If Crawford beats Canelo he is the P4P Goat

5 division champion = Yes but the only stand out win was Errol Spence to become Lineal and well....we all know about the car crashes and inactivity which takes some shine off the win

Best switcher ever = No that would be Marvin Hagler.

Best timing ever = Again no Mayweather clearly better.

Would have the best resume ever = Not even close.

 

Manny Pacquiao was a Flyweight champion who became a Super Welterweight champion.

Sugar Ray Robinson beat the Lightweight champion in a non title bout because the latter didn't want to risk his title, became champ at Welterweight and Middleweight, and only lost against the Light Heavyweight champion due to a heat stroke, with the heat having already made the ref feint several rounds prior. He was way ahead on points otherwise.

Henry Armstrong became Featherweight, Lightweight and Welterweight champ in the span of a year. He won the LW and WW titles against consensus top 10 ATG's at both weights. Then made a record breaking 19 title defences at Welterweight in merely 2 years.

Terry McGovern became the Bantamweight, Featherweight and Lightweight champion in less than a single year. The Featherweight champion was considered the P4P GOAT at the time. It only took him 12 rounds total for all 3 championships

Crawford is special. You have to be more than just special to be the GOAT.

 

Then I suggest you need to watch more Mayweather fights.

 

Ok so he beats Canelo which would be a very good win but what about the other fighters on Crawford's resume ?

How many of those fighters are considered hall of famers or greats ?

I'll be waiting.

 

Mayweather doesn't trade ? I suggest you watch his fights vs Chavez, Ndou, and you're using the Corley fight as an example to discredit Mayweather ? when he won 12-0 including a knockdown ? Ok.

 

Spence maybe Porter definitely not.

So now you're saying he beat a weak field ? So how can he be considered the GOAT then ? When there's numerous fighters with better resumes ?

The Canelo win would be very good and would enhance Crawford's standing definitely but does it make him the GOAT ? I don't think so.

I don't see how it's any better than Leonard beating Hagler after a 3 year hiatus and Leonard has 2 other wins vs ATGs in Duran, Hearns, and another win vs a great in Benitez.

So if you were to compare Leonard to Crawford in regards to their best wins....

Leonard has 3 wins over ATGs Duran, Hagler, Hearns.

1 win over a great in Benitez.

If Crawford beats Canelo he has 1 win over an ATG.

And 1 other very good win over Spence who I don't consider a great.

There's no other fighters on Crawford's resume who I would consider very good or great.

 

Go take a look at Barney Ross' record. He is a way greater fighter than Canelo. Armstrong beat him into retirement right in the middle of his prime at 29 years old.

 

Counter punching is also timing, you have to time the miss, Mayweather just didn’t have great timing in mid range in the trades when swapping punches, but up close he could catch and shoot off of the shoulder which is timing, because you have to time your opponent’s miss.