This would be a tough fight for Crawford. Crawford not use to fighting South Paws. Tszyu was good against Slick fighters. I still favor Crawford at 140 though.
Lets put it this was Zab Judah kills Crawford at 140 and look what Tszyu did to him. This isn't just another bum ffs this is a top 3 of all time 140 vs someone who couldn't put a one armed Khan away.
Jesus wept! Crawford hasn't even fought a B level fighter or a legit puncher yet, let alone a highly skilled A level savage punching destroyer like Tsyzu. His best wins are Cuban dwarf Gamboa who he had 7lbs on in what was a complete mismatch in terms of size. Gamboa was glass-jawed at 130 for goodness sake, let alone up at 135 and looked like crap against Darleys Perez in his fight prior to facing Crawford and his 135 debut, labouring to a very competitive points decision. That's the same Darleys Perez who Anthony Crolla knocked out in 5 rounds Gamboa has stopped a grand total of 1 of the 9 opponents he fought at 135 but he hurt Crawford badly with a solitary right hand, so badly he did a chicken dance and it took at least 60 seconds for his head to clear. Tsyzu's right hand was about 100 times harder than Gamboa's and the chicken dancing inducing effects of it are the stuff of legend. And Crawford's other best win is Victor Postol who he had 5lbs on and whose entire claim to fame is beating a shot Lucas on a freak eye injury (whilst being allowed by the ref to octopus Lucas to death for much of the fight). Apparently, Crawford ruined Postol (how convenient), ruined him by spending the entire duration of the fight on his bicycle inflicting minimal damage in mortal fear of getting clipped by the wind of punch from a non-puncher but Lucas was smack bang in the midst of his prime after being involved in 3 almighty wars of the ages in 3 of his previous 4 fights against Danny Garcia, John Molina, and Provodnikov. Why do you think I was saying this when Lucas fought Ruslan? Lucas' heart just wasn't in it anymore after all those wars and being screwed over, hence why he pulled a no mas against Postol and Manny. Prime Lucas was as tough as nails and a certified warrior and road warrior and his bravery was beyond dispute. And Tsyzu was a certified road warrior who fought half or just under half of his fights on the road, Crawford has only fought outside his home country once, against a Ricky Burns who would've been 0-2 in his last 2 fights if not for sheer corruption and an immense serving of good fortune. The obvious answer here is Crawford by robbery if it goes the distance as we know there's no way it happens outside the US. But unluckily for Crawford the judges won't be able to save him from getting splattered to the canvas by Tsyzu's fearsome right hand.