Again as I said in another thread has Crawford ever fought against a fighter much taller than him with a longer reach ? Nunn was 6'2 with a 77 inch reach. Crawford has never come close to fighting anyone with those type of dimensions.
Barkley beat hitman hearns twice including outpointing him over 12 rounds an hearns was a skilled boxer as well as a great puncher
One judge scored the fight even at 114–114, giving both fighters six round apiece, however he was overruled by the other two judges who awarded the fight to Nunn with scores of 116–113 (seven rounds to four, one round tied) and 115–113 (seven rounds to five).
Despite his victory, Nunn was criticized for his perceived lackluster performance. Nunn's promoter Bob Arum particularly bashed Nunn for his defense-first style, which he felt made for unentertaining fights. After the fight Arum, whom had secured Nunn a $1.25 million payday for the fight, complained to the media that "Nunn is two rounds of fighting and the rest a dance." Arum would then announce that he would sever all ties with Nunn, releasing him from his promotional contract which had one fight remaining, stating "We have one more fight and we are going to release him from it." Upon being informed of Arum's comments, Nunn responded "I feel I entertained. Iran Barkley is awkward and strong."Nunn's manager Dan Goossen later clarified that Nunn's performance against Barkley had nothing to do with Arum and Nunn parting ways as they had agreed to do so two weeks before the fight happened.
Styles make fights, but make no mistake, Nunn beat the brakes off Barkley. The 1st 2 rounds were fantastic as Nunn landed around 80% of his shots. He beat Barkley easier than anyone beat him.
Michael 'Second to' Nunn would indeed make many fighters look silly. As would Iran Barkley, Terry Norris, Junior Jones, Tim Austin, Mark Johnson, Ricardo Lopez and many other greats of the bygone eras.
Barkley make fighters look silly? His only claim to fame was beating Hearns, he lost to Benn, Toney and a 38 year old Duran.