Spence and Crawford both destroying Pacquiao easily. Still Pac > Floyd.

Resume wise yeah, but otherwise Floyd is the better fighter.

 

Agree that Crawford has a good ring IQ and a better jab. He's also more fundamentally sound than Thurman, but Thurman is more explosive. Footwork is debtable. Crawford was wobbled a few times vs Khan. Thurman can move with his feet faster than Bud. Bud is generally more stable on his feet but also more basic.

Thurman is a much more flashy puncher than Bud and frankly I think Thurman hits a lot harder than Bud. I could see Thurman getting marked up vs Bud but would catch Bud with some big shots. Bud is not nearly as elusive as Thurman.

 

When was Crawford stunned in the Khan fight? Do you mean the Gamboa bout?

 

Thurman fights more like RJJ while Bud fights more like Hopkins. I'm not saying Thurman is as fast or as dominant as RJJ was in his prime, but he sort of fights like RJJ did to an extent, using his quick feet, landing explosive punches, etc while Bud is more basic like Hopkins not as explosive but very tight defensively and good at everything. But I gotta be honest, I like Thurman's chances against Bud. I think he could outpoint Bud, and dance circles around him and I'm not convinced Bud could drop Keith like Pac did.

 

pac was always a better fighter than floyd, not better boxer, but definitely better fighter. pac is smaller than floyd, so their exploits are not equal. one was always punching his way up to greatness, the other was punching down.

 

He wasn't really stunned but Bud was wobbled momentarily and he sort of lost his balance for a moment.

 

No way pacman is better fighter than floyd. You only need to watch their fight to realize it, actually. But even if you dont, it's pretty obvious that floyd is much better fighter than pacman.

 

The problem with thurman is his inactivity periods. You cannot stay on the top of the sport with inactivity periods, easy as that. He adjusted at the end of the fight, but you could easily tell in the first rounds that thurman has been fighting bums and mediocre-at-best sparring parterns for a long long while. You cannot fight that kind of crap and suddendly step into the ring with pacquiao.

Nevertheless I expected more from thurman, and I thought that he would win, pacman proved me wrong.

 

what? you werent aware keith was inactive before the fight?
i was aware, picked pac to beat him. easy as that.

 

Mayweather is a better fighter than Pacquiao the same way Carl Froch is better than Mayweather.

 

It's not impossible but it's hard to do for sure. SRL came off 3 years of inactivity and only 1 fight in 5 years before stepping in with Hagler and beating Hagler. It's hard to stay on top through periods of inactivity but not impossible.