Final Thoughts On Crawford - Spence

Biggest takeaway is Errol didn’t have a plan B. Simple and plain the whole fight was jab jab body body hook. My wife rarely ever pay attention to boxing said verbatim “Can he do anything else”. For someone who doesn’t watch boxing to figure that out says a lot. Maybe in the rematch he will be better prepared but in this fight it’s beyond clear that Derrick James and Spence did not expect to see that style from Crawford. I knew it was over when he tried to bulldoze Bud in rd 2 and Bud stopped him in his tracks and pushed him back easily. I immediately thought Bud is the stronger fighter it’s over.

 

I want to rewatch it but it’s nowhere to be found. Main takeaway is Crawford neutralized Spence everywhere. Outside, inside, midrange and whatever else.

 

Bud reeled in the big fish Spence like a 3 meter Flatty off the pier

 

Spence concentrated to much on who the big dog aside was so mich so
He left it that long he couldn't make the weight
He claimed he was the aside of
Wrecked himself
Hurt himself
Then ****ed him self at ww
You think he
Would of gone to 154 or 160 for brook after brook fought the 160 king
Eroll I'm an american needing double standards
Crawford should tell him to earn it
It wasn't close
It was a one sided beat down

 

Spence was brave but ultimately outclassed by a guy who might be legendary.

All of the post fight excuses I am seeing for Spence are bull****. They are also incredibly disrespectful of the performance put on by Crawford.

 

daddy al wants the money honey tzyu better up that profile.

 

sky is the limit for a guy who never sold out. Stayed the same from day 1. Pure class all gas and he dont live fast.

 

Yeah, full respect. The guy is top quality.

 

He made bud look like the king of wakanda

 

To be fair it is pretty hard to up your profile when the guy with the belts has been making a mockery of the division.

Tszyu is taking fights that he shouldn't have to take in order to stay active and make sure he remains the number one contender. Rarely has a mandatory challenger had to jump through the hoops Tszyu has to get an opportunity. And every time he beats somebody, ignorant people downplay the win. Harrsion was allegedly cooked. Ocampo a chump, etc. He can only do what he is doing. Now he'll fight and KO Mendoza and even then he has no idea whether the WBO will do what they should do and strip Charlo of the belt. If you take Charlo out of the equation (and even if you include him) Tszyu is the best current fighter on the planet who is proven at 154. It's no easy assignment for Bud. Tszyu hits hard and he comes forward. He's bigger and stronger than Bud. He's not a better boxer but he does have a truckload of ringcraft and throws big.

 

Yeah Spence has been a classy loser, no excuses unlike his fans who seem determined to sully the win by creating excuse after excuse. So he's earned some respect for the way he's taken it. Hasn't done what Wilder did and grabbed onto every conspiracy his fans created or had a mental breakdown like Joshua after the 2nd Usyk loss.

Maybe he was drained at the weight and maybe had they fought sooner he wouldn't have been as drained, but then he would of been facing a younger, perhaps better Crawford as they delayed this fight to try and age Bud out. So I really have no sympathy for him being weight drained because he backed himself into that corner by refusing to make the fight years ago when it should have happened.

It's pretty clear that Crawford was always levels above Spence, he dominated every second of that fight, there was never a moment you thought Crawford wasn't in control after the first round.

Spence can only fight one way, which is why there were threads saying he was one dimensional before this fight. I've long been a critic of his footwork, he's never been good on the back foot as the Brook fight showed but his fans just said he just hadn't showed that yet because he didn't need to, well he needed it in this fight and it wasn't there. All he could was just try and plow forward into more hard counters, which led to him being stopped.

Crawford if it wasn't abundantly clear before is a special fighter, undeniably the best American fighter of his generation. It's a shame much like Hopkins before he beat Ttio, he's not been given the credit he's due for a fighter of his ability and stature. Maybe now the American boxing fans will get behind him and he can make some good money in the final years of his career. You wonder how long he has left at the top, he's already 35 and as good as he is and as professional as he is, it's unlikely he'll still be elite P4P material when in his 40's like BHop. So enjoy it while you can, because he'll probably be retired in a few years.

 

Daddy al in control of charlo. Hes not passing up on his big paydays. Tzyu might interfere with his plans of cashing out charlo.

 

everytime it gets more brutal. ive seen it 6 times now.

 

Yea Crawford did his thing.