Sure Mayweather at 135 was much more of a heavy hitter. I'd wager that Crawford is more of a banger being that his power seems to have carried up to 147 more than Floyd.
Crawford doesn’t even have a win currently as good as genero or even Carlos Hernandez, everybody looks good fighting nobodies Crawford doesn’t go unbeaten and as a lot of tough outs between 135-147
22 yo "feet of stone" canelo would be destroyed by crawford. Canelo has improved so much you dont remember how bad were his footwork and his stamina when he fought floyd. imho crawford would never win to pacman. I think pacman is all wrong to crawford, who enjoys to fight at a smooth pace. I think that 1300 punches a fight pacman doesnt suit crawford's boxing very well. DLH, mosley and cotto.... it depends on which DLH, which mosley, which cotto. Prime for prime crawford would have to go to hell and back to be able to win those fights.
Everybody is someone until crafword destroys him. Then everybody becomes nobody. Same happened with floyd. That's what happens when you are truly great. The same division that was utter trash when crawford cleaned it, is suddenly awesome and good enough to lick taylor's balls. And crawford would put taylor in a coma. That's ridiculous, but that's the price to pay for being the best. And crawford is top notch.
I think it depends which Pac it is...if it's the fresher Pac right off Hatton KO he would be a tough fight for Bud, and would be favorite to win. But the one that Mayweather fought already had one arm shot and was gun shy after that Marquez KO. He barely threw any punches...Im sure Maywether skills had alot to do with this too, but also wasn't the best Pac and Crawford beats him.
I never bought that shoulder BS, I remeber him flurrying with both hands like no tomorrow. But what's true is that pacman was never the same after that brutal márquez KO, he was obviously more gunshy after that, and imho you are right, he became easier to beat. There was no space for hesitation in his mind before márquez. I dont know if that would have made any difference in the mayweather figth (probably yes), but I think it was not the same pacman.
It doesnt mean it was bothering him. Supposedly he had this injury since many fights ago (years?), and he never took any surgery because he could fight without problems. I watch that fight, and I dont see an injured man. It's pretty obvious when a fighter is injured, like yunieski's foot last week. Or villalba's shoulder last week too. Or maravilla's knee vs cotto. And I saw no injured figther in pacquiao that night, tbh.
Give it a rest... you see what you want Chacal. His surgeon address the operation. You want to pretend Pac was 100%...that's all on you.
Crawford would struggle with Castillo, casamayor and Corrales at 135 imo. He beats all of Floyds 140 pound opponents and 147 pounders too except Pac which would be a tough fight. Loses to Canelo at 152, De la hoya at 54 and possibly cotto at 54 as well, though i think they would be competitive fights.
Porter for me is the biggest stand out. Porter was viewed as the toughest challenge for Crawford and a lot of people picked him for the upset. Suddenly Crawford stops him and now it's "He was past it", "That was not the real Porter" etc etc. Just my two cents.
