Crawford has got one of the worst resumes for the holder of P4P no.1 status.

Let's take a look at his "best" and most recent fights at 147lbs (a weight closer to his true size)...

-Spence:

• Had been struggling making 147lbs for a while.
• Prior to fighting Crawford he had 1 fight in 28 months. That one fight took place 15 months prior being against 35 year old who almost knocked him out despite having an abysmal KO record.
• Has looked EXTRA chinny and mediocre since car crash, which clearly has taken something out of him.
• Inactivity, car crash & being drained = EXTREMELY rusty, limited sharpness, zero chin resilience.
• Culminated in a complete utter domination by Crawford, being outperformed by the likes of Amir Khan, Kavalaiuskas (who KD Crawford) and part time Shawn Porter (which highlights Spence was absolutely not 100%).
• + Spence's resume itself is underwhelming in of itself.

-Porter

• Part time commentator
• Winning the fight for many before his dad through in the towel for absolutely no reason whatsoever.
• Was out for 15 months before fighting Crawford.
• Retired straight after the Crawford fight...hence...the obvious, this guy felt he was at the end of his career. Beating someone at the end of their career isn't necessarily something to gloat about.

-Brook

• Brook was essentially inactive for two years prior to fighting Crawford in 2020. He fought unknown Mark Deluca 8 months prior so Brook was an unknown entity himself.
• His most notable win prior to Crawford in 2020 was Shawn Porter which was in 2014...over 6 years difference.
• Had already had his eye sockets caved in by GGG and Spence.
• Fought Khan after Crawford, then retired...on his way out clearly.
• Deathly drained in this fight, looked like an AIDs victim in the weigh in and got knocked out by a jab which was an arm punch...and really the only real blow landed following being 3-0d by Brook.
• This was Kell's first fight without Dom Ingle, his long time trainer.

Basically, there's a common theme here, and it's definitely not Crawford is fighting the tough fights...he's being carefully maneuvered around easy targets. Any claim that he has high ring IQ or is extremely skilled has yet to be justified - may be he is, but the condition of his opponents has not allowed him to demonstrate this, which would also suggest that his handlers/Crawford don't believe the hype themselves.

This is what qualifies as Ring Magazine P4P no.1 apparently. I would say this org has lost credibility but they haven't had that to begin with.

 

That is not an argument.

His resume is objectively **** - naming a list of those he should have fought isn't going to make it otherwise.

 

I'm pointing out Crawford's resume for being terrible and hence not worthy of being ranked P4P no.1 . That is my case. All you have said is "who should he have fought?", and I don't have an answer for that.

However, P4P rankings aren't decided based on "who he should have fought", they're based on who fighters have beaten....which is my point..that is very clear.