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He is 38 as well. So not even like he is still in his athletic prime.

Looking forward to watching this again. Really looking forward to seeing a few fight reviews from people who know what they’re talking about as I probably missed a lot

He’s ability in the clinches, his footwork and distance management were all perfect but I bet there were a lot of subtleties that I missed
 
The_One said:
I know people will laugh at this but khan went in ring with both of these….respect
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Glass chin or not, getting hit by canelo s enough to take most down! If memory serves me right Khan got hit low down by Crawford? Khan doesn’t get the praise he deserves from British boxing fans.
 
That was a masterclass from Crawford, glad I stayed up for this fight, been a good 12 months of boxing, enjoyed the 2 Bivol vs Beterbiev fights aswell
 
Not watched it but whilst we all know Crawford is something special and that Canelo may be on the decline, that is still pretty ridiculous to jump up and win convincingly.

I think goat/best of generation applies to him, Usyk and Inoue. I think there's room for them all to be considered as greats, forget all the P4P nonsense.

Edit - Bivol, too, although I guess he's not been in as many big fights.
 
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Junglist said:
Not me. I got made fun on here years ago for always giving Khan lots of respect.

Khan had a glass jaw but, ok other than Brook, he avoided no one. He was a proper fighter just let down by his chin
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I give him respect, especially for not avoiding anyone. However, ridiculously fast hands aside, I don't think he was that great (obviously still very good thanks to his speed), he didn't seem to have a high level boxing brain and didn't have the jaw to be a fighter. Still, huge respect for doing what he did.
 
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Watched the card from Belfast last night which had some good fights. Most of which were close. Crocker a bit fortunate to get the decision over Donovan but he did have him down a couple of times. Donovan the better boxer but never really seemed to have the power shots to discourage Crocker despite outboxing him 75% of the time.

Had a half shut eye on the Canelo vs Crawford and from what I saw "Bud" was very comfortable and Canelo frustrated. Canelo hasn't had a good performance for a couple of years. 70 odd camps and fights will do that to you! He did look bigger but never really could unload a combo of more than 2 punches and when he did they didn't seem to dent Crawford. I wouldn't pay to watch it over or "run it back". Canelo is finished at the top level and I think he knows it, hence why he has avoided David Benavidez. Anything else is a money grab. Crawford? I must confess I'd never really seen him fight other than the Spence scrap but you have to admire what he's done across all those weights. I suspect that Turki will try and set the rematch to screw a few more quid out of the game.
 
Wow real shock :(

He gave British boxing fans a hell of a ride in his pomp, some great Vegas nights plus the Tszyu fight, wasn't quite at the all time elite level but stepped in the ring with the 2 best of his generation and dared to be great.

RIP the hitman.
 
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