Were you impressed with Crawford?

Fight reminded me of Gatti-Mayweather almost, not as bad but it had the same effect. One guy was so outclassed and outskilled you started feeling sorry just watching the fight.

 

It's kind of hard to say to be honest because I think he's having weight problems making 147.

There's no doubt the 147 lb champs are on another level skill-wise than Horn, but I do think Horn has a toughness and grit about him and an awkwardness that makes him difficult for any of those guys to walk through. Even Bud was having some trouble with him in the early rounds.

What do you think about Horn moving up to 154?

 

That would be a crazy heads flying in ugly war. But I don't think Porter would have an easy time with Horn's style. I could see Horn getting in and out and winning rounds.

 

If Lara has anything left in his tank, he absolutely wrecks him. Think Hurd beats him, bigger, stronger, better fighter.

Has a chance versus ex-WW's, I think Brook is a way better fighter but he can struggle with this type of style, I remember Carson/Porter gave him a lot of problems. Same with Khan. I think both of them are past it now too though.

 

I know at one point Horn landed a good clean right hand that got Bud's attention. There were several times where Horn was able to get inside and open up with short combo busts that backed Crawford up. He couldn't really sustain the offense but most of the rounds were pretty back and forth rather than Bud just dominating like many people are claiming. I know Bud started slowly pulling away but I think a lot of people are exaggerating at how dominate Bud was.

 

Do you agree that Horn is struggling to make 147 and may be a better fighter at 154? Or do you think he should stay at 147?

 

It wasn't the worst stoppage I've ever seen or anything, it just seemed premature. I do think the body shots really slowed Horn down, and I'm wondering if the difficulty of cutting weight affected Horn's ability to take those body shots without affecting his stamina like it did. I just think he's in a similar situation to Kell Brook when it comes to making 147. Horn is a big guy and I just think making 147 takes too much out of him and he'd be a better fighter at 154.

 

Khan gets sparked out in under 8 rounds. Peterson would be a good fight but Crawford has a gear Peterson doesn’t.

 

Take off those rose colored glasses!

I'm one of the fans defending Horn's performance, pointing out (correctly) that while he probably lost every round, the first 5-6 rounds were indeed competitive. Horn's defense held up, and he managed to land a decent number of his own shots.

However, by rounds 7-8 he was finished. Bud had him figured out, and Horn had virtually no chance of landing anything clean. Then in the 9th, he was clearly gassed, and Bud was completely dominating him. It wasn't like the Pac fight, in which he had one bad round, you could see it was hopeless.

I would have loved to see the fight go on, but I'm OK with Byrd's stoppage.

 

It was much more competitive than BJS vs DL. Horn was definitely in the fight with Bud unlike DL. I thought it was a gonna be more competitive than it was but I was suprised to see Horn tire so quickly. It must have been the body shots and I give Crawford full credit for those that obviously slowed Horn down but I really think it had a lot to do with Horn's difficulty making weight, and him not fighting in Australia.