Why is everyone leaning towards a "Crawford KO"?

Crawford having good speed, power, and finishing skill at this weight. I also think the weight cut will have Spence’s punch resistance at an all time low.

 

From what I see it is a lot of people speculating on things that aren't based in fact. Crawford is skilled enough to do it, yes I agree with that, but I also think people are basing the KO on unrealistic factors.

1) Crawford has stopped (not KO'd btw) every ww. This is a fact. However, Spence has better defense and at least as good of a chin as any of those Welters. Not to mention so few of those guys were good enough to impose their style on Crawford. Spence is very likely to have some affect on the way Crawford fights.

2) People say Spence is drained. While it is a huge relief to know we have so many medical professionals here on the forum, there is no way anyone knows that. They are guessing.

3) The car accidents. Again, none of us actually know how it affected him. He hasn't changed his style and I personally think people read the Ugas situation wrong. We are all guessing how it affected him.

4) Inactivity. I think it helped him more than hurt him, but people think this is a factor

FWIW, I have Spence winning and my major reasoning is based on my belief that styles really do make fights.

 

Because people have fallen into this myth that Crawford is a one-shot hitter quitter like Hearns, Julian, G-Man, and Toney. Crawford, like Spence, is an accumulator puncher. He has pop but I do not see a knockout in this fight. Draw or Spence for the win.

 

My view is because Crawford excels at catching fighters with shots thry dont see coming, and he is a spiteful finisher

 

It seems like quite a few people think Spence hasn’t been quite the same since that bad car wreck a few years back. I don’t know if that’s actually true, but the idea is out there in a lot of people’s minds.

 

People keep talking about Spence’s weight cut but Crawford walks around near 180 himself.

 

Bud's a better overall fighter.

 

Because Crawford is more mentally stable and level headed, he knows who he is and is comfortable with himself. On of his greatest assets is to be cerebral and calm in heated exchanges where opponents try to take his head off. Plus, did people see his face & cheekbone structure in the face offs, lol? His face is think & reinforced, that's why he doesn't get knocked down.

Spence was a great fighter too but went mentally off the rails big time, he wasn't happy with himself and changed, look at all the tattoos he now has where for a long time he had none.

Unlike most Crawford opponents, Spence pressures but also is defensively responsible where he keeps his hands up and ducks punches inside. That's why he presents a challenge, his jab is good and so is his body work. What I saw in the Ugas fight, him putting his face in first would get him killed against Crawford. I think Crawford catches him with something big at some point in the fight, and this is not the same prime Errol we knew before 2019.

 

Bud is just a spiteful fighter and has killer instinct.
His 1st instinct when getting hurt is payback.

I think Spence will bring out the killer in Bud

Weight cut is a serious factor and you could add that, but both are probably severely cutting.

Crawford for me has shown a lot more boxing wrinkles and has won fights different ways. Spence tends to win by will in his closer fights he hasn’t been winning by pure boxing.

 

Yes, people are overrating as they have done his entire career. His resume is still thin, which is why everyone is looking forward to this fight. With a p4lp performance he will increase in my view but he's not number 1 p4p and he needs some more scalps, maybe at 154.

 

You think that because Errol only fights petrified fighters with low power n at a weight he is bulldozing over guyz n we saw how porter bought the fight if only he had more or equal power it would have made all the difference

 

When you have a guy who has a great punch output go against a great counter puncher, a lot of people will favor the counter puncher. There are way more factors to consider so that particular prediction can be completely wrong. But that should give you the basic gist of it.

 

I don't see a ko for either fighter.

 

I haven't followed the career of any fighter, so I don't know who is better, but I see that most people favor Crawford...