Josh Taylor vs Crawford at 140 . Who you got ?

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  1. lepinthehood

    lepinthehood When I'm drinking you leave me well alone banned Full Member

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    crawford is better. but taylor has his own path, beating prograis to become the best 140lber around.
     
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  2. kevinreid001

    kevinreid001 Punchdrunk101 Full Member

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    crawford fought postol his 29th fight. Taylor did in his 13th. People forget hes had only 14 fights veat postol beat a decent rated ohara davies at the time (bookies favourite ) in his tenth fight. Taylor has a massive future ahead at lww and ww would have loved seen taylor in with khan in uk obs it womt happen but wouod been great see taylor win that
     
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  3. Serge

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    lol Taylor was just 12-0 when he fought Postol and had never been past 9 rounds before, whereas Crawford was 28-0 and had been 10 or more 4 times (including going the full 12 twice), and was taking part in his 7th world title fight.

    And Taylor wouldn't have had a significant weight advantage on Postol like Crawford did and Postol has a 4'' reach advantage over Taylor whereas Crawford's is half an inch longer than Postol's. Taylor has 2'' of height on Crawford, though.

    Crawford 157 - Postol 152

    Here's JT weighing 3lbs less than what Postol was against Crawford and a whopping 8lbs less than what Crawford weighed against Postol and this is despite JT coming in 2lbs over the light-welter limit.

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    And as said, JT already beat Horn in the amateurs and unlike Crawford, who weighed more against Postol two years prior to moving up to 147 than Horn did against him and prior to Crawford spending months with his S&C coach bulking up and adding muscle and just generally getting bigger, they both would've weighed roughly the same as each other.
     
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  4. The Ogdoad

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    Crawford wins in points.
     
    The Ogdoad, Apr 5, 2019
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  5. dougemerypm

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    Crawford didn't even have a promoter until he had 20 fights. He had to be "discovered" as a sparring partner. No really a fair comparison with those who had promotion
     
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  6. kevinreid001

    kevinreid001 Punchdrunk101 Full Member

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    im from scotland mate josh Taylor not been promoted great u ask 10 guys in street who he is 1 or 2 maybe know .because ge doesny have a great promoter isnt anything do hoe he performs what i am saying is he had far more professional experience when fighting postol conpared to taylor
     
    kevinreid001, Apr 5, 2019
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  7. Xplosive

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    Obviously Crawford
     
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  8. Zhuge Liang

    Zhuge Liang Active Member Full Member

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    Most likely Crawford due to longer tenure in pro fights and more experienced fighter. Though I prefer Taylor better since he and I are from same Taekwon-do style and organization.
     
    Zhuge Liang, Apr 5, 2019
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  9. Mitch87

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    Taylor would be Crawfords best win.
     
    Mitch87, Apr 5, 2019
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  10. FastSmith7

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    Pacman won that fight like 9-3 and underestimated Horn completely. If Crawfords best win is a PE teacher who has beat nobody in top 10 in his division...
     
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  11. Bridie mcmahon

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    I'm a self confesssed Taylor fanboy but bud would frustrate and outbox josh imo...and there's no shame in that!
     
    Bridie mcmahon, Apr 6, 2019
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  12. mafioso

    mafioso Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Taylor is on postol level he was just the younger guy
     
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  13. sid

    sid Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Taylor gives Bud his hardest fight when I think about this.
    Who wins hmmmmm odds say Bud but this could be close.
     
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  14. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No, it wouldn't be close. Crawford's on another level. He'd kick Josh's ass.

    Taylor and Prograis are on a certain level, and that level is considerably below where Crawford/Spence are at.
     
    Xplosive, Apr 6, 2019
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  15. Angler Andrew

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    I wasn’t keen on him facing Postal to begin with,still very green as that fight showed.Im big on Taylor but Crawford is a special fighter imo.
     
    Angler Andrew, Apr 6, 2019
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