The fact that Crawford has never even had a close fight is genuinely scary

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by boxingexpert733, Aug 12, 2023.


Page 1 of 3
  1. boxingexpert733

    boxingexpert733 Member Full Member

    443
    400
    May 18, 2023
    So we all know hes undefeated with a 40-0 record. But whats crazy to me is that none of those 40 wins were won by SD or MD. And even in the ones where he won by UD, he never lost more than 4 rounds meaning his closest fight ever was a UD where he won 8 of the 12 rounds against Ricky Burns. He never even had a 7-5 fight. I mean porter vs crawford was close (bud was up by a point) until the 10th round where he decided to knock porter down twice in the span of a minute.

    Even undefeated guys like floyd mayweather had some close fights (castillo, maidana, de la hoya). Does this have anything to do with the caliber of their opponents? Every great fighter had at least one loss or one close fight. I know theres guys like beterbiev, stevenson, inoue, and bivol that also never had close fights but they havent fought 40 times.
     
    boxingexpert733, Aug 12, 2023
    boxingexpert733, Aug 12, 2023
    #1
    like a boss, MURK20, bjl12 and 1 other person like this.
  2. Juan carlos

    Juan carlos Active Member Full Member

    738
    451
    Aug 31, 2019
    of course if your resume is not level... that's what happens when your resume sucks... floyd has so many names in his record he came across so many styles that it's impossible not to have close fights
     
    Juan carlos, Aug 12, 2023
    Juan carlos, Aug 12, 2023
    #2
    EJDiaZ, boxingexpert733 and george14 like this.
  3. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

    245,131
    240,514
    Nov 23, 2013
    He lost 4 rounds to Kavaliauskas and was dropped by him. He lost between 3-5 rounds to Gamboa. He easily lost 4, maybe even all 5 rounds to Dulorme before the come from behind KO. He even dropped between 3-4 rounds to Benavidez and he was being outboxed by Brook. By all rights, he should've been down on the cards against Porter, who took 5-6 rounds off of him. So the idea that he's had no close fights is inaccurate.
     
    CST80, Aug 12, 2023
    CST80, Aug 12, 2023
    #3
    ryan_c, Hanz Cholo, Wizbit1013 and 17 others like this.
  4. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

    16,514
    18,130
    Dec 18, 2019
    Inoue's been far more dominant than Crawford.
     
    JOKER, Aug 12, 2023
    JOKER, Aug 12, 2023
    #4
    Kell Macabe, yaca you, aaalbert and 2 others like this.
  5. CooperKupp

    CooperKupp “B.. but they all playin NBA basketball again!” Full Member

    2,249
    4,753
    Aug 28, 2022
    Exactly. :deal: I still can’t believe the ref didn’t score that a knockdown. Had he done his job correctly… the fight may have swung in Kavaliauskas favor. Crawford may have tried to force something in return afterwards and ran into another shot! Or Kavaliauskas may have built more momentum with the added confidence. We’ll never know.
     
    CooperKupp, Aug 12, 2023
    CooperKupp, Aug 12, 2023
    #5
    MismatchHypejob, JOKER, oldcanvasback and 1 other person like this.
  6. humbug

    humbug In Vino Veritas Full Member

    1,902
    790
    May 1, 2006
    The problem with these lower weights is there’s always some virtual no name rabid maddog that comes out of nowhere to spoil the fun.

    It happened to Gonzales, it happened to Lomachenko, it’ll happen to Inoue.

    If an old Donaire gave him a run for his money his days are numbered being undefeated
     
    humbug, Aug 12, 2023
    humbug, Aug 12, 2023
    #6
  7. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

    47,850
    27,805
    Oct 23, 2011
    The fact that 4 of his opponents retired afterwards because they're old and shot to pieces is genuinely scary
     
    miniq, Aug 12, 2023
    miniq, Aug 12, 2023
    #7
    Jackman65 likes this.
  8. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

    7,204
    11,465
    Oct 16, 2019
    I think OP meant fights that went the distance. I don’t think losing rounds is a big deal when you’re focusing on power and timing.
     
    Toney F*** U, Aug 12, 2023
    Toney F*** U, Aug 12, 2023
    #8
  9. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

    245,131
    240,514
    Nov 23, 2013
    I think you mean, bailing himself out with his power against opponent's he can't outbox.;)
     
    CST80, Aug 12, 2023
    CST80, Aug 12, 2023
    #9
    Serge likes this.
  10. Toney F*** U

    Toney F*** U Boxing junkie Full Member

    7,204
    11,465
    Oct 16, 2019
    Even if that is the case I don’t think that’s a problem. A sign of a good fighter is always having a back up plan.
     
    Toney F*** U, Aug 12, 2023
    Toney F*** U, Aug 12, 2023
    #10
  11. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

    245,131
    240,514
    Nov 23, 2013
    A sign of a good fighter is not needing to repeatedly fall back on a backup plan.;)
     
    CST80, Aug 12, 2023
    CST80, Aug 12, 2023
    #11
  12. boxingexpert733

    boxingexpert733 Member Full Member

    443
    400
    May 18, 2023
    I understand he had close fights before KO's but unfortunately KO's are an automatic loss. If you get KO'd in the 11th round but win 7 of the 10 rounds before that KO, you still lose. You can argue porter won 5 rounds but its disappointing that he didn't make it the distance because thats what counts. Stuff like this really emphasizes the difficulty of this sport.
     
    boxingexpert733, Aug 12, 2023
    boxingexpert733, Aug 12, 2023
    #12
  13. jaytxxl

    jaytxxl Well-Known Member Full Member

    2,568
    3,479
    Mar 1, 2010
    What’s scary is what’s as supposed to be his toughest WW fight was actually his easiest. That’s great preparation
     
    jaytxxl, Aug 12, 2023
    jaytxxl, Aug 12, 2023
    #13
  14. panchman69

    panchman69 Boxing Addict Full Member

    3,111
    1,892
    Sep 10, 2012
    like who?
     
    panchman69, Aug 12, 2023
    panchman69, Aug 12, 2023
    #14
  15. boxingexpert733

    boxingexpert733 Member Full Member

    443
    400
    May 18, 2023
    Its crazy to think that guys like shawn porter, amir khan, jose benavidez jr, etc put up a better fight than spence. Do you really think crawford got that much better in a year? He's turning 36 in a month
     
    boxingexpert733, Aug 12, 2023
    boxingexpert733, Aug 12, 2023
    #15
Page 1 of 3