Jeff Horn looked massive next to Crawford

No one is denying he’s very strong that I’ve seen…

But you’re comparing a guy who spent most of his career competing at 147, who was barely world level, to pound for pound talent Canelo, who has competed north of 160 for several years now…

 

You raise some great points here, youre right Canelo isn’t known to be a physical fighter.. Beyond that, he almost NEVER gets physical with his opponents…. Unless you count trying to flip them over his shoulder when he gets frustrated.

 

Being strong at 147 and being strong at 168 are two different worlds. Canelo was bullied and completely outgunned by Bivol, despite only going up one weight class against a relatively thin-framed puncher. Crawford is going up two weight classes after having one fight at 154.

He's fighting someone who is deceptively strong at 168 as well, he's not going to bully Canelo at any point of the fight. If he tries it, he will get manhandled. Canelo literally picked up Bivol and carried him at one point, but people think a blown-up welterweight is going to come out on top in the physical exchanges? The only way Bud wins this fight is by potshotting and doing what Mayweather did, if he tries to get in the pocket he will get caught and lose within the distance.

 

This is why I never understood the argument that Crawford is a weight bully
Horn, Spence, Madrimov, Benavidez were all bigger than him

 

CLENelo is ripe for the picking

 

weight bully is a stupid, made up term by casuals

 

He's not, but if he has to be, he will be. He has proven it in the past. He bullied Saunders and Callum Smith, and he met Kovalev in the centre of the ring, knocking him out late in the fight. The idea that a blown up welterweight will be able to push him around at 168 is wishful thinking for those who think Bud is invincible. Crawford couldn't even push Madrimov back in any meaningful way, and he's much smaller than Canelo.

 

Most of the time, these star vs star matchups don't live up to the hype. You often get more competitive fights with mandatory challengers than fights where some network or promoter plucks a star from over here and puts him in with a star from over there.

I just can't get past the fact that Canelo knocked out Sergey Kovalev for a light Heavyweight title, and Crawford went the distance with Postol for the light welterweight title.

All the talk, all the smoke, all the hype can't make me forget one guy blasted out a light heavyweight champ, and the other never did anything remotely close to that.