Terrance Crawford only won because he was a larger fighter tonight

I give credit to Crawford for the skill he showed, but let's be real- it's a nice little advantage if you can take 4 rounds eating flush shots to get your timing down because the other guy isn't hurting you.

 

I agree and it why I picked him to win. Gamboa isn't the same fighter above 126

 

I think the weight and height advantage were helpful, but thats not the reason. Crawford is a gun and has a mean streak. He won because he adjusted to Gamboa's style and went to work. Gamboa never adjusted back. That's a huge difference in many fighters. Can they continue to adjust. Crawford is the real deal. He got tagged by Gamboa, but the dawg in him put him back to work to finish the job.

Gamboa's stock to me didn't take a hit. I thought he looked solid in defeat and he came up against a fighter that used his advanatges. Say what you want but at 5'5 Gamboa's power and size don't work well at 135 or above. The question is can he make 126-130 because he has such a muscular frame.

 

If that's the only reason he won im assuming you predicted crawford would win pretty easily then? Because we knew Crawford was naturally bigger with a longer reach beforehand.

 

Gamboa looks like he shouldn't be fighting @ 135 or above. He was getting dropped by 126 pounders imagine what a lightweight would do to the kid. Gamboa chin is vulnerable at the higher weights when the bigger foes can take his punch and dish it back with gusto.

 

Didnt stop Floyd beating Corrales at LW.

 

Point!, set and match!!!

 

What that was in sfw so what u talking about lw

 

Crawford was 152, YuriCROAKis 145. Seven pounds, WOW such a BIG DIFFERENCE. atsch

Gamboa aint no Rigo.

 

Didn't see the fight .

From what I hear , it was entertaining .

Matthysse/Molina is so far FOTY , but did Crawford/Gamboa take it ?

 

Nah. I'd still give it to Matthysse-Molina. But they were similar in that the one guy got out of the gate quick and had early success, only to be worn down and taken out.

That was more of a brawl, with so much back and forth. There was more skill on display here. Gamboa looked like a viper early on. But ended up trying to slug it out with Crawford.

What makes me say Matthysse-Molina was that it was unexpected the way that Molina was able to seriously trouble Matthysse and hurt him repeatedly.

A lot of heart was shown by both guys who lost though.

 

Stupid statement OP.

Styles make fights. Gamboa is a tough riddle for anyone. The combination of speed and power and slick defense is lethal. This dude is a former Gold medalist.

Crawford is highly unlikely to meet someone with that awesome skillset again. At 140, boxers are more stationary and slower. Crawford will carry up a speed advantage. Crawford will do fine at 140.

 

It didn't really shock me to be honest , When you in the ring with a Mexican , you better expect the unexpected and anything is possible from the min the bell rings .

Ive learn this long ago already .

Mexicans have that heart /determination and crazy will to win and on any given night they can take you threw hell and back .

I have great respect or Mexican fighters , they truly define the word warrior .

 

Thing is, Matthyse-Molina was pretty one sided from the seventh through to the finish. Crawford-Gamboa had suspense right up till the very end, and that probably is the factor that tips the balance toward this fight in determining my pick for fight of the half year.

 

Can't argue with that, but I would say, that there was always this feeling that Molina could KO Matthysse with 1 shot at any moment, where I didn't feel that with Gamboa(although he did hurt him at one point). Crawford seemed to shrug off everything that Gamboa hit him with. With the exception of that 1 shot in the 9th round, I felt it was all Crawford until the end.