Where's The Buzz For Crawford-Benavidez? Jose Is Capable Of Pulling The Upset. Will He?

Yeah, I know, Jose should have lost to Herrera, that's very obvious to me since I scored it for El Maestro. Jose was also struggling with Paez Jr. before he stopped him, but unlike Tony Margarito, he didn't get dropped by him and actually stopped him. He also managed to look poor in beating Chia Santana. What do these three have in common? Paez and Santana brought non stop pressure, was in his face throwing punches relentlessly, Herrera was in and out, and sporadically brought the pressure. Well guess what, Bud Crawford doesn't bring the pressure does he?

I used to be really high on Benavidez, then those three fights occurred and I lost a little faith, but... could it be that in his 3 big step ups, he just so happened to have the misfortune of facing consecutive poor styles clashes? Yeah, its a distinct possibility. Also, he beat 2 or the three style clashes in the end, fairly convincingly.

Also for what its worth, the Herrera he looked poor against is the same Herrera that was coming off of what should have been taking the 0 of Danny Swift Garcia, but we all know how that turned out don't we? Well Jose in my estimation performed against Herrera far more impressively than Swift, and arguably did enough to win a draw, whereas no one in their right mind could score their match for Danny, thankfully for Danny, most judges aren't in their right mind.

Benavidez is a very, and I mean very talented fighter, on the outside, he's got a stiff punishing jab, a quick sharp counter left hook, a beautiful right cross, deceptively fast hands, he's rangy, has good footwork, can throw some impressive combinations, cuts the ring off fairly well, and uses odd angles quite well and his punch selection isn't by the numbers or too predictable. Also Jose is a switch hitter just like Bud. By nature, Benavidez is at his best when counter punching against fighters who stay on the outside and don't pressure him.

He's listed at 6'2, I don't buy that, he's probably smaller, but he's still quite large for a Welterweight, easily the biggest guy Bud has faced, add to that he also has the reach advantage by 2 or 3 inches.

Now sure, Bud is performing on the highest level, but sooner or later he's going to run into someone who's his stylistic kryptonite. Kind of like Benavidez did almost 3 times in a row. But Benavidez doesn't fight anything like the people Bud has faced in the past and vice versa.

Will Jose spring the upset? I'm not saying he will, but I am saying that stylistically, this is not going to be a walk in the park for Bud, it won't be an easy defense, it fact, it may very well be his most difficult fight to date.

So discuss amongst yourselves, can he do it? Will he do it? I'm saying.... don't be shocked if he does, he might.

 

I haven't been on here all that much in the past few days, so I missed that, that's a very apt comparison and I visualize the fight going in a similar manner, now will it be enough or will Bud eventually figure him out, possibly, but this ain't no cake walk.