Crawford VS. Spence

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  1. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yep Crawford is the truth at welterweight, he's just more skilled than anyone else in the division.
     
  2. Jayme Chavez

    Jayme Chavez Member Full Member

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    FIght never gonna happen so it dosent matter
     
  3. Bollywooden

    Bollywooden Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Khan is way past prime, so it's another hollow bout on Crawford's record.
     
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  4. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Khan landed 24% of his punches and could only land more than 10 in a single round just once. gtfoh
     
  5. Brighton bomber

    Brighton bomber Loyal Member Full Member

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    How about how instead of chasing the quicker Khan like so many do early on, Crawford instead flipped the script and was the one using loads of movement in the opening round. He didn't want to chase the faster Khan, that's never a good plan, instead he moved, feinted, didn't really do much, knowing he could draw Khan to come to him if he was patient.

    Khan wants to lead, to be the aggressor, but if you push him on the back foot and force him to box then he's actually more effective then, but stay back, sit, wait and be patient and eventually Khan will take the initiative and lead and that's when you can counter him and that's what we saw, Crawford patiently waiting for Khan to make a mistake instead of chasing and trying to force one, then boom Khan goes down from a counter right hand.

    I love how Crawford turns the screw on opponents. He doesn't show them everything early on, he shows them one thing early, then as the fight unfolds he keeps adding variation to his attacks so his opponents are having to constantly adapt to new threats. First it was the counter straight right, then he turned southpaw at it was the counter right hook. Then mixing in body shots to change things up, then notice how Crawford wasn't really jabbing early, he was just feinting with it early, using it to gauge distance but later on the begins to use it as a weapon and really pump the jab, so suddenly you as an opponent have a jab to deal with that wasn't their before.

    Notice how in the final rounds Khan was basically standing right in front of Crawford. Clearly that wasn't smart and not part of his original game plan but Khan had been drawn into that type of fight with Crawford defining Khan's role as aggressor with that early movement. Had Crawford chased Khan from the outset Khan would of been using a lot more movement later on as he would of gotten used to moving and being the evasive boxer. Crawford dictated the fight and how it would play out from those early rounds, giving him a stationary and easier to hit Khan by the middle rounds. Crawford simply took away Khan's game plan and made him fight the fight he wanted.
     
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  6. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Of course it is.
     
  7. DanielDimov

    DanielDimov Jabbing all night Full Member

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    I was referring that, because of an eventual upcoming fight against Spence. Otherwise, yes you are right.
     
  8. Angler Andrew

    Angler Andrew Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think he would beat Spence and I've thought that for a while.
     
  9. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    :lol:
     
  10. DanielDimov

    DanielDimov Jabbing all night Full Member

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    Didn't you see, how Khan was bombing Crawford all night long :confused::eatingburger:angryyell:
     
  11. ruffryders

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    So its the Pakistanis commentators hyping him up? Last time I checked, there weren't any

    Funny how you don't criticise the hype jobs who are over-rated by the white commentators and media
     
  12. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This dude is so blatantly juiced to the gills its not even funny. T. Crawdad eats, sleeps, pisses, shits, ****s, breathes, and screams trenbolone.
     
  13. pistal47

    pistal47 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Crawford, what did you jave for breakfast?
    Crawford: tren

    Crawford, what did you have for lunch?
    Crawford: tren

    Crawford, what did you have for dinner?
    Crawford: tren

    Crawford, who you bang last night?
    Crawford: tren

    Damn, Crawford it stinks in the bathroom, what you do in there?

    Crawford: **** tren
     
  14. Tomato(e) Can

    Tomato(e) Can Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao. banned Full Member

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    This isn't a bold statement. Many, if not most people, have Crawford over Spence...
     
  15. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I just had a thought... Crawford is kind of manufactured. Bob Arum was behind the Horn robbery vs Pac. Who stood to make money off that robbery, no one but Bob and Horn. And what happens next? He feeds that dirty bum Horn to Crawford, while pulling the rug from under Horn.

    It's like in Bob's eyes, this proves to the plebes that Crawford would beat Pac easy. That's the much safer route than actually having Crawford fight Pac, omg no.

    And then look at Crawford talking about Spence, as he tries to muster up the fake anticipation. He's terrible at acting like he wants a real test. Its all smoke and mirrors.