Were you impressed with Crawford?

It is hard for some people to remove themselves from previous fights. They saw Horn decision Pac after nearly being stopped by Pac in the 9th.

 

i was impressed. i already recognized his talent, but i was not yet sold on his strength and durability, which is not the best, but good enough to hang with the size at 147. i think he was draining too much at 135 and it was compromising his strength and power.
i have bud at #1 p4p. that doesnt mean i think he can beat spence at 147, just like #2 p4p cant beat garcia at 135.

 

So true, after watching the fight again it hit me who Bud was like he’s Duran lite.

 

Yeah, and Pac is 39.

 

Crickets.

 

No. It would be like Loma fighting Rigo. He's ain't gonna do the same thing he asked Rigo to do, cause he can predict the outcome. The thickness on Team Loma's part...

 

lol it wasn't a good stoppage. Horn did not look done, he was recovering between rounds, he may have had enough to make a late rally who knows.

Remember vs Pacquiao, after that 9th round, the ref came back to Horn's corner and was about to stop the fight. Many thought Horn was done and had no chance and everybody thought Pac was dominating and on his way to a clear decision. (you can't deny that)

Then Horn ended up coming back in rounds 10-12 and winning the decision. I'm not saying that would have happened vs Crawford but given how well Horn fought in the late rounds vs Pacquiao, there could have been more fireworks had it been allowed to continue.

Horn just looked more exhausted than anything. He was still defending himself intelligently. It was a premature stoppage and I've heard plenty of fans react that way to the stoppage.

 

He looked very sharp, he's getting better, not sure if he's hit his peak yet although being 30 he probably has. He looked more coordinated than in past fights where he looked a bit lanky and wide.

I thought he'd take Horn out inside 6 rounds but fight went pretty much how I thought it would, sharpshooting Horn as he came in. Horn had 0 advantages, he was outwrestled and even if he was stronger, ref was not on his side in this one. Also unlike Pac, Crawford doesn't need to come in low, if you are a shorter fighter and come in low, often taller fighters can easily tie you up and then proceed to headlock and foul you. Happened with Pac-Horn and happened pretty much in every tough Tyson fight.

Right now p4p 1 is Loma, he has the better wins and looked better in doing it. No.2 is split between Crawford and GGG. I'd pick Crawford to clean out the WW division though.

Canelo at 147 vs Crawford would have been a hell of a fight, I get the feeling he would have outboxed Canelo similar to how Floyd did, and Cotto to an extent nearly did.

 

Say what? See tape.

 

all four fighters are good enough to make a modern fab 4, if they were only closer in size, but at this skill level, size matters a lot.

 

In my opinion, the term ATG gets thrown around way too much around here. To be an ATG you need to be in the right era. You need the right guys that can be considered ATG's themselves. You need logevity and you need to dominate for a long stretch.