Crawford's next two fights - ATG potential?

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  1. drenlou

    drenlou VIP Member Full Member

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    ATG for sure. But I doubt he beats Spence.
     
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  2. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Give him 1 more great win after Spence then he's an ATG
     
  3. Braindamage

    Braindamage Baby Face Beast Full Member

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    Agree that a win over Sownce and Charlo don't justify ATG status. I like Crawford, but he needs to fight top notch guys and dominate for a few years. Couple that with unifying in 4 divisions would get him the nod in my book.
     
  4. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Maybe if Spence and Charlo were very active fighters, but one guy's very inconsistent and the other guy's been out like 2 years.
     
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  5. Levook

    Levook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    No, even if he KO's Spence & Charlo in spectacular fashion, still not an ATG.
     
  6. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Porter fight was razor close.
     
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  7. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    I'll think more about this question later, but I'd like to say, Crawford has only been unified in one division so far.
     
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  8. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    Yeah, I'd give it to him. 135-154 is pretty much the most difficult 4 division range there is excluding SMW to HW, and becoming undisputed in three of those divisions would be a top tier feat for the 21st century. If he wants to really keep himself in the minds of the people, though, he has to do something which people don't expect. It's unfair but the truth.
     
  9. Goran_

    Goran_ Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    Instead of getting caught up in BoxRec, trinket belts and multi division nonsense why don't you Delve into who they actually fought... because between them they have very thin resumes.... so to consider either an all-time great is laughable right now.. & lets be honest both of them are more than capable of fighting at f****** middleweight ... that's how much these Americans grift the **** out of the p4p/multi division nonsense.. & its worked.. ppl calling Crawford an ATG cos he beat Postol & Porter & is a '3 weight champion yall' :lol:
     
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  10. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    Only pure denial would allow one to think he's not an ATG if he beats Spence cleanly
     
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  11. Levook

    Levook Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It all comes down to who Crawford has beaten and when I think of the names on the ATGs records, he just pales in comparison. I would rather he had some losses but fought the best every time out.

    These meaningless belts are just that - meaningless.
     
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  12. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    At LW he beat the top 2 ranked fighters so and unified WBO and Ring
     
  13. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Who could he have fought from 135 - 147 who is an improvement on who he did fight?

    He's literally fought the top 2/3 guys in ever division.
     
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  14. JunlongXiFan

    JunlongXiFan 45-6 in Kirks Chmpionshp Boxing Predictions 2022 Full Member

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    Nobody calls a Ring champion unified. Nobody called Kyoguchi unified, for example. Unified has to be between two sanctioning bodies.
     
  15. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Nah that gives too much credit. Encourages fighters being stripped etc.