Is Crawfords best win Spence?

Firstly, there's nothing ''questionable'' about Usyk's wins over Belly and AJ. All four of his wins over them are excellent wins against way bigger opponents who hold massive or obscene physical advantages over him, in their backyards or on the road on decks stacked or heavily stacked against him and obviously when you're giving away those kind of physical advantages you're playing Russian roulette in a division full of giants and murderous punchers and big punchers whose KO% have been amassed against fellow giants and men their size not blown up CWs

All of which Crawford has never done once in his entire career, let alone many times

And the irony of Crawford fans trying to discredit Usyk and diminish his wins because of his opponents being ''damaged'' in some way couldn't be more priceless.

Spence, who forged a career cleaning out 147 of its 140 pounders (and blown up 135 Mikey) who only fought 2 career 147 pounder world champs in his career and he struggled badly against both despite one being damaged goods, and who like Crawford has also forged a career barely facing any punchers, especially ones his size, crashed his car whilst driving at high speeds whilst drunk and landed on his face. He looked bloody weird during his ring walk, pupils the size of saucers and like he was stoned out of his goddamn mind

A Shawn Porter who was coming off double hip replacement surgery and never fought again

Shot Brook who was damaged goods after GGG shattered his eye socket, let alone after suffering two broken orbital sockets.

You should read up on what hell he went through both mentally and physically after suffering the first injury. Aside from going through a deep depression believing his career was over and being told by his surgeon that one more punch could've blinded him, they had to remove his eyeball via his mouth to fix the broken socket. And then he had to go through it all again after his very next fight

Peg-leg cripple Jose Benavidez who had no right being in a boxing ring ever again after being shot in the leg and was told by his doctor he may never walk again, let alone fight because of the severity of the injury.

He used to cry from the physical pain it caused him during training and you could clearly see in the Crawford fight he had trouble moving in and out of range due to the injury

Shot glass chinned Khan

And these are all fighters Crawford's size or roughly his size, maybe shot Brook being heavier

The reason we cite Crawford's weight and him being the bigger man so often, rarely the smaller man, and extremely if ever much smaller, is because, duh, his fans pretend or act like he's some little blown up 135 pounder who has been overcoming the odds fighting much bigger men when this is complete and utter nonsense and because they cite this when it comes to P4P debates regarding Crawford and fighters who actually are doing that and actually are routinely giving away a lot or huge amounts of weight and reach

As said, he was coming in as high as 153 at 135

A high as 157 at 140

Easily 162 bare minimum at 147

And he weighed more for his 154 debut, his 4th weight class, than his career 154 opponent did and as he had a massive reach advantage over them too

Terence Crawford 74'' reach

Postol 73.5''
Benavidez 73''
Dulomre 73''
Jean 72''
Spence 72''
Indongo 71.5''
Egis 71''
Khan 71''
Molina 71''
Burns 70''
Klimov 69.5''
Porter 69.5''
Brook 69''
Avanesyan 68.5''
Madrimov 69.5''
Horn 68''
Lundy 68''
Diaz 67''
Beltran 67''
Gamboa 65''

Crawford 149 - Klimov 140
Crawford 152 - Gamboa 145
Crawford 153 - Beltran 147
Crawford 155 - Lundy 151
Crawford 155 - Jean 155
Crawford 157 - Postol 152
Crawford 157 - Diaz 161
Crawford 169.8 - Madrimov 168.6

Khan weighed 158 against Clenelo at 155, that's 1lb more than Crawford weighed at 140 against Postol and Diaz

Career 147 Mean Machine said his fight night weight is 160, just 3lbs more than Crawford weighed at 140 against Postol and Diaz

As said, Crawford weighed more at 135 against Beltran than career 140 Postol did against him at 140 and he had 5lbs on Postol in the ring

He weighed more against Postol and Diaz at 140 than career 147 Horn did against him at 147

Crawford never looks undersized at 147 or in his sole fight at 154 and that's because he isn't and never has been. He's fighting guys roughly his size in his third and fourth weight classes so he has never been small for any weight class he's fought in. He's been massive, very big, big or pretty big at worst in all four weight classes he's fought or campaigned in

Even Crawford nuthugger Stephen ''Breadman'' Edwards said that he saw no difference in size between Spence and Crawford in the ring. Crawford looked drained at the weigh in too

And explain to me how someone who has been fighting ''much bigger guys'' weighed just 0.4lbs less for their 154 debut whilst looking very lean than career 160 pounder GGG's average fight weight (and what was GGG's very consistent fight night weight) of 170?

He weighed more against Madrimov than GGG did against Rosado and Proksa

Golovkin 168 - Proksa 166

Golovkin 167 - Rosado ?

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Crawford's best wins in 41 fights are

And these clowns have the audacity to talk about ''weak eras''?


Post-car crash 140 leprechaun slayer Spence

Pity Pat Postol whose claim to fame is beating a damaged goods Lucas on a freak eye injury who had been involved in 3 brutal wars in 4 of his previous fights all against punchers or huge punchers

Postol was dropped x 2 in his very next fight after Crawford spent the entire duration of he 12 rounds, sans 2 flash KDs one of which was a rabbit punch, on his bike stinking out the joint and inflicting minimal damage against the 5lb lighter light hitting Postol.

This 13 fight novice no one had heard of had Postol on the verge of a KO loss because Postol was staggering around on Bambi legs in desperate trouble when he hauled his ass back off the canvas

And Postol lost to a very green 12-0 Josh Taylor in his very next fight, a Taylor who had never fought a prime world class opponent before or been past 9 rounds

A way smaller blown up 126/130 pounder in Gamboa who Crawford had 7lbs on and a 9'' reach advantage over. Gamboa's form at 135, including in his previous fight at the weight, his only fight at the weight, where he laboured to a 12 UD against a fighter the light hitting KO 37% Anthony Crolla KO'd in 5 a few years later, is terrible. He was very chinny against fighters his own size at his natural weight for goodness sake, let alone massive 135 pounders

Porter who was coming off double hip replacement surgery and never fought again

Ricky Burns who would've been 0-2 in his previous 2 fights if not for corruption and extreme good fortune because one was a clear robbery and he was well down on all three judges cards (87-84 x 3) after 9 rounds in his hometown against Jose A Gonzalez who was boxing his ears off prior to suffering a freak wrist/arm injury and having to pull out

And 11 fight pro novice Madrimov who had literally never fought a prime world class fighter before and many had him losing that fight despite Madrimov's lack of pro experience against world class opponents, him making a massive leap up in class from fringe world level to elite top 5 P4P level, and it being in Crawford's country on a deck heavily stacked against him with a home ref and three home judges despite Madrimov being the champion not Crawford

Why zero pressure on Crawford to rematch the same size/much shorter reach Madrimov when the fight was highly controversial and many had Madrimov winning and when Madrimov was the champ, who brought his belt to Crawford's country, and fought him on a deck which was heavily stacked against him?

But Usyk has to beat these way bigger giants, and savage punching giants, who hold huge/obscene physical advantages over him x 2 on a deck stacked against him after clearly beating them the first time round? Crawford tucked tail and said thank you for your belt Madrimov I don't want no part of you again

GTHOH

Crawford has had 41 fights, 40 in the US, has had North American refs for all his fights, a scandalous amount of home judges, often a full set of three, and I mean even vs foreigners in world title fights, has barely fought any legit punchers his size (Madrimov and Mean Machine are 2 of the only ones I can think of and Mean Machine dropped him), has very often been the much bigger man, the bigger man, rarely the smaller, and if ever much or way smaller, has never been at a reach disadvantage in any of his world title fights, let alone a big or huge one

In other words the complete antithesis of Usyk and what Usyk has been doing and if the roles were reversed no one would have Usyk ranked above him and everyone knows it even if it kills them to admit it

Imagine Madrimov weighed 15-55lbs more than Crawford with a huge reach advantage and they fought in Uzbekistan with home refs and judges. Judges which wouldn't have been needed because even a 10lb heavier Madrimov knocks his ass smooth out, let alone one that much bigger

If Crawford ran the gauntlet of murderous punchers and legit bangers like Usyk has: AJ, Dubois, Gassiev, Briedis, Glowacki, Bellew, Chisora, Huck, Hunter, and yes Belly can punch hard and obviously power is magnified when you're facing much bigger opponents, let alone a whole bunch way bigger than him, all in their backyards or on the road he would've been knocked out many times and dropped even more.

Hell, tiny Gamboa had him in desperate trouble and had him a punch away from a KO defeat and his KO% at 135 is abysmal

And Mean Machine dropped him and hurt him, who again is one of only 2 or maybe 3 at a push legit punchers his size he's ever fought

Crawford is an excellent fighter but his resume for a 41 fight vet and P4P top 5 star IS weak

He HAS barely fought any legit punchers his size

His CV IS full of featherfists and average puncherS

He HAS often been the much or bigger man

He HAS rarely been the smaller man

He HASN'T if ever been much or way smaller

He HAS only fought outside his home country once in 41 fights

He HAS never been at a reach advantage in any of his world title fights

And all the world champions he has beaten sans Burns HAD to bring their world titles to his backyard/country (the foreigners) even when they were champs not him and fight him on a deck stacked in his favour. Usyk won 7/8 of his in his opponent's backyards and the 8th one on the road

And it IS comical and very disingenuous to try and act like what he has been doing compares to what Usyk has and routinely is

They're doing two very different things and one is obviously way harder and more impressive

But the Crawford fans constantly try to gaslight us into believing the complete inverse of that

 

I'm responding to people trying to diminish Usyk with comical claims he beat ''damaged' opponents and the irony of this coming from Crawford fans of all people couldn't be more priceless


I like both and rate both very highly too. But the truth is what he and Usyk have been doing, as said, is very different and one is much more difficult and impressive than the other and to act like it isn't is very disingenuous.

Usyk is the rightful P4P king

The greatest fighter of his generation

And what he has done, the way he has gone about doing it, and achieved in just 23 fights is unprecedented

And he has earned it the hard way whilst being the B-Side on a deck stacked against him

Winning and unifying all his belts in his opponent's backyards or the last one on the road

Never having home advantage in any of his world title fights

Whilst giving away huge/obscene physical advantages up at HW and the elite giants of today are fast, athletic, skilful and coordinated

Winning and becoming undisputed at that weight class when he was already past his prime before he won his first belt up there

And having run a gauntlet of murderous punchers and legit bangers, literally and in the P4P sense a bunch of the sport's biggest punchers

Whilst never having been badly hurt, let alone dropped (low blow doesn't count)

And he has achieved it via the application of pure skill and zero dirty tactics and fouling

Zero deck-stacking

Zero ducking

Zero ducking certain styles or punchers

Whilst being the epitome of class and humility and being respectful to both his opponents even when they categorically do not deserve it and have been very disrespectful towards him and treated him like crap at the negotiating table, and the media and fans alike


There's no shame in being #2 or #3 behind him

 

It's comical

Crapping on fighters who are tiny for their divisions and are routinely facing opponents and big punchers/KO artists who are much or way heavier than them with big/huge reach advantages in their backyards or on the road

Whilst they blow industrial levels of smoke up the asses of fighters are massive or huge for their weight classes and when they do move up in weight, in complete contrast to the fighters they crap on, they're still much or bigger than their opponents or at worst roughly the same size at in their third or fourth weight class, and are fighting at home all or damn near all the time on a deck stacked in their favour and have barely fought any KO artists or legit punchers their size

Of course it's much easier to be more ''dominant'' when they're doing the later