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[QUOTE="JAXCUSE, post: 4056305, member: 516"]
Rough weekend for my sports picks.  Football and basketball teams got stomped, Porter couldn’t get over the hump (although rooting more with my heart than head).

Good, high level action fight.  Had Bud up a point before the 10th.  Although, as you stated, Porter didn’t come out full bore aggressive during the first few rounds.  Interestingly, I thought he won the early stanza’s and forced Crawford to change his game plan initially (switch up from Southpaw to Conventional).  Porter’s RH was a problem for Crawford early on.

Ultimately, Bud proved to be physically stronger down the stretch and his mid-rd body attack really seemed to slow Shawn down by the 9th.  Crawford timed Porter‘s rushes well from 6-8 with the LH underneath.  Shawn’s balance and base began to deteriorate (same thing happened against Spence, although not as pronounced).  Crawford (like Canelo two weeks ago) really seemed to sense that his opponent was weakening and turned on the gas in the 10th. Porter wasn’t hurt as much as he was gassed.  Think his old man in the corner recognized that and called it off before Shawn took a real “leather shampoo…”

It will be interesting to see where Crawford goes from here.  Contract with TR is up.  Only way to get Spence is to sell out to PBC.  He’ll lose “A-Side” leverage, but probably only way to clean up the division.  Or tries to go “independent” like Canelo (some risk there at his age).  Who knows - I just hope he stays active and fights more often in the future.  And happy retirement to Porter.  A very good (but not elite) fighter who gave everyone a rough night.  Best to him in the broadcast booth and in the future.
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