Terence Crawford reacted to Shakur Stevenson coming to his defense, saying that “every top fighter” ranks Bud as #1, but the writers see him at #2 pound for pound. Although Crawford was modest, he said, “They hate all the greats.”
Lack of Elite Wins
Crawford is not a great fighter because he hasn’t beaten any of the elite at 154, 147, 140, or 135. There are fighters at 154 to 168 that Bud could fight to get the #1 spot, but he hasn’t beaten for what. the final result would be negative.
NOT all top fighters rate Crawford at 1 or 2 pound for pound because his resume is too thin to be placed in the top two spots in the rankings. To be a No. 1 pound for pound, Crawford would need a deeper resume with high-level wins than he has.
Path #1
Bakhram Murtazaliev
Janibek Alimkhanuly
David Benavidez
David Morrell
Osley Iglesias
Diego Pacheco
If Crawford could beat those guys, no one would argue that he doesn’t deserve #1 pound for pound. But he hasn’t fought any of those guys, and he doesn’t intend to. Therefore, Crawford should not be anywhere near the #1 spot in the pound-for-pound rankings or #2. Given his weak resume, he should be below about 10 to 15.
They hated all the big ones. Nothing new under the sun.
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) December 19, 2024
The only notable victory Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) has on his 16-year resume is a washout, a car accident, a rusty ring of Errol Spence. Former unified welterweight champion Spence was coming off a 14-month layoff, had lost 50 lbs in training camp and hadn’t seen well since his car accident four years earlier.
Other than that victory against an inactive, depleted shell Errol, there is no one, and it was nothing like it once was after crashing his Ferrari in a high-speed accident on October 10 of 2019. The Ferrari was a pile of junk from his car. crash
Quality of opposition
– Errol Spence: Post car accident
– Shawn Porter: End of career
– Israil Madrimov: Close Razor
– Kell Brook: Washed
– Amir Khan: Same as above
– Ricky Burns: Late in his career
– Yuriorkis Gamboa: Two divisions above his weight class
– Jose Benavidez Jr: post-gunshot injury
