Crawford has surpassed Mayweather and Andre Ward as an ATG US fighter

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  1. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No disrespect, but the question was, who has done what Crawford has done in this era. Almost don't count. If's , ands, and buts, don't count. What fighter in this generation has consolidated belts in two divisions. I can name two or three fighters that I feel is just as good as Crawford but none of them has done what he's done. Reading comprehension, do you know what that mean.
     
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  2. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    Nobody cares about cruiserweight man. Stop that **** already. Usyk clearing it meant nothing because it had no star power or real competition to speak of. He got a break beating Joshua by MD and Ruiz did it by KO. Ruiz is great than Usyk!!!
     
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  3. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He thinks Crawford surpassed Mayweather in greatness. I heavily disagree with that notion even if Mayweather did his fair share of cherry picking.

    More quality opponents > Belts and Boldness. Fax
     
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  4. KO KIDD

    KO KIDD Loyal Member Full Member

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    Ward sure. Floyd no
     
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  5. elmaldito

    elmaldito Skillz Full Member

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    he will be unified at 154 soon and then coming for canelo. where does that put him after those tuneups.
     
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  6. uranage

    uranage Well-Known Member Full Member

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    This is how i rank them:

    1. Floyd
    2. Ward
    3. Crawford

    Floyd resume & accolades speak for himself...self explanatory.

    As for Ward, he won the Super 6 series against killers & then beat Dawson & Kovalev TWICE.

    Crawford to me, is the best current fighter of this generation and a 1st ballot HOF, but beside Errol, I don't see any killers on his resume (which is still a good resume btw).
     
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  7. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    If you genuinely believe that then you massively overrate Spence. Spence is a good fighter, very good in fact but his best win was the remnants of Brook that Golovkin left after their fight and even then Spence was being pushed back and out fought until Brooks orbital socket broke again.

    Your view will always be a minority view, most people base greatness on the depth of a fighters resume or how dominant they are if they lack the former. Crawford no doubt has been utterly dominant but his resume while better now he has a signature win over Spence is still lacking in depth when compared to Mayweather or even Ward.

    But Crawford is the best US fighter of his generation that's true, but then if the competition is Spence, Charlo's, Wilder, Haney etc that's not much competition for Bud. Davis is really the only other US boxer who impresses me from this era but his resume is lacking. Then you have Stevenson who I think will be the next US P4P number 1 but of the next era not this one.