Both Bivol and Crawford have been in the witness protection program for a while. Bivol is hoping that Beterbiev dies of old age and Crawford is hoping for another car accident for Spence before making any commitments.
Bivol’s has better fundamentals as a boxer whereas Crawford is the more athletically gifted boxer. The real question is who is the better boxer between Erroll Spence Jr and Dmitry Bivol?
I am not certain about Crawford and the puncher thing but I do feel his opposition when fought them in all 3 divisions have not been at his level. He is very good but as a boxer both Bivol and Spence have better fundamentals so if they were all the same size in order for him to beat Spence or Bivol he would need to pull a Sugar Ray Loeonard on Hearns in their first fight which with all due respect he is not capable of. That’s my view.
Bivol is the better boxer. Crawford's the better fighter. 2 different approaches makes it hard to compare. Bivol trying to win a boxing contest and Crawford trying to win a fight, for me is difference. Bivol has the Canelo win, that's better than anything on Crawfords resume. I don't put that much weight behind the Canelo win but Crawford resume is quite thin for top wins. Both haven't faced the best in their divisions. That's probably the best benchmark of how good overall.
Crawford is one of the most mediocre P4P fighters I've seen in recent memory. Isn't he 35 right now ? And hes yet to have a single standout win over an elite name.
I voted Bud cause I enjoy watching him fight more. Bivol might look like the better boxer because he doesn’t get hit as much, but that’s because he is way too content to just get the decision.
Bivol is #4 on the overall plus minus stats, as skillful as Crawford is he doesn't make the top 10, and very surprisingly for me because I have him top 3 P4P and he is one of the most skilled fighters in the game, doesn't feature in the top 10 at all in many categories Obviously you have to factor in level of competition and size For example. Loma was smashing the plus minus rating racking up Floyd numbers when he was facing opponents who weren't way bigger and longer than him at 126 and 130 and he's still #3 overall only ranked behind Shakur and Benavidez who are big/huge for their respective weight classes and have fought much worse opposition than him. Size and quality of opposition matters. That's what I'm talking about. PLUS MINUS +/- SHAKUR STEVENSON +20.3 DAVID BENAVIDEZ +17.6 VASILIY LOMACHENKO +17.5 DMITRY BIVOL +17 GERVONTA DAVIS +14 NAOYA INOUE +13.9 SAUL ALVAREZ +12.5 DEMETRIUS ANDRADE +12.4 DEVIN HANEY +12.3 KAZUTO IOKA +12 AVG TOTAL PUNCHES THROWN/ROUND PUNCHES ROMAN GONZALEZ 87.6 BRANDON FIGUEROA 86.4 LEO SANTA-CRUZ 84.9 JOSHUA FRANCO 82.6 JOE JOYCE 79.8 MICKEY ROMAN 75.4 JUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA 74.5 CARLOS CUADRAS 73.4 FRANCISCO VARGAS 72.6 SRISAKET SOR-RUNGVISAI 72.5 AVG TOTAL PUNCHES LANDED/ROUND PUNCHES ROMAN GONZALEZ 31.4 LEO SANTA-CRUZ 29.4 BRANDON FIGUEROA 26.1 MICKEY ROMAN 25.6 JUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA 24.7 DAVID BENAVIDEZ 24.5 GENNADY GOLOVKIN 23.2 FRANCISCO VARGAS 22.7 JOE JOYCE 22.3 NAOYA INOUE 22.3 TOTAL CONNECT PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE DAVID BENAVIDEZ 38.4% GENNADY GOLOVKIN 36.5% VASILIY LOMACHENKO 36% ROMAN GONZALEZ 35.8% BADOU JACK 35.6% ANTHONY DIRRELL 35.5% SAUL ALVAREZ 35.5% GERVONTA DAVIS 35% NAOYA INOUE 34.7% JULIAN WILLIAMS 34.7% AVG JAB THROWN/ROUND PUNCHES KID GALAHAD 40 JOE JOYCE 38.7 KENSHIRO TERAJI 38.3 OLEKSANDR USYK 38.2 REGIS PROGRAIS 38.1 JAMAL JAMES 37 DMITRY BIVOL 36.3 CALLUM SMITH 35.1 ERROL SPENCE 34.4 CARLOS CUADRAS 33.9 AVG JAB LANDED/ROUND PUNCHES GENNADY GOLOVKIN 9.9 DMITRY BIVOL 8.6 JOE JOYCE 8.5 NAOYA INOUE 8.5 KID GALAHAD 7.9 OLEKSANDR USYK 6.8 LEO SANTA-CRUZ 6.7 CALLUM SMITH 6.6 LIAM SMITH 6.6 VASILIY LOMACHENKO 6.5 JAB CONNECT PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE GENNADY GOLOVKIN 30% DEONTAY WILDER 27.3% ANTHONY DIRRELL 25.9% DAVID BENAVIDEZ 25.9% NAOYA INOUE 25.5% ANTHONY JOSHUA 25.3% DEVIN HANEY 24.8% TONY HARRISON 24.5% VASILIY LOMACHENKO 24.3% DMITRY BIVOL 23.7% AVG POWER THROWN/ROUND PUNCHES ROMAN GONZALEZ 64.5 BRANDON FIGUEROA 63.3 MICKEY ROMAN 60.4 SRISAKET SOR-RUNGVISAI 57.5 JUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA 53.4 LEO SANTA-CRUZ 53.1 BRIAN CASTANO 53 ANDREW CANCIO 52.6 JOSHUA FRANCO 50.7 EMANUEL NAVARRETE 46 AVG POWER LANDED/ROUND PUNCHES ROMAN GONZALEZ 27 BRANDON FIGUEROA 23.7 MICKEY ROMAN 23.6 LEO SANTA-CRUZ 22.7 SRISAKET SOR-RUNGVISAI 20.1 JUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA 19.9 BRIAN CASTANO 19.4 DAVID BENAVIDEZ 18.3 EMANUEL NAVARRETE 17.8 ANDREW CANCIO 17.8 POWER CONNECT PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE GERVONTA DAVIS 47.7% VASILIY LOMACHENKO 47.5% SHAKUR STEVENSON 47.2% BADOU JACK 46.3% TERENCE CRAWFORD 46.2% ERISLANDY LARA 46.1% KEITH THURMAN 45.9% DAVID BENAVIDEZ 45.8% SAUL ALVAREZ 45.6% ERROL SPENCE 45.4% AVG FEWEST TOTAL PUNCHES THROWN/ROUND PUNCHES GERVONTA DAVIS 32.6 JEAN PASCAL 34.7 ANDY RUIZ-JR. 35.6 DEONTAY WILDER 36.2 ELEIDER ALVAREZ 36.8 JOHN RYDER 38.1 RYAN GARCIA 38.2 ANTHONY JOSHUA 38.6 CHRIS ARREOLA 39.6 KUBRAT PULEV 39.9 AVG FEWEST POWER THROWN/ROUND PUNCHES DEONTAY WILDER 15.4 LUIS ORTIZ 15.6 ROBERT HELENIUS 15.8 TONY HARRISON 16.3 ANTHONY JOSHUA 16.9 KUBRAT PULEV 17.1 ELEIDER ALVAREZ 17.9 ANDY RUIZ-JR. 18.1 CHRIS ARREOLA 18.9 DMITRY BIVOL 19 AVG FEWEST TOTAL PUNCHES LANDED/ROUND PUNCHES LUIS ORTIZ 9.4 HASSAN NDAM 9.7 DOMINIC BREAZEALE 9.7 YURIORKIS GAMBOA 9.9 ANDY RUIZ-JR. 10.1 ROBERT HELENIUS 10.1 JOHN RYDER 10.4 JESSE HART 10.7 GEORGE KAMBOSOS 10.8 JEAN PASCAL 10.8 AVG FEWEST POWER LANDED/ROUND PUNCHES ROBERT HELENIUS 5.7 LUIS ORTIZ 6 DOMINIC BREAZEALE 6.1 KUBRAT PULEV 6.3 ANTHONY JOSHUA 6.5 DEONTAY WILDER 6.7 TONY HARRISON 6.7 ELEIDER ALVAREZ 6.8 HASSAN NDAM 6.9 ANDY RUIZ-JR. 7 OPPONENT TOTAL PUNCH LANDED/ROUND HIGHEST PUNCHES ANDREW CANCIO 22.6 BRANDON FIGUEROA 22 ABEL RAMOS 21.1 JOSHUA FRANCO 19.6 KIKO MARTINEZ 19 ROMAN GONZALEZ 18.4 MICKEY ROMAN 18.3 SRISAKET SOR-RUNGVISAI 17.8 FRANCISCO VARGAS 17.7 JARRETT HURD 17.6 OPPONENT TOTAL PUNCH LANDED/ROUND FEWEST PUNCHES DEMETRIUS ANDRADE 5.4 SHAKUR STEVENSON 5.5 DMITRY BIVOL 6 TYSON FURY 6.4 LUIS ORTIZ 6.5 RYAN GARCIA 6.8 TERENCE CRAWFORD 7.5 KUBRAT PULEV 7.6 ANTHONY JOSHUA 7.7 DEVIN HANEY 7.8 OPPONENT POWER PUNCH LANDED/ROUND HIGHEST PUNCHES BRANDON FIGUEROA 19.6 ANDREW CANCIO 18.1 JOSHUA FRANCO 16.4 MICKEY ROMAN 16 ROMAN GONZALEZ 15.9 FRANCISCO VARGAS 15.9 ABEL RAMOS 15.7 JERWIN ANCAJAS 15.3 JARRETT HURD 14 STEPHEN FULTON 13.9 OPPONENT POWER PUNCH LANDED/ROUND FEWEST PUNCHES ANDY RUIZ-JR. 4.2 SHAKUR STEVENSON 4.3 DMITRY BIVOL 4.3 TYSON FURY 4.5 KUBRAT PULEV 4.5 DEMETRIUS ANDRADE 4.5 LUIS ORTIZ 4.8 ANTHONY JOSHUA 4.9 RYAN GARCIA 5 DEONTAY WILDER 5.5 OPPONENT TOTAL CONNECT PERCENTAGE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE GABRIEL ROSADO 33.9% RICHARD COMMEY 33.1% MICKEY ROMAN 33.1% DAVID LEMIEUX 32.9% DOMINIC BREAZEALE 32.9% HASSAN NDAM 32.3% SERGIY DEREVYANCHENKO 31.9% ROBERT HELENIUS 31.8% BRANDON FIGUEROA 31.1% CALLUM SMITH 30.9% OPPONENTS TOTAL CONNECT PERCENTAGE LOWEST PERCENTAGE DMITRY BIVOL 12.7% SHAKUR STEVENSON 13.4% DEMETRIUS ANDRADE 17.9% REGIS PROGRAIS 18.5% VASILIY LOMACHENKO 18.5% KAZUTO IOKA 18.8% KENSHIRO TERAJI 18.8% DEVIN HANEY 19.6% KID GALAHAD 20.3% ERISLANDY LARA 20.3% OPPONENT POWER PUNCH CONNECT PERCENTAGE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE JOE JOYCE 42.6% GABRIEL ROSADO 40.8% SERGIY DEREVYANCHENKO 40.7% JESSIE VARGAS 40.6% RICHARD COMMEY 40.2% HASSAN NDAM 39.9% DILLIAN WHYTE 39.8% KIKO MARTINEZ 39.4% MICKEY ROMAN 39.2% CALLUM SMITH 38.6% OPPONENT POWER PUNCH CONNECT PERCENTAGE LOWEST PERCENTAGE SHAKUR STEVENSON 16.9% DMITRY BIVOL 22.2% DEMETRIUS ANDRADE 23.1% DEVIN HANEY 24.2% DAVID BENAVIDEZ 25.3% VASILIY LOMACHENKO 25.7% ERISLANDY LARA 25.7% KAZUTO IOKA 25.9% OSCAR VALDEZ 26.1% TERENCE CRAWFORD 26.2% HIGHTEST POWER THROWN PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE MICKEY ROMAN 80.1% (60.4 of 75.4) SRISAKET SOR-RUNGVISAI 79.3% (57.5 of 72.5) BRIAN CASTANO 75.5% (53 of 70.2) ANDREW CANCIO 74.2% (52.6 of 70.9) ROMAN GONZALEZ 73.6% (64.5 of 87.6) BRANDON FIGUEROA 73.3% (63.3 of 86.4) JUAN FRANCISCO ESTRADA 71.7% (53.4 of 74.5) JOSE-CARLOS RAMIREZ 68% (39.9 of 58.7) DANIEL ROMAN 66.7% (46 of 69) SERGIY DEREVYANCHENKO 65.9% (40.9 of 62.1) HIGHTEST POWER LANDED PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE BRIAN CASTANO 92.4% (19.4 of 21) MICKEY ROMAN 92.2% (23.6 of 25.6) SRISAKET SOR-RUNGVISAI 92.2% (20.1 of 21.8) BRANDON FIGUEROA 90.8% (23.7 of 26.1) ANDREW CANCIO 86.4% (17.8 of 20.6) ROMAN GONZALEZ 86% (27 of 31.4) DANIEL ROMAN 85.4% (17.5 of 20.5) TEVIN FARMER 85.4% (15.2 of 17.8) RYAN GARCIA 84.2% (9.6 of 11.4) JOSH TAYLOR 83.1% (10.8 of 13) HIGHTEST JAB THROWN PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE DMITRY BIVOL 65.6% (36.3 of 55.3) LUIS ORTIZ 62.7% (26.2 of 41.8) ROBERT HELENIUS 62.1% (25.9 of 41.7) CALLUM SMITH 61.4% (35.1 of 57.2) KID GALAHAD 60.7% (40 of 65.9) OLEKSANDR USYK 60.3% (38.2 of 63.4) TONY HARRISON 60% (24.5 of 40.8) REGIS PROGRAIS 59.3% (38.1 of 64.3) KENSHIRO TERAJI 58.5% (38.3 of 65.5) ERISLANDY LARA 58% (26.2 of 45.2) HIGHTEST JAB LANDED PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE DMITRY BIVOL 52.4% (8.6 of 16.4) TONY HARRISON 47.2% (6 of 12.7) CALLUM SMITH 46.5% (6.6 of 14.2) ANTHONY JOSHUA 46.2% (5.5 of 11.9) DEONTAY WILDER 46% (5.7 of 12.4) ROBERT HELENIUS 44.6% (4.5 of 10.1) KUBRAT PULEV 43.6% (4.8 of 11) KID GALAHAD 43.2% (7.9 of 18.3) GENNADY GOLOVKIN 42.7% (9.9 of 23.2) SERGEY KOVALEV 39.7% (6.2 of 15.6)
He's stopped everyone he's fought at the weight. He's obviously not a power puncher KO artist like a Beterbiev, The Dosser, Inoue, or your boy Twink but he's a spiteful hitter His best wins in 39 fights are Porter, Postol and Gamboa and the later was a huge size mismatch. That's a weak resume for someone who holds such a lofty P4P ranking and even more so for a near 40 fight vet
Bivol is generally fighting opponents who weigh a weight class or more than him at LHW and many of his title defences have been against iron-jawed or very durable opponents who either haven't been stopped or have been so very rarely Clenelo Pascal Joe Smith Zurdo Chilemba Salamov Richards The only legitimate power stoppage losses on their records came against the murderous punching prime Krusher (Pascal) and the equally murderous punching Beterbiev (Joe Smith). Chilemba's and Joe Smith's stoppage losses were on injuries Bivol's not a power puncher but he can punch a bit when he wants to and he hits harder than many think
How is that? Where is the proof? Bivol slowed Canelo down and made him tentative and run out of ideas. I haven't seen many display that type of ring IQ since Rigondeux finished at 122.
Add Sullivan Barerra as well who was tough, he was dropped 3 times by Ward IIRC but hadn't been stopped until Bivol.
Purely boxing skill? Bivol. Crawford arguably is a more well-rounded fighter, however, being a bigger puncher and having the fluid switch-hitting card in his back pocket.