisions so he rarely had to go through any fire like Canelo did. It’s delusional to think Canelo was the fresher guy in there.

 

Yes.

Once Bivol sonned Clenelo I think that the writing was on the wall that Clenelo was on the fast track to being a shot fighter.

It's not the age, it's the mileage. I think Kobe said that.