It's time for Crawford to move up

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  1. Jacques81

    Jacques81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Swift takes him. I had him close to beating Thurman
     
  2. Oneirokritis

    Oneirokritis The Scourge of Stupid Idiots. Full Member

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    As Muhammad Ali would say, "I want 'em ALL to get ready!" :lol:
     
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  3. Jacques81

    Jacques81 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    You don't at least like Spence or Thurman? They're somewhat demographic
     
  4. dougemerypm

    dougemerypm Active Member Full Member

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    According to the weigh ins Crawford weighed less than Diaz and when weighed tonight Crawford was at 157 and Diaz at 161. Since it is weight and not height that determines the category why aren't you after Diaz to move up.
     
  5. thesmokingm

    thesmokingm Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Diaz is too short for welter even though he could fight there by weight. Are you being argumentative or something? This is a basic sports/weight class issue. Really skilled fighters can overcome these disadvantages, but guys like that are rare.
     
  6. dougemerypm

    dougemerypm Active Member Full Member

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    Bernard Hopkins is the only one to earn all 4 belts at one time.
     
  7. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    There is one name out there at 140 that I would like to see Crawford against. The name is Regis Prograis. That would IMO be a very interesting fight.
     
  8. dougemerypm

    dougemerypm Active Member Full Member

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    Actually my point was that he made weight easier than Diaz and height has nothing to do with what weight class you are in. Postol is as tall or taller and Inbongo is as tall or taller but no calls for him to go up. As long as he can make weight why should he "move up?"
     
  9. Odins beard

    Odins beard Fentanyl is one hell of a drug.... Full Member

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    He's dominated a **** poor 135 and 140 is dead also, 147 is where he will make or break his legacy.

    Idongo (if it can be made) then the big boys at 147.
     
  10. Peril

    Peril The Scholar Full Member

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    He still has two more belts to go. I believe he should unify first and cement his p4p standing before going to fight the guys like Thurman or Brook/Spence gI ants.

    I do agree he is a big boy though.
     
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    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    Porter would kick the hell out of Crawford, wrong style for Crawford, Porter is a wrestler, Thurman would be very interesting fight, Brook interesting as well. He weighs enough to fight Golovkin at 160, super fight..............
     
  12. underscore

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    Agree with a lot of what I see here. If he wants to fight Indongo and go for full unification then that's cool but I think long term Welterweight is where his career ends up. There really isn't much left for him to prove at 140, Lomachenko is too small and I think Mikey stays at 135 for the foreseeable future as well.

    Pacquiao is the obvious one but I'd love to see him against any of the belt holders at 147. Thurman would be a great fight. Might also be an unpopular opinion and unlikely to happen but I'd love to see him again Amir Khan as well. I suspect Khan gets stopped late but it would be a good fight between two very good boxers while it lasted.
     
  13. Grinder

    Grinder Dude, don't call me Dude Full Member

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    You've not seen Brook fight, and I'm excluding the Golovkin fight.
     
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  14. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Are you forgetting he fought Postol 5`11, Molina 5`11, Lundy 5`7, Dularme 5`10 and Beltran 5`8 in recent fights? The two shortest guys hes fought recently were tonight and when he fought Gamboa. I agree he needs to move up but hes been fighting guys his size for the most part recently.
     
  15. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    Your use of the word "demographic" alt shows us how ****en dumb your ass really is lol. Dumbass, lmao.
     
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