Who's the next Floyd Mayweather or Terence Crawford in the sport of boxing?

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  1. NoChin

    NoChin Sir Filip Hrgovic - Building his statue in Croatia Full Member

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    Who will be the next Floyd or Terence in the sport of boxing? Can Boots Ennis adopt that throne? Inoue?
     
  2. BoxingIQ

    BoxingIQ Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Floyd was the best of his generation. Crawford was not. Why you are making it seem as though Crawford is on that level is crazy to me
     
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  3. bluebird

    bluebird Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Shakur is a Crawford level talent, but not a Floyd level talent
     
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  4. NoChin

    NoChin Sir Filip Hrgovic - Building his statue in Croatia Full Member

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    He's the closest thing to him imo. After Floyd he's took that mantle as number 1 p4p.

    Crawford is a guru.
     
  5. Hanz Cholo

    Hanz Cholo Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Shakur is that dude
    Keyshawn is also promising
     
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  6. BoxingIQ

    BoxingIQ Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Mmmmmm. Usyk, Inoue, Prime Canelo, Bivol, Wars all beat better fighters in their prime and don't have as many asterisk. Hell, if Ennis beat Virgil, he would already have a better win than anything on Crawford's resume
     
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  7. MagnificentMatt

    MagnificentMatt Beterbiev literally kills Plant and McCumby 2v1 Full Member

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    Crawford isn’t in the same category as Floyd, as great as Bud is.
     
  8. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Crawford might come back and be the next still next Crawford.
     
  9. HistoryZero26

    HistoryZero26 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Of the unbeaten fighters Shakur and Dalton Smith are the two I see as more likely then Vergil and Ennis. Vergil and Ennis are in the best weight class and they haven't even gotten started.

    Mathwise of course Ennis has the best chance of reaching 50-0. Hes at 35 by 28. I see him winning his next 15 or even 5 fights as fairly unlikely.
     
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  10. Mr Applebee

    Mr Applebee Active Member Full Member

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    I don’t consider Crawford a Floyd/Pac level fighter, although I feel the idea that he was is being force fed to us for some reason. I can see Shakur reaching that level though. I’d say he’s the best bet for it. Time will tell. I’m not sold on Boots or Vergil yet but I am a big fan of Vergil.

    usyk is still active and I’d say he’s definitely at that level. Possibly Bivol and Beterbiev are too.
     
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  11. Yorbals

    Yorbals Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Crawford has less asterisks than Canelo despite not having the depth of resume
     
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  12. BoxingIQ

    BoxingIQ Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Maybe..... but every big win Crawford has was either past their prime or compromised. Canelo has 5 losses imo
     
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