So Bud beat a HIGHER RANKED fighter in FOUR LESS ROUNDS but someone Boots win is more impressive?
Make this make sense
Where’s Floyd’s uncle when you need em :/
WTF are you talking about, man? You’re arguing stuff I didn’t even say
. What I SAID is people like to mythologize certain fighters like they are perfect or X-Men or something. Bud is not perfect nor is Spence. There a no perfect fighters. I’m pretty sure Crawford or whomever is not whitewashing Boots in two rounds or some shyt (like some of y’all are talking)—when Crawford has recent fights with guys with way less talent/skill than Boots—going later into the fight.
Besides that, boxing rankings are a fukking joke, which are often corrupted by promotional, political, and network driven agendas. Are you serious
? I legit never heard a boxing fan say, “Yeah, but the guy he fought was ranked higher when they fought!”
This isn’t college fukking football, fool. No one cares about boxing rankings outside of becoming a a mandatory for a strap, and that’s typically network/promoter driven rubbish too. How Tf did Danny Garcia become Spence’s mandatory for the WBC belt? Wtf did he do to accomplish that? Not a goddamn thing but be with PBC. People talk about boxing competition in terms of timing (i.e. when you fought your opponent: were they coming off multiple wars, past their prime, not able to make weight anymore, moving up or down in weight, etc.), resume (i.e., who has that person you beat defeated), and stipulations (i.e., was it a catch-weight, was their a rehydration clause, etc.).
No one is like….. “But, he just beat beat the #6 WW in the world
,” because the rankings mean shyt. The ultimate point is… I know people talk hyperbolic online, but in my mind the baseline for someone easily being beat is like Cotto versus Alfonso Gomez. Just one guy being completely outclassed, whipped, not belonging in the ring with his opponent, etc. Gomez got knocked out with a jab. In turn, if you legit think any of the top guys at 147 could
easily beat Boots, you really don’t understand the sport. Like, fundamentally, you don’t understand the sport.
They very well might beat him, but he’s not an easy win for anyone at 147, and they know that. There’s a distinct difference.