The offical Spence-Crawford thread

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  1. Xplosive

    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    Let's keep this thread open until the fight gets made.... I'm gonna be VERY optimistic and say that we see it in 2019. The buzz has officially started, and at this point everybody considers it the best fight in the sport.

    Thoughts on it?
     
  2. Neil

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    If Crawford KOs Pacquiao and Spence KOs thurman on Fox after a playoff football game at the start of 2019 then i think it could grow into the type of PPV fight that makes it worth it for arum and haymon to do business
     
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    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    The later will happen.... the former will not happen because Pac ain't getting in there with Crawford... and at this stage... can't really blame him. Everybody who's not a casual knows that Crawford would destroy the current Pac.

    Who do you pick between Spence and Crawford right now, Neil?
     
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    Call me skeptical. This is not just promoters. It is networks too.
     
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    Neil tueur de grenouilles

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    that is problematic now that arum has signed the exclusive deal with ESPN
     
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    Crawford Will Have his Moments, But Ultimately, he’s Toooooooo SMALL to Beat Errol Spence...

    Winner (Controversy Free) is #1 in the Sport, Pound for Pound...ASSuming Lomachenko and Mikey HAVEN’T Fought By Then...





    REED:cool:
     
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    Xplosive X-MOD Bad Motherfucker

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    I've given up on Loma-Mikey happening.
     
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    REEDsART MATCHMAKER

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    ESPN’s Brief Dalliances w/Boxing PPV’s Didn’t Go Well...What Was their Top Seller, Margarita-Cintron!??...

    Top Rank Will NEED Showtime and/or HBO @ Some Point...










    REED:cool:
     
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    REEDsART MATCHMAKER

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    Why???...

    REED Ain’t Even Saying it Happens, But he’s Seen/Read NATHAN Suggesting it for Sure WON’T Happen....








    REED:cool:
     
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    I think Crawford wins a competitive but ultimately, a fairly comfortable decision.
     
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    why would arum put one of his best fighters in the ring with a guy, probably the guy with the best chance to defeat lomachenko, who left his stable acrimoniously ?
     
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    i guess it depends on the terms of the espn contract. im under the impression its a long term thing. certainly ESPN will want to reap some rewards in pay per view revenue from their commitment to boxing with top rank
     
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    puerto rock WBC Silver Diamond Emeritus Champ

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    Spence via close but deserved decision.

    Crawford will test Spence, though. His hand speed and timing will make EJ have to adjust. Spence's size advantage and his stamina/ workrate will be key, though.
     
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    Because Lomachenko WANTS the Fight???...







    REED:cool:
     
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    He wanted to unify at 126 and 130 as well. Bit neither happened
     
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    There Comes a Point Where Arum has to Accommodate the AMBITION of his Fighters or Run the Risk of Losing Them...

    As he Did w/DeLa and Floyd...







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    Then there's the whole issue with whether garcia wants it
     
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    Garcia CONSIDERED Moving up to '54 to Face Cotto and has Made it Known he'd Be Willing to Fight @ '47 Also (Which would Be FOOLISH on his Part, in REED's Opinion)...

    Why WOULDN'T He Be Willing to Face Lomachenko???...

    Lomachenko and Garcia Both Want BIG Fights, LEGACY Fights....







    REED:cool:
     
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    Garcia is a man with no country, like stringer bell
     
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    Garcia’s Toooooo Good to Be Left Completely Out of the Reindeer Games ...He’s Not Poor Rudolph...

    He Has a Working Relationship with PBC and Golden Boy Said They WONT Demand Options on Future Bouts if Mikey Faces Linares...

    If Lomachenko WANTS Mikey, Arum’s Going to have to Put his Ego to the Side OR Run the Risk of Losing Yet Another Pound for Pound Level Fighter...






    REED:cool:
     
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    Good fight,.. non stop body busts,.. both spraying like a Tarantino clip mid fight, crowd squealing for death,.. god bless America, hope it happens.
     

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