BEST Fight, WORST Fight, BEST KO, Biggest UPSET Potential on June 9th?

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    Agreed.
     
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    Horn is horrible. He's just tough and likes to throw punches but he's got no skill whatsoever. He squares up a lot. Just horrible.
     
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    Largely true, and don't forget he likes to throw headbutts and low blows and as much as throwing punches, and also lace people like the dirty little cunt he is.

    Still, he does have significantly more fighting ability than a local clubfighter, which is how made it to the olympics and got ranked high enough to fight Pacquiao.

    Again, I can't fucking stand the guy, I like him about as much as Broner, but let's not be absurd - he is a lot better than a local clubfighter and will give Crawford a lot more problems than a local clubfighter would.
     
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    Slice N Dice Big stiff idiot

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    I think Crawford will give Horn an absolute pasting. I rate the guy highly and I still stand by my prediction that he beats Spence. It's kinda weird that he's nearly universally ranked in the top 3 p4p but I still feel he's somewhat underrated.
     
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    Spence will crush him like a bug :D

    I hope the fight happens soon.
     
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    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Being an Olympian today doesn't mean much.

    He hardly has any ability. Never mind past champions, there are loads of CONTENDERS/2nd tier level fighters that take this guy apart.

    If Crawford is even HALF as good as he appears to be, he should still be able to mop the canvas with this guy. Size difference be damned.
     
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    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    And yes, Spence definitely beats Crawford.

    Good, competitive fight but Errol really is "The Truth", pun intended.
     
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    Slicey is my boy and all, but I just don't see how Crawford beats Spence at all. Like me and Xplosive said, Spence is better, not just bigger, then factor in the size difference - I see a clear Spence victory.

    Crawford is solid and sharp enough to make it a fight by the halfway point like Brook did, then Spence will take over and probably stop him tbh. Brook even had some size, and he couldn't do shit once Spence got going. I don't see Crawford having the size or firepower to discourage the marauding Spence.

    Errol is more Golovkin than Floyd, he just comes forward, picks his shots well and beats the shit out of people. I don't see anyone at 147 stopping him from doing just that.
     
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    In some cases you're right. I've seen African fighters make it to the Olympics for no other reason than being the best of a really crap bunch, just really low talent pool. And of course they lose in the first round, because really they didn't deserve to be there in the first place, but the international nature of the Olympics dictates you have competitors from everywhere.

    But again, he actually managed two wins in the Olympics before losing to the eventual Silver Medalist. You don't do that if you're a total scrub.

    I agree he looks fucking horrible, but clearly he's better than a local clubfighter, like, much better.
     
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    Speaking of African Olympians, REED’s Pretty Sure Indongo was an Olympian.





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    Horn looks scrubby because he's not boxing, he's doing panantukan. His trainer is a martial artist not a boxer. Horn's style is called "broken rhythm" style, which sounds similar to "broken noodle" Asian food.
     
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    Haha, no way I didn't know that. Surely he got beat in the first round right? :D

    Interestingly then, this fight will actually be the 3rd Olympian Crawford will have fought in a row.
     
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    For real?
     
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    Broke his Hand in Training, Fought Anyways and Lost in the 1st Round to Someone Named Anthony Little.







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    Yeah it's true. He did Zen Do Kai, which was big in Australia in the 1980's, fairly violent martial art with a lot of hard sparring. Apparently he trained a bit of boxing then went into martial arts, but now is a boxing trainer with a full stable of amateur and pros. The dude is a self made millionaire - look at his ridiculous 9 bathroom house, lol

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    ...Thus the Blow Hard Verbal Histrionics Leading Up to Saturday the 9th???...







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    Watch this space fella, little Terry is gonna shock the world.
     
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    I think he's just trying to sell the fight.
     
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    Weird. That is proper rich too, owning a 10 million dorrar house. Obviously he didn't amass that wealth training a few random Aussies - so I wonder how?
     
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    Property development initially, then running his own hedge fund.

    None of it adds up in particular. I knew someone like him many years ago - dude was a sorta hardworking but uneducated working class dude dealing in shitty prefabricated demountable offices, landed a huge contract out of the blue for a huge mining site somewhere overseas- next think you know, the dude has gone from bumsville to $50 mil, a fleet of Porsches and a sorta tasteless baroque mansion like Rushton.
     
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    I'm going with Crawford via UD.
     
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    Horns size and aggression could give Crawford some trouble early but unless he can hurt Crawford with the right or get home with it enough to make Crawford doubtful he should get picked apart. He seems durable an scrappy so I think he goes the distance unless he gets to busted up.
     
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    Flanagan could have problems here with Hooker's size and reach. Right hand is dangerous.
     
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    Flanagan frustrated and eating right hands.
     
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    Barry fucking Jones don't half talk some bollox.

    I think the Welsh accent does it......if Einstein had a Welsh accent, he'd have been famous for fuck all.
     
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    I don't mind Barry Jones, one of the less irritating boxers-turned-commentators.
     
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    Yeah, Jones is koo'
     
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    Agreed I like him actually, trust Irish to not like even little Barry :D

    He’s arguably the most likeable of the Brits actually - he’s relaxed, natural, unbiased, not annoying and squealy, and generally speaks sense.
     
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