Topic: [Boxing] Crawford vs Spence - page 32. (Read 8536 times)

Well, maybe a little improvement though but will not totally change his style. Spence is not an ordinary boxer, they have almost the same ranking, so he will not take it easy and will make sure he has some strategy that Spence could not counter.

We shall see. What is sure if the fight happens is PBC will be the one to promote the fight. And PBC will talk with Showtime and Fox. I believe Showtime who's more experienced in big fights will televise this fight. And were hearing and seeing Stephen Espinoza the head of Showtime talking and giving updates about this fight. And both networks working with PBC have the same boxing budget afaik. So this is about who's network is willing to risk since they will be guaranteeing millions of dollars in this fight without assurances of returns. This is one of the main reasons why HBO left boxing. It's becoming riskier with little returns.

I agree with both of you. It is difficult for a fighter to make a major change in his fighting style especially when Bud is already 34 years old. Although he can add some new tricks to his arsenal, it should not affect his main fighting style. I saw a lot of fighters that lost when they made major changes in their fighting styles. Jerwin Ancajas for example lost his belt this year when he tried to brawl in order to entertain the fans and probably wanted to tell the world that he is an exciting fighter when fundamentally he was a technician in the first place. One of my favorites is Acelino Freitas a knockout artist who tried to dance in the ring and outbox the late Diego Corrales. Frietas ended up getting tired in the late rounds and Corrales knocked him out. Anthony Joshua too, he should've let his hands go against Usyk. AJ probably thought that he was already a technician when he outpointed an extremely super fat Andy Ruiz in their rematch.

Well I think that right now everything is moving more towards Fox, they have more resources and I think they are very well into the business, in fact the fights that have been televised by Fox are very good, if the fight takes place for October, I think it will be one of the best fights for this 2022, I know that the fans ask for more action and if they manage to give it they would be giving that gift to everyone, I also know that the bets would be managed with an unprecedented large number, we would be doing story because I have seen some news where both fighters are taking more followers, they have more interaction with the public and this is a good thing.


It is very difficult to change the style in boxing, something like this is usually done when you do not know what strategy to apply, some fighters do it during the course of the fight, the bad thing is that the body does not respond adequately because the muscles are not used to that kind of stress, although as they say, the mind does everything, when a weakness is found in a boxer, I think that is the best of all strategies.

Well, changing styles is not appropriate to do now. There's no need for it and not even a necessary thing to do just to have an advantage. Both boxers reached their respective status because of their usual styles. What they do is enhance and improve it.

In any strategy, the right timing plays a key role. That's what both will try to avoid.

If at some point they found the hole on defense, that might be the "turning point".

Maybe Crawford and Mayweather Jr. have an agreement that they don't want to disclose in public. Way back a few months, Mayweather told the public that if the fight will happen officially, he's the one that will announce it first and only believes in him, not another announcement by anyone.

Adding to that, he also said that he/they will promote the fight. Mayweather won't just promote the fight without any advantages or benefits to him. He won't be called "Money" for nothing. We can now assume that Mayweather holds the right of promotion to Crawford.

Yeah Floyd's and crawfords style are 2 different and don't mesh.  Floyd was the king of knowing how not to get hit.  Crawford wants to beat you into submission.  His defense is his offense.  Agreed he hasn't lost yet so why mess with his style at this point.

And besides, Crawford has a perfect defense already, no need to learn new tricks at this point on his career. We can say that it's already perfect as no one has beaten him. Not sure though what his association with Floyd as they have been seen in public together?

Again, at this point, no final word from both camps, so we don't know what is the real score whether negotiations is continuing or has stop already.

https://www.boxingnews24.com/2022/07/bob-arum-doubts-terence-crawford-vs-errol-spence-fight-happens/

This could actually be a thing.  With both fighters probably wanting a guaranteed purse piracy could definitely eat into possible ppv numbers.  $80 is a bit of s stretch.  Like the article said $20 fights would combat piracy, because it's cheap enough to just buy it then deal with trying to stream it from a reliable source. 

He could move up in weight class if he can beat Spence, well, just like Canelo, when he became an undisputed champion, he sees there was no challenge anymore so he tries to move up but failed in his first attempt. Who knows, maybe Crawford could think of that after success in this possible fight.

Well he can't sacrifice height 😅, but i get what you are saying.  Crawford is perfect for his weight class, at this point of his career there is no need to move up in weight class.  Some people's body afford for jumping up and down in classes but Crawford is at the end of his career why would he want to do that unless it's for one last fight to sneak in one more class before he splits.

That's for sure as Mayweather is the best defensive boxer, and a Hall of Famer, but I hope the will not be taught how to be boring, LOL. I'm really excited about this fight, but until now, it's still not declared that it's official, so what's the real score here?

I would also back Crawford to win, he is faster than Spence I believe and he has a better strategy than Spence who only loves to fight toe to toe and just rely on his power. If Crawford will work under Mayweather, then he could probably improve his defense which will give him more edge in this fight.

Spence was strong but Crawford is a more technical boxer than him.

When he fought  Shawn Porter Jr. the decision was a split decision, but when Crawford fought  Shawn Porter Jr., he beat him via KO. I thin we know who is the better fighter but we cannot deny that Spence thought he is the better fighter because he had more belts than Crawford.

I guess if there is one boxer that we can take his opinion, that is Shawn Porter Jr. He has fought both fighters in their prime. And mind you, Porter beat Danny Garcia so we all know what level Danny Garcia is, hehehe.

In any case, if you seen Spence in his last fight against Ugas, yeah he is really strong, he even talks about moving up in 154 lbs wherein I think Crawford can't make that weight without sacrificing anything (speed, height, power). I guess it goes down as to who has the better IQ and good chin in this fight. 

Yes, it also seems to me that this is a subjective opinion of Danny Garcia based on his experience of the fight with Spence, which he lost, but of course he has the right to speak out and I hope sooner or later we will be able to check it.

Since he lost by Unanimous Decision to Spence, he felt every punch throughout the rounds and made him say this statement. Though too strong, when boxers will surprise their opponent by executing a strong strategy that will gonna break their opponent's defense, they will more likely win the fight. We already see such a scenario when Dmitry Bivol dominated Canelo Alvarez and outboxed him with some surprising winning strategy that completely works to beat him.

The whereabouts will automatically follow after a deal is reached. But since there is no deal yet, there would also be no venue.

I don't agree that Spence should have the bigger slice of the purse. It is Crawford that has a much bigger name than Spence. Crawford is the bigger star. He's the one who's got an undisputed title. He's the one who's got a more impressive record.

If Spence is demanding too much, I would easily think that he's only trying to avoid Crawford.

Let's skip for now the discussion about the issue of being "delayed" on any information or updates regarding this fight.

What's your input and feedback guys about Danny Garcia's recent statement that Errol Spence Jr. is too strong for Terence Crawford. When we say "too strong" it means he views the fight as a landslide victory in favor of Spence. I respect his view and even though I'm looking forward to Spence winning at this mega-bout, saying Spence is too much for Crawford is like underestimating the latter.

Errol Spence "too strong" for Terence Crawford says Danny Garcia

Thanks for the link, yeah if u read between the lines it's probably just the business side that needs to be worked out.  Can't remember a fight in the last 3-4 years that I wanted to see than this one.  Haven't bought a ppv in a bit if they announce this one I'm buying it.  Should be a dog fight.

Terence Crawford has been and always the one who keeps us posted about their upcoming undisputed fight and I think that Errol Spence should've done the same way too because the people would also want to hear his side about this fight and his thoughts, especially his own fans.
People are very much inclined for this match to happen this year and I bet nobody would want to know that this will happen early next year and that they are just taking us for a ride with no legit talks happened.