Stephen A. Smith explains why Terence Crawford is more impressive than Floyd Mayweather
Following his win over Canelo Alvarez on Saturday, conversations have sparked whether Terence Crawford has had a better career than Floyd Mayweather.
On Saturday night, Terence Crawford scored the biggest win of his career thus far when he took the undisputed super middleweight title away from Canelo Alvarez with a slick performance.
The fight was being billed as one of the biggest fights of the decade and the final gate figure backed that up as it finished in the top three largest gates of all time, behind only Floyd Mayweather fights.
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And despite there being question marks regarding Crawford’s potential retirement, the consensus saviour of boxing Turki Alalshikh has already potentially lined up Crawford’s next fight.
Stephen A Smith answers comparisons between Terence Crawford and Floyd Mayweather
Following the fight and because of the magnitude of his win, ‘Bud’ drew comparisons to the aforementioned ‘Money’ Mayweather and even Dana White refused to rule out Crawford being better than Mayweather before the fight.
And having shared the ring with both fighters, the Mexican champion didn’t hesitate when he was asked who was better between Crawford and Mayweather, claiming Crawford is ‘way better’ than the retired star.
Now just a few days removed from Crawford’s historic win over Canelo, controversial pundit Stephen A. Smith has explained why ‘Bud’ is more impressive than ‘Money’.
“Terence Crawford is the best fighter on the planet, pound-for-pound he’s that dude. In this four belt era, he is now the undisputed world champion three times over, 140lbs, 147lbs, now 168lbs, claiming all the belts,” Smith told ESPN.
“To me, it’s really three (weight classes that he went up) because he had only fought once at 154lbs when he fought (Israil) Madrimov but the point is, for the most part he had been fighting at 147lbs after dominating the junior welterweight division, he went up to welterweight and he had been dominating that division.
“I view it as him going up three weight classes which is where, that’s the only part about what Cam (Newton) said where I would disagree with the comparisons between Floyd Mayweather and Oscar De La Hoya.
“Floyd did great things and he was untouchable… but in saying all of that, Terence Crawford moving up multiple weight classes, that’s different, that’s transcending… He’s that dude right now, make no mistake,” Smith continued.
Mayweather made substantial money on Canelo vs Crawford fight
Despite having never openly talked about the Canelo vs Crawford fight directly, Mayweather made his opinions on the fight clear when he named Crawford the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet.
And although ‘Bud’ was a sizable underdog heading into the historic clash, Mayweather put his money where his mouth is, as he often does, and backed Crawford to come out as the undisputed super middleweight champion.
‘Money’ put down $50,000 on Crawford to win, taking home $74,000 in winnings, with a total return of $124,000.
