As of now: Crawford or Lomachenko higher pound for pound?

I sincerely hope that Crawford never becomes a big star. His talent is undeniable, but that mouth and arrogance is too much for me. He bitched about not fighting a 38 year old Manny Pacquiao. And he bitched about the adulation heaped upon Loma.

This is a guy who bitches, moans and complains. It's his personality. And there will be more of it.

 

Arbitrary comparison, but to follow it up, he would be the strongest man in the world P4P if he could lift a higher percentage of his bodyweight than anyone else. And if Anthony Joshua sold his soul tomorrow in return for Loma's skill, Golovkin's chin and Klitschko's jab then he'd be both the best boxer (in that nobody alive could beat him) and the best P4P boxer too (in that he would be better at boxing than anyone else, regardless of size).

All that said, far be it from me to try and tell you how to organise something as objective as a personal P4P list!

 

But I'm saying exactly the same as you. As in, a bodybuilder who could lift a higher percentage of their bodyweight than anyone else is a stronger man P4P (as with your ant). Did you also miss the bit where I said "the best boxer, regardless of size" being the measure of being P4P #1? I assume you did, because I can't fathom the reasoning for the patronising "got it?" at the end if you actually understood what I wrote...

 

Well you see Mayweather was unbelievably talented like Crawford is. But Mayweather also became a mainstream boxing star and a celebrity.

I don't remember Pernell that much.

And yes, Floyd's antics were annoying. Dude called himself TBE, greater than SRR, but his best win was Jose Luis Castillo. Sit down son.

 

I just disagree with his assertion that a heavyweight can't be P4P #1 just because he's bigger. If he's the best at boxing, then he's the #1 in my eyes. Not that I can remember the last time a heavyweight was actually #1. Lewis, maybe...

 

That's the thing, how do you measure "skill" in boxing exactly? Because as you can see with this poll, skills are measured differently from eye to eye. You can't measure skill, unless its by a wide margin, which dosen't exist when comparing Bud and Loma. You can measure power, skill is a different story. And than you take size into consideration, I could say I'd love to see Loma do what Usyk does up at THAT weight, because it won't be happening. The smaller guys are more technically proficient than the HW's, it'll always be the case because smaller guys have speed, and quickness over the larger guys. So P4P these smaller guys are better than their HW counterparts, that's how I base the P4P list.

 

Yeah, I get what you're saying. Think there's some truth to it. And most of my favourite fighters are generally middleweight or lower, precisely because they are quicker (and therefore seem more skilled).

 

Postal>Rigo
Russel>Gamboa
Diaz>Sosa

 

I'm curious why you say that? Yes the HW division is weaker right now. But do you believe the division just lends itself to lower quality boxers? Or is it something else?