"Terence Crawford vs Jose Benavidez | ESPN boxing"
Gonna be a good fight Coming on in less than an hr A litte backstory here: Benavidez was Top Rank's goldenchild before Crawford was signed, so there could be some jealousy here and a desire to show that he's the rightful recipient of p4p status. A few months ago, Benavidez accused Crawford of ducking him to his face, which famously ended with Crawford saying "focus on your fight before you not make it to your fight" (Benavidez had an upcoming fight that weekend). A the weigh-in yesterday, Benavidez pushed Crawford and Crawford swung on him, barely missing. Both of these guys are "street" dudes and warriors, so don't expect any backing down in this one. This will be the biggest guy Crawford has fought in his career, not only in height, but also in natural size. Crawford is widely considered the best p4p boxer in the sport, so let's see how he handles this one.
"I cannot see how nature could have created itself. Only a supernatural force that is outside of space and time could have done that. ~ Francis Collins
One of the best in the sport. I've always felt like he was the best "boxer" at 147 the day he arrived. It doesn't mean I think he will be able to defeat legitimate, elite welterweights with ability as well. Benavidez is a poor mans Margarito coming off being shot in the knee. With limited mobility he made the fight interesting. You could make the case the fight was even going into the 7th round. Crawford took over after that but he never really seemed in control by his standards. It was a competitive one sided fight. Spence and Thurman are much better fighters than Benavidez and also big welterweights. Crawford did was he was supposed to do but the questions remain. #Guru
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