Crawford will retain his #1 p4p status no matter what happens in the Inoue/Tapales fight

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  1. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    I said aficionados

    Most people scoring it had it 119-109, 120-108

    Those are the facts friend.

    Bivol won that fight 9-3 at least.

    That's what most experts had it.

    Not 115-113.

    Not even close.
     
  2. shadow111

    shadow111 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'm just telling you what the scores were, not people's opinions. Both were very close fights, if you have a problem with that take it up with the NSAC.
     
  3. Dynamicpuncher

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    Yes but he could've not fought Spence again a pointless rematch against a faded fighter he already dominated. And fought his mandatory Jaron Ennis which is a much more dangerous fight.

    Ennis took Crawford's belt because Crawford didn't fight him hence Crawford could've took the Ennis fight so there was other fights for Crawford.
     
  4. BoxingIQ

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    I disagree. He could fight Virgil, Ennis, Tszyu and those wins would be better than Spence win since Spence was compromised during the fight.
     
  5. BoxingIQ

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    I disagree. Spence has/had an elite jab, underrated speed, defense, the best inside game, and he was extremely fundamentally sound. At his best he was Top 10 P4P (#6 for me).
     
  6. BoxingIQ

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    I have gone back and watched both Spence and Crawford's fights since then and I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt something was wrong with Spence. His balance, speed of his jab, his eyes, and when he wiped his feet in the wrong showed that dude had no balance. I'm not saying Crawford wouldn't had won (At first I had Spence but later changed my decision to a controversial draw). I think inorder for Crawford to prove his greatness he will have to fight Tszyu, Ennis, and Virgil
     
  7. shadow111

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    At his best, yes. I had him Top 10 P4P before the accident as well. But since the accident, he hasn't been at his best, and each fight since the accident he's looked progressively worse. By the time he fought Bud he clearly was well past it. Fighting him again is pointless, Bud is 36 years old, he's already getting up in age, why waste another year of his career fighting a guy he already mopped the floor with when there are much bigger tests for him out there, especially for a guy that many believe should be P4P #1, the only way he can prove that is by taking on tougher challenges. Fighting Spence again and beating him again doesn't prove anything.
     
  8. BoxingIQ

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    Inoue, Haney, and Canelo have better resumes.
     
  9. Mickea4

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    Respectfully disagree on all but the fundamentals, he was very sound, average speed for welterweight, average defense but nothing to write home about, good but not great inside game
     
  10. Mickea4

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    Lame defence, try making an actual point
     
  11. MVC!

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    Chavez and Pernell was a draw on the cards, it wasn't

    Pernell destroyed him

    As did Floyd destroying Canelo.
     
  12. MVC!

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    Nothing suggests Spence was compromised, he was only compromised cuz he fought a generational talent.

    Crawford beat the crap out of him.
     
  13. BoxingIQ

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    His balance and jab says otherwise
     
  14. MVC!

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    He got outjabbed by a better fighter and put out of balance by a better fighter.

    That was it.

    Nothing more to conclude.

    He fought a generational talent, one who is better than Manny Pacroid.
     
  15. BoxingIQ

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