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

I'm not fussed who you have #1. It's either Crawford, Inoue or Usyk. If Usyk had beaten Belly he would've been a clear #1 but unfortunately for him, the real fighting con-man is terrified of facing a fighter half his size in his own backyard with a 70/30 split in his favour or in Saudi for all the money in the ME, whereas, fortunately for Crawford and Inoue their opponents were willing to fight them, Fulton in Inoue's backyard.

That being said, as brilliant a fighter as Crawford is, he's always had this sense of entitlement, and even hurled his toys out of his pram a couple of times, and this is going way back like as far as five or six years ago at least IIRC, where he's demanded that everyone has him #1 and that it's not even debatable whether he is and if you disagree you're a hater despite the fact his resume has always been decidedly weak.

He acts like he's been treated extremely unfairly and he's taken shots at the other fighters who were justifiably ranked above him and I don't like that. Usyk has never done that once and you'd never see him do so either and AFAIA Inoue hasn't either and I just can't see him doing it.

 

Let's just get something straight right now

Inoue's last opponent was Fulton

Crawford's is Spence

Usyk's next one is Dubois

Yes Fulton and Spence were world champions and much more proven and accomplished than Dubois is but Dubois is a 6'5'' man mountain who is much bigger and heavier than Usyk and he possesses absolutely devastating punching power.

Joe Joyce is 260lb fellow man mountain with an iron chin but he was so wary of Dubois' power he morphed into a SHW version of Virgil Hill ie. all he threw all night was the jab

When Fulton cracked Inoue with that right had which snapped his head back in round 7 IIRC and when Spence cracked Crawford with a left over the top early doors they were in no danger because neither of their opponents are big punchers at all

But had that been a murderous puncher like a 122 or 147 pound Dubois it could very easily have been lights out for them

So whilst Fulton and Spence>>Dubois

Dubois >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fulton and Spence in terms of risk and danger

That's the reality when you're facing a legit KO artist with one shot fight ending KO power in either hand, let alone a way bigger and heavier one. Dubois' jab is like a big right hand and he's a very good finisher. One tiny mistake and it can all be over in the blink of an eye whereas there was zero chance of that happening to Inoue and Crawford