Comments Thread For: Crawford Responds to Errol Spence Injury: 'Last I Can Recall We Definitely Get Our Eyes Checked Before Every Fight'

[Oregonian]

People are suggesting a little more regarding Boots than you are saying, but I get it.....

Teo is an a$$ clown... Dude lies to himself, calling himself Undisputed. Most recently questioned his own abilities, but then have the nerve to try to belittle some else's accomplishments. Especially being that he himself is trying to do what he did and even claiming to want to get in the ring with him. Teo is acting like some throw away chick at the school dances trying to twerk extra hard hoping the boys will surround her.

If Crawford doesn't rematch Spence (which I wouldn't mind if he didn't), the only fights I personally want to see him in is Boots if he stays at 147, or move up and challenge for a title at 154.

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Yes, the suggestions (implied or not) is based on Boots’ glaring skills and per many in the know, the proverbial “eye test”.
2024 Will be a revealing year for boxing.

[Str8.2.Da.Point]

Try as you may, you're not going to dance around Bud's own words. And Spence is still the biggest name on his resume.

Speaks volumes, don't it? Talent aside, by Crawford's own admission he has never faced a Hall of Fame level fighter.

Maybe the both of you should just be quiet?

Timeline dumba$$.... Timeline. You call it dancing, but I know your in denial purposely because you look like a fool trying to face reality with your agenda. Nice try little lady......

[Str8.2.Da.Point]

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Yes, the suggestions (implied or not) is based on Boots’ glaring skills and per many in the know, the proverbial “eye test”.
2024 Will be a revealing year for boxing.

It's easy to pass an eye test when the test vs that caliber opponents. I remember when people had crazy hype surrounding Joshua Kelly.

Agreed on 2024... I look forward to it. Hopefully we can see Boots in there with a legit threat rather than these throwaways he claims are the only ones he can get in the ring with. If he can't get Crawford......why not Barrios, Norman Jr., Stanionis, hell, even though he's not the "One Time" we once saw, get Keith Thurman off the couch.....lol. Thurman is all about big fights, I think he'll step up to become champion again.

[Str8.2.Da.Point]

As far as possible opponents for bud at 47 boots is the top dog regardless if it hurts your feelings or not. Dumbass

Get off his nut sack little lady. Boots is NOT the top opponent..... He's just the mfer that you get a hard on to watch..... Boots can't even headline a major ticket, otherwise he would have already..... Boots can't get a promoter to guarantee him more than $400K for a fight.....otherwise he would have gotten it..... Boots has yet to fight an opponent that people don't have to google just to see who TF they are, otherwise he would have already......

Regardless of how your b*tch a$$ feelings are getting hurt.......Boots hasn't done **** but answer an email that awarded him a title he didn't fight for..... THAT IS HIS BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT. Get out your emotions and you'll see reality.........

All this dumb **** you ****ing away with on your keyboard......you couldn't name any accolades that support your dumb a$$ statement. Meanwhile, Crawford can, and most likely will, fight Tim Tszyu for a title in a 4th division. A name and fight that makes more sense for Crawford than Boots.......

You silly mfers need to be barking at Norman Jr fans, or Thurman fans, or Stanionis fans, or Benn fans.........hell, how come y'all support Ennis not fighting Blair Cobbs.... a mfer who's shown up to multiple fights of Boots calling him out.....Dumb mfers don't understand the business...... Crawford is making 8 figures in his fights and you want him to stop doing what he's doing because a mfer who barely takes home 6 figures wants to fight him. Ignoring the fact that he and his father admitted to turning down the fight twice.

Jaron NEEDS Crawford....but he's too prideful to admit it. And his fans are too dumb to see it.....Thus, you are going to probably have a ignorant rebuttal cued up.........Have at it.....lol.

[Str8.2.Da.Point]

Did you pick Spence to beat Bud?

He did. He's a Spence flunkie moving the goal post as far back as possible to save face. His quote was Crawford in an interview responding to people claiming he needed Spence to be a Hall of Famer.....

Crawford has already had his fist engraved at a Boxing Hall of Fame ceremony.... He is the ONLY active fighter to have ever done that....usually that is done as a fighter is being inducted (after retirement).

Facts that Spence fans ignore because it flattens their (lack of) logic and agenda.

[Str8.2.Da.Point]

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I am not saying Bud is ducking Boots. Bud chose to fight Avanesyan and Kavaliauskas when Boots was the highest ranked contender.
You are right about one thing - Boots is 26 years old and there is literally no one else for Bud to fight at WW except Boots. The Spence rematch appears to be dead on arrival and Charlo is not about to fight Bud after getting beat up by Canelo. So Bud will either fight Boots or retire.

Just to make it clear, I don’t care if Bud beats Boots or vice versa. Just fight the guy and keep boxing alive

How was Boots the highest ranked contender when Crawford fought Kavaliauskas?...... Kavaliauskas was Crawford's MANDATORY.... You do know what that is right. Y'all be saying **** that makes zero sense. And the Avanesyan fight was given to Crawford because THE WBO STATED, it was the highest ranked opponent that petitioned to fight Crawford.... Yes, Boots was ranked above Avaneysan, but you know what happened......Boots decided to go the IBF route and try to get the Spence fight. Crawford's camp along with the WBO, reached out to them regarding the fight and they stated they were being "loyal" to Showtime. After the Avaneysan fight BLK Prime reached out to Boots camp regarding making a fight in their attempt to try to get Crawford to sign another one fight deal with them..... They doubled down on their statement......

Bozy Ennis confirmed all of this in his interview afterwards. Crawford restated it in his interview with Gillie Da Kid, (in Philly). Boots called up to the podcast and Crawford fact checked him and told him to get his story straight, "talk to your dad", on air. Boots was expose for fabricating claiming he was trying to get the Crawford fight in 2018.....lol. Crawford was a light welterweight moving up to 147 in 2018....Got his first fight vs Jeff Horn that year. Boots was no where in the picture. Crawford was far from the man to beat in the division at that point. How was he trying to get a fight vs a guy who just stepped into the division? And "who did you contact".....He never answered that question. There's also video on YouTube showing Crawford as a spectator at a fight in which Boots said nothing to Crawford. He greeted Shakur Stevenson who was standing next to Crawford..... Boots' coach embraced Crawford casually and they kept it moving.... That was in 2019....If he was trying to make the fight, why didn't he mention anything.

Crawford has nothing left to prove at 147....fighting Boots doesn't boost his legacy like many of his fans believe it does. Crawford will most likely go after Tim Tszyu for the a title at 154. Boots need to stop trying to build his legacy off chasing big names he clearly isn't in reach of getting. There are other talented up and comers in his division. Now that he has a title, he actually has something to bring to the table in negotiations, being that he claims no one wants to fight him.

Fact is, the only reason why Boots fighting Bud is so intriguing is because, the public.....even Boots fans, don't really know 100% how certified Boots skills are vs top competition. Crawford is the biggest name in the sport around his division. Crawford has nothing to prove, regardless of how much Boots supporter claim he does. But the fight is intriguing because we want to see just how good Boots is.

[Oregonian]

It's easy to pass an eye test when the test vs that caliber opponents. I remember when people had crazy hype surrounding Joshua Kelly.

Agreed on 2024... I look forward to it. Hopefully we can see Boots in there with a legit threat rather than these throwaways he claims are the only ones he can get in the ring with. If he can't get Crawford......why not Barrios, Norman Jr., Stanionis, hell, even though he's not the "One Time" we once saw, get Keith Thurman off the couch.....lol. Thurman is all about big fights, I think he'll step up to become champion again.

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It’s not just vs caliber opponents. Think of it this way (and I’ve read your posts so I know you are knowledgeable);
When Hatton was 39-0, way before he fought Floyd, no one in the US thought much of him. Despite his “stellar” record, we all knew he would get beat up once he came to the US and Collazo pretty much proved it. There was no “eye test”
When Kamboso came to the US and despite beating Teo, we all knew he would eventually get beat. There was no “eye test” view on him.

The same was the case with guys like Kelly Pavlik, Mayorga (even after beating the great Vernon Forrest), Tim Bradley, Amir Khan, and many others. I’m not knocking these guys. All of them have had decent careers but we never once looked at them and anointed them the next Ray or Roy or Floyd or whoever the barometer is that fits the “eye test”.

Boots seems to have the goods and has looked spectacular against 99% of his opponents. Had Boots gotten a shot at Spence, I think he would have destroyed Spence the same way Bud did.

You are right about Boots not bringing anything to the table but that’s why Budcwould get the lion share of the purse.

I do hope he gets any of the names you listed especially Thurman. I hope he gets that fight.

[Oregonian]

How was Boots the highest ranked contender when Crawford fought Kavaliauskas?...... Kavaliauskas was Crawford's MANDATORY.... You do know what that is right. Y'all be saying **** that makes zero sense. And the Avanesyan fight was given to Crawford because THE WBO STATED, it was the highest ranked opponent that petitioned to fight Crawford.... Yes, Boots was ranked above Avaneysan, but you know what happened......Boots decided to go the IBF route and try to get the Spence fight. Crawford's camp along with the WBO, reached out to them regarding the fight and they stated they were being "loyal" to Showtime. After the Avaneysan fight BLK Prime reached out to Boots camp regarding making a fight in their attempt to try to get Crawford to sign another one fight deal with them..... They doubled down on their statement......

Bozy Ennis confirmed all of this in his interview afterwards. Crawford restated it in his interview with Gillie Da Kid, (in Philly). Boots called up to the podcast and Crawford fact checked him and told him to get his story straight, "talk to your dad", on air. Boots was expose for fabricating claiming he was trying to get the Crawford fight in 2018.....lol. Crawford was a light welterweight moving up to 147 in 2018....Got his first fight vs Jeff Horn that year. Boots was no where in the picture. Crawford was far from the man to beat in the division at that point. How was he trying to get a fight vs a guy who just stepped into the division? And "who did you contact".....He never answered that question. There's also video on YouTube showing Crawford as a spectator at a fight in which Boots said nothing to Crawford. He greeted Shakur Stevenson who was standing next to Crawford..... Boots' coach embraced Crawford casually and they kept it moving.... That was in 2019....If he was trying to make the fight, why didn't he mention anything.

Crawford has nothing left to prove at 147....fighting Boots doesn't boost his legacy like many of his fans believe it does. Crawford will most likely go after Tim Tszyu for the a title at 154. Boots need to stop trying to build his legacy off chasing big names he clearly isn't in reach of getting. There are other talented up and comers in his division. Now that he has a title, he actually has something to bring to the table in negotiations, being that he claims no one wants to fight him.

Fact is, the only reason why Boots fighting Bud is so intriguing is because, the public.....even Boots fans, don't really know 100% how certified Boots skills are vs top competition. Crawford is the biggest name in the sport around his division. Crawford has nothing to prove, regardless of how much Boots supporter claim he does. But the fight is intriguing because we want to see just how good Boots is.

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I will not argue against your points. You make a compelling case.
I’m staying on the “eye test” and one more thing but that can wait.
Had Boots fought Avanesyan and Kavaliauskas, how do you think those fought would have played out? I certainly know Boots would have beaten them the same way he beat Villa.

As for anything that happened in 2018 or 2019 or even 2020, I don’t think Boots had the experience to fight Bud then. He was barely 21 years old in 2021. There is no shame in not fighting Bud or wiggling out of a fight vs Bud.

The one more thing I mentioned is, I don’t disagree that Bud has anything to prove. Beating Spence elevates Bud to an ATG, no question. I don’t need to see Bud beat Boots to prove anything. I’m a boxing fan first. I like Bud and I was pretty sure he was going to beat up Spence. In the same context, I like Boots and believe he is an incredible talent. If he doesn’t get a shot at Bud, I’m pretty sure he’ll become the 2nd man to unify the 147 division. The problem is, there is no one at 147 to catapult him into the echelons of yesteryear Welterweights hence my wish for a Bud showdown. If he gets beat, well, there is no shame in losing to an ATG.

[JOITATS]

I don't know why Bud feels so hurt from these comments.

Looks like he's desperately trying to prove that he beat a perfectly healthy Spence...
or that he is the Fighter of the Year because XYZ...
or he has to put other fighters down to elevate himself.


It sounds like he's really insecure and defensive.
He's so concerned what everyone thinks.


On the other hand Inoue doesn't say anything to the press. He lets the ppl decide.
He just keeps on getting ready for his next challenge.

[Robi13]

Get off his nut sack little lady. Boots is NOT the top opponent..... He's just the mfer that you get a hard on to watch..... Boots can't even headline a major ticket, otherwise he would have already..... Boots can't get a promoter to guarantee him more than $400K for a fight.....otherwise he would have gotten it..... Boots has yet to fight an opponent that people don't have to google just to see who TF they are, otherwise he would have already......

Regardless of how your b*tch a$$ feelings are getting hurt.......Boots hasn't done **** but answer an email that awarded him a title he didn't fight for..... THAT IS HIS BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT. Get out your emotions and you'll see reality.........

All this dumb **** you ****ing away with on your keyboard......you couldn't name any accolades that support your dumb a$$ statement. Meanwhile, Crawford can, and most likely will, fight Tim Tszyu for a title in a 4th division. A name and fight that makes more sense for Crawford than Boots.......

You silly mfers need to be barking at Norman Jr fans, or Thurman fans, or Stanionis fans, or Benn fans.........hell, how come y'all support Ennis not fighting Blair Cobbs.... a mfer who's shown up to multiple fights of Boots calling him out.....Dumb mfers don't understand the business...... Crawford is making 8 figures in his fights and you want him to stop doing what he's doing because a mfer who barely takes home 6 figures wants to fight him. Ignoring the fact that he and his father admitted to turning down the fight twice.

Jaron NEEDS Crawford....but he's too prideful to admit it. And his fans are too dumb to see it.....Thus, you are going to probably have an m in ignorant rebuttal cued up.........Have at it.....lol.

I’m in my emotions? lol relax, I could care less what bud or boots make per fight. My statement is still true you imbecile