Who is P4P #1 right now: Terence Crawford or Naoya Inoue

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Who is P4P #1

  1. Terence “Bud” Crawford

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    61.6%
  2. Naoya “Monster” Inoue

    83 vote(s)
    38.4%
  1. Braindamage

    Braindamage Baby Face Beast Full Member

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    Not drained, just whooped. Believe me. Now go cuddle with your Inoue blow up doll and tell yourself everything will be ok.
     
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  2. Jpreisser

    Jpreisser Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Crawford. He did it against a better opponent, on a much bigger stage, for a much bigger prize, the Welterweight Championship of the World. Him being three-time Lineal Champion is also an incredible achievement. Inoue has one to his name.

    With that said, this whole line about Crawford being the first to be "undisputed" in two divisions during the "four belt era" is obnoxious, not only because the alphabet organizations have done so much to prevent that over the years, but also because the "four belt era" has no defined start date and the concept as it exists today is incredibly young. It's an achievement, but it's also marred and more complex than necessary.
     
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  3. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I have said all week that inoue is p4p, as he looks more astonishing, but the talent pool stinks at the lower weights

    He did struggle with donaire first time out, while a shot Frampton among others easily outboxed him, as he is shot

    Bud after that performance is the p4p, I rescind my earlier comments on inoue, who is still sensational and number 2. But his competition is very poor
     
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  4. Maidanas Gun Tattoo

    Maidanas Gun Tattoo Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The talent pool stinks based on what? You not watching them be a they are rarely shown? What makes this welterweight era so good?
     
  5. JOKER

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

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    It's okay, buddy. I know you don't believe it, but more importantly, YOU know you don't believe it. You couldn't put your mommy's good name on it and say that Spence even looked healthy, so you took the punk ass, non-commital, vague way out and said he looked the same as previous fights.

    I pulled your punk card and you responded EXACTLY how I expected you to.

    :D
     
  6. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Better than washed donaire and Paul butler

    Plus let's be real, how many men walk around at 120-30, compared to 150 and above. The talent pool will always be higher at the welter/middle weights, as many more men will be that size

    I like inoue, he's brilliant. He might even be the best technically p4p, but the talent is less
     
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  7. Maidanas Gun Tattoo

    Maidanas Gun Tattoo Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Let’s be real, you don’t watch those divisions to give a proper assessment. It’s easier just to say they suck because you don’t know them. It’s easier to identify with the guys you see on a regular basis and act like they are better just because of that.
     
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  8. Goran_

    Goran_ Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    F*** off with all this pound for pound b******* Crawford starts camp at 180lbs :lol:
     
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  9. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    If monster could keep knocking fools up until 130 , 135 would be too high to ask. But if he does it= kudos.

    If TC finishes work at 47 then 54, it goes to him.tc already wiped out welterweight.
     
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  10. slash

    slash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Before Saturday night i had it:
    Inoue
    Crawford
    Usyk

    Now I have it:
    Inoue, Crawford (1 and 1A)
    Usyk

    Anybody that knows boxing knew that Crawford was going to mug Spence. But Bud still looked ultra.

    One thing: if somebody comes in looking like sleepy Spence did aginst Bud, against Inoue, Naoyo gonna knock that ass the **** out by round 3, latest. Spence could barely stand up and got knocked down by a punch to the shoulder (no surprise, though). Spence hung tough when he was getting used up, but Inoue takes guys like that out EARLY
     
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  11. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Crawford. And Inoue isn't number 2. That's Usyk. I don't think as highly of Usyk's competition at Cruiser as others do but Briedis is a pretty good fighter and imo better than anyone Inoue has beaten. That win plus Joshua puts him over Inoue.
     
  12. slash

    slash Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He needs to knock somebody out at heavyweight, like Holyfield did.
     
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  13. JOKER

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

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    Just say you don't watch the lower weight classes.

    :lol:
     
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  14. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    Bud has been the best fighter since 2017 the only other fighter who could lay a claim was Canelo around 2019/2020
     
  15. P4PMayweather

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    lomachenko???