The welterweight trio, how do you rank em?

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  1. Cafe

    Cafe Sitzpinkler Full Member

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    Skills/resume/whatever criteria you use to determine who's the better fighter.

    By Trio I mean

    Crawford
    Thurman
    Spence Jr

    There are other good fighters in WW but these are clearly right now above the rest.
     
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  2. shoe

    shoe Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    hmm, wild guess (projecting head to head contests right now) i'd put them in the same order you did, but i wouldn't bet real money on any outcomes.
     
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  3. bubbrubb

    bubbrubb Member Full Member

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    Spence
    Thurman
    Crawford
     
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  4. bandeedo

    bandeedo Loyal Member Full Member

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    spence


    crawford

    thurman
     
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  5. CST80

    CST80 De Omnibus Dubitandum Staff Member

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    Thurman
    Spence Jr
    Crawford
     
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  6. ElCyclon

    ElCyclon Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    This!
     
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  7. Cableaddict

    Cableaddict Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Crawford is the slickest.
    Thurman is the most powerful (arguably)
    Spence is the most dangerous.


    Thurman needs to get back in the game & Crawford needs more time at 147, before anyone can really rank them.
     
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  8. northpaw

    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't know how anyone could see anything else but this
     
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  9. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Khan 2.0
    One Time


    Spence
    Crawhype

    Honourable mention to Egidijus Kavaliauskas he's got some serious pop in either hand and speed too. If he's got a chin he presents a real danger to all the aforementioned guy's chins. Not too sure if he does though. Time will tell.
     
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  10. Inside pass

    Inside pass Member Full Member

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    Spense #1 @ welter
    Crawford#1p4p
    Thurman just behind both.
    IMO.
     
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  11. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Hmmm... I have Crawford easily number 1 among this group. He's the only one of this trio who has the boxing skills to potentially hang in there with past great Welterweights. I can imagine him boxing and moving against a guy like Felix Trinidad and making it competitive. A guy like Thurman or Spence get smashed into a million pieces.
     
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  12. blackbolt396

    blackbolt396 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I concur.
     
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  13. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    Jeesh! Could you imagine Spence trying to go toe to toe with Tito?!!! I can see Spences neck getting snapped and head spun from a left hook. Tito would be a huge WW in todays game.
     
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  14. IKSAB

    IKSAB Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Crawford
    Spence
    Thurman
     
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    TheyDontBoxNoMore7 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Fixed your top option for you
     
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