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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 4056072, member: 289"] The Crawford-Porter was a great fight, although more of a strategic fight than I expected. Porter is always the bull and the other guy, (even Errol Spence) becomes the matador. And this fight was like that at times but Porter seemed reticent about pressuring Crawford in the early rounds. Crawford is the larger man in terms of height and reach and moved side to side to get good angles to pile up the points. he went to Porter's body a lot and used his left hand effectively. Porter would pick his spots to lunge at Crawford. he's the only fighter I've ever seen who could lunge and throw a combination at the same time. But his hands were accurate and quick and he got in some good shots. But Porter became Porter in the 5th, getting more aggressive, forcing Crawford to cover up and wrestling with him. But Crawford kept digging to the body with the left hand and started double-hooking to the body and then the head. He wasn't dominated in the infighting. I had Crawford ahead 87-84 going into the 10th round. I've seen several Porter fights and Shawn is an absolute tank. he can be out-pointed but I didn't think he could ever be knocked out, at least not by a welterweight. But Crawford caught Porter with a perfect left hand and knocked him on his fanny, then followed that up with a great wright the knocked him on his face. Even at that point, Porter seemed more frustrated than dazed. He slammed his fist on the canvas and got back up. But his father/trainer had climbed onto the ring apron and asked for the fight to stop. Then he gave a weird interview after the fight saying that he wanted the fight stopped because he didn't like the way his son trained. I guess he meant that he didn't think Shawn would have the stamina to comeback from the knockdowns. His son is a fine fighter who isn't quire as good as the great fighters. There was a lengthy discussion about where Crawford ranks pound-for-pound. Two other names came up: Canelo Alvarez and Inoue. They didn't place Inoue but said that Canelo has accomplished more but that Crawford was the most talented fighter out there. I agree. Crawford wants Spence next but said he might go up to 154 if he doesn't get that fight. But It's hard to imagine that Crawford would ever wind up fighting Canelo to resolve the matter. Canelo is just too much heavier to make that fight, although Bud is 1/2 inch taller and has 4 inch more in reach. [/QUOTE]

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