How good is Terence Crawford at 147 really ?

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  1. gollumsluvslave

    gollumsluvslave Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Agreed. Up until Brook got caught with a jab he didn't see (and then went totally in his shell due to fear of the Orbital I assume!!), he was jabbing Crawford pretty well and making him look fairly average. Of course, Crawford still closed the show, but Kell had no business in that ring IMO
     
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  2. gollumsluvslave

    gollumsluvslave Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not so hard to be a KO artist @147 if he's not going in against 147 top talents. Maybe Mean Machine is a bit underrated, but I'm not sold on him and Horn. KO Porter, Swift Garcia or Thurman. (Or Spence of course), then we are talking.
     
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  3. FastSmith7

    FastSmith7 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Crawford is probably the most talented fighter ever who will retire without a single good win.
     
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  4. African Cobra

    African Cobra The Right Honourable Lord President of the Council banned Full Member

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    Why are you saying he was a weight bully at 140 pounds when he started at 135 where you first won world title?
     
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  5. Bustajay

    Bustajay Feel the Steel/Balls Deep Full Member

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    I was just about to say other than Porter and Cherry Garcia who is even taking on a challenge???
     
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  6. Ted Stickles

    Ted Stickles Boxing Addict Full Member

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    We will never know because he’s not getting quality fights
     
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  7. dougemerypm

    dougemerypm Active Member Full Member

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    Well that and that fact that Porter turned down 2 million to fight him. It was a "disrespectful offer". Again who has Porter defeated?
     
  8. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    People who act like his 147 wins are meaningless or a joke are on par with the folks who fancy him an ATG. Two extremes.
     
  9. Salty Dog

    Salty Dog globalize the Buc-ees revolution Full Member

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    :qmeparto: Go on. You're safe now. Show us on the doll where the big mean American touched you.
     
  10. C.J.

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

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    Not David Benevidez But his brother who's knee cap was shot off. Could hardly walk let alone fight . Yet he held his own with the so called Cold Eyed Assassin till he ran out of gas. I'd be more scared of Crawford's Mom than I would of him lol
     
  11. jaytxxl

    jaytxxl Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not gonna say they are meaningless or a joke but it’s just hard to gage how good he actually is. That’s not all his fault either as no other promotional company was gonna offer him the $3.5 mil guarantee that Top Rank gave him. So he’s stuck in no mans land unfortunately because of who he’s signed to. But this is no different than Top Rank signing all the LWs in order to unify the division and nobody outside of Top Rank even got a title shot during that period. Boxing politics suck big time.

    Example: Danny Garcia after he gets the WBC in the fight with Robert Guerrero doesn’t fight Thurman. Instead he fights Devon Alexander, Luis Collazo, Lipinets etc.. We would not have a gage on how good he actually is at 147 because he wouldn’t have faced the top 5 guys. That’s where Crawford is.
     
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  12. Carpe Diem

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  13. Quina74

    Quina74 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah it's hilarious... You're a dumbass you're being fooled and you're too stupid to even realise lmao pathetic
     
  14. titanic

    titanic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    good yeah but not great
     
  15. HolDat

    HolDat Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Spence will be the king of the division. Crawford needs to step it up QUICK. Pac won't be around soon. Thurman doesn't seem hungry. Shawn and him don't want to fight because their friends. Garcia might move up to 154.

    Spence needs Crawford to be the MAN. Crawford needs Spence, Porter, and possibly a talented young star in the making.