Errol Spence Jr. vs. Terence Allan Crawford & Isaac Cruz vs. Giovanni Cabrera RBR.

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  1. C.J.

    C.J. Boxings Living Legend revered & respected by all Full Member

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    A 100% prime Tijuana Tornado with two good eyes would make a great opponent for Bud & Spence. Could he maybe beat them ? Sadly we'll never know same as Floyd when he ducked Margarito. He didn't want any of what Cotto got that's for sure
     
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  2. Particle Man

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    I believe a prime Crawford beats a prime Spence although he may not get the stoppage and win a comfortable points decision instead.

    What we saw instead was a Spence well past his prime as a result of his lifestyle and car crashes, a boxing version of George Michael, who was aware of this and cashed out before he was inevitably upset by a huge underdog and missed the opportunity.

    Crawford is not far off his prime despite being 35 and what happened was always going to be the end result given the respective conditions of the two fighters.

    However, this version of Crawford would beat any version of Spence as what we saw was he was just too good a boxer for Spence and had his number.
     
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  3. Serge

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    Yeah. He looked completely out of his depth and unable to do anything or find any answers to bridge the gap to make it at all competitive. I feel sorry for him.
     
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  4. Guerra

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    I think what surprised me the most was that Bud was stronger and Spence couldnt push him around. At one point he hit him with a clean left hook and Crawford wasnt bothered at all and kept picking him apart with great hard punches.
    Even his Jab had this Hagler way to it and was hurting Spence a lot.
     
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  5. Guerra

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    Floyd went on vacations or retired when he wasnt sure unfortunately.
     
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  6. Lazar

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    Just watched post fight interviews from both guys. Errol looks like Bud took his soul.

    And if Bud wasn't boxing I think he would have been a serial killer. That man has one emotionless face.
     
  7. box33

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    My health is not on that level unfortunately.
     
  8. Alo2006

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    I hear ya lol
     
  9. box33

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    Finally watched it now as i had issues getting home,
    I wish i put some real money for this time & man Crawford is one bad dude,

    The funniest was watching Charlo's face in the front row, can't say i am surprised with the outcome but when i stated he would beat both Errol & Jermell most scuffed & laughed in my direction, now their eyes see clearer after all.
     
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  10. box33

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    Didn't surprise me as i mentioned it he has filled out well in welterweight & even the bigger Jeff Horn, Kavaliscus couldn't even out bully Crawford around, people definitely estimated wrong.
     
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  11. box33

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    Don't think Dillian could make it a trifecta but if he does it's a bad year for Derrick, Plus i'm wondering Ryan's been very quiet on twitter so perhaps this result has got him trying to jump ship once again.
     
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  12. box33

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    Spot on Serge also the Canelo tales were just head scratching from the get go,

    This is also a big reason they never matched Tank with the likes of Loma, Teo etc even with Garcia they pulled in the advantageous tactics against basically a prospect fighter which Tank was predicted to win over.
     
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  13. box33

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    You got me thinking back to the footage that was released & taken off suddenly of Spence looking bad in sparring before the Pacquaio pull out, a shame if it was part of their plan to further ruin Manny.
     
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  14. box33

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    Derrick James acted immaturely even before the build up, let's be honest he never wanted this fight for Errol like the rest of his handlers.
     
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  15. Serge

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    Thanks

    Yes the PBC smoke and mirrors was plain to see as with Twink. To be fair, Spence did fight Brook in the UK and eventually Terry but all that business feeding him 140 pounders so often and featherfists was by design with the intention of duping the casuals
     
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