Crawford admits he will be slower

The big weight disparity is a complete myth. People are acting like Crawford is fighting Benavidez not Clenelo

Crawford was coming in as high as 157 nine years ago and he he weighed a lean 169.8lbs in the ring in his last fight. That's more than what career 160 GGG weighed vs Proksa and Rosado and 2 ounces less than GGG's very consistent fight night weight

Clenelo in his own words comes in at 178-180, Crawford is clearly bigger now whilst still being lean. If there is a weight disparity it will likely not be by much at all

 

This is Crawford weighing 169.8lbs

To add context, 170 was career 160 GGG's very consistent fight night weight and Crawford weighed slightly more than Madrimov did

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He's still very lean whilst weighing that much. Clenelo has come up from the lower weights too and he said 178-180 is his fight night weight. Even if Crawford comes in at 175 he's still going to be lean and not soft. His coach said the other day that he should've moved up to 168 long ago and Crawford also said this is the first camp where he doesn't have to cut muscle

 

I'm not saying that Crawford's a natural SMW but he's always been a big guy who walks around heavy and rehydrates a lot of weight in every weight class he's fought in and the size disparity between Clenelo and him has been wildly exaggerated and it isn't near what many believe it is.

This is not Floyd or Khan vs Clenelo nor even close. I suspect at worst it will be 5lbs and Crawford has a much longer reach and he has a lot more left than Clenelo who hasn't stopped anyone in 4 years despite cherrypicking like crazy and most of those cherrypicks being stopped by other fighters recently who are not elite

 

Crawford on points. If Clenelo was the force of old and was able to pull the trigger like he used to and get people out of there it might be different

I don't know if Crawford is necessarily the more skilled of the two. I think Clenelo is the slicker fighter with better defence. Crawford's defence has a lot to do with range and those long arms of his whereas Clenelo's is more skill based