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snake77 said:
Looking forward to tomorrows card on Netflix.

Been a while since I've seen a Crawford fight. Would have been back the time Sky was plying the PBC cards.

Also haven't seen a Canelo fight live for a while. Stopped getting PPVs due to having young kids and being busy.

Netflix is pretty convenient compared to I've brought this now need to be here for 3 hours.

Watched the countdown shows today.

Going to be interesting to see how Crawford goes coming up multiple weight classes.
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Ahh totally missed this, thanks for the reminder!
 

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Prelims are on the UFC YouTube channel.

Not sure on the fights. As my internet is playing up out in the garage. When it did stream it was part of the countdown.

On the UFC Channel as the show is partly promoted by Zuffa Boxing (UFC/Dana White). This might rub some people the wrong way as Dana can be polarizing. One thing he did say in an interview with Max Kellerman was how boxing cards have too much filler. Fight, talk about predictions. Hard to wtch on TV bu must be hard at the arena. So it might be a bit different today in that they get through the fights quicker.

To play devils advocate on that. The UFC have clips between fights as well and you need to give the fighters an indication on what time they will be fighting.
 
I only caught the last of the prelims. A good fight a lot of inside fighting. Those are goot when there isn't a lot of clinching.

Like the UFC ESPN fights the prelims went overtime. Still going a few rounds when the main card started.

Dana the fights will run through quickly. It's taken 30 minutes to get to the intros of the first fight. :LOL:
 
Crawford took Alvarez to school eh. No contest. Boxing is a terrible sport though, even after such a commanding performance, you cannot be sure the judges are not criminals.

I enjoyed the fight, the commentary sucked though, bunch of guys who love the sound of their own voices and kept spinning narrative to prove their expertise while missing calling some of the best punching flurries in the fight.

Crawford is an interesting person, he has a hardness that is difficult to define.
 
sup42 said:
Crawford took Alvarez to school eh. No contest. Boxing is a terrible sport though, even after such a commanding performance, you cannot be sure the judges are not criminals.

I enjoyed the fight, the commentary sucked though, bunch of guys who love the sound of their own voices and kept spinning narrative to prove their expertise while missing calling some of the best punching flurries in the fight.

Crawford is an interesting person, he has a hardness that is difficult to define.
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On the Countdown show they had a story about him getting shot in the ear and driving himself to the hospital.

The judging is always a worry in a Canelo fight. Even Mayweather who easily outboxed him had one judge give it a draw. I've seen a lot of discussion on the GGG decisions, especially the first which was judged a draw. Bivol outboxed him, I saw some discussions on that decision after the Crawford fight. Checked the cards and they were close something like 7 rounds to 5.

I enjoyed the prelim fight I saw and Mbilli vs Martinez was my favourite fight on the undercard. Two fights with guys in close. Those fights are good when there isn't a lot of clinching. They must be frustrating for the trainers with them giving instructions to jab and the fighters walk in next to each other to work the body and throw hooks and uppercuts in close.

Crawford was relaxed all week. Even going up 2 weight classes and the long layoff. He still made it look easy. A special talent.
 
I am pretty sure it was Crawford Bob Arum was complaining about. Saying he was a good fighter but too hard to promote, not marketable.

I thought it was stupid when he first said it. As that's his job, market the guy and put on the fights to build him up or turn him into a star.
 
I saw an interview after the fight with Timothy Bradley explaining how he sparred with Crawford.

Crawford gets dropped off by his brother in-law. No entourage, get ready to spar by himself. Bradley "I'm there with my entourage, a former champion. He turns up by himself and whoops my ass".
 
It was quite a hard fight to watch after the UFC main event yesterday.

I loved boxing growing up in the Tyson era, love Ali. But the product isn't has exciting as MMA.
 
sup42 said:
Crawford took Alvarez to school eh. No contest. Boxing is a terrible sport though, even after such a commanding performance, you cannot be sure the judges are not criminals.

I enjoyed the fight, the commentary sucked though, bunch of guys who love the sound of their own voices and kept spinning narrative to prove their expertise while missing calling some of the best punching flurries in the fight.

Crawford is an interesting person, he has a hardness that is difficult to define.
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I agree, he took that fight by the horns. Canelo never seemed to find his rhythm

Crawford had plenty of stamina late into the fight (not to take anything away from him, but I wouldn't be surprised to see him fail some sort of doping test). Mind you, the sheik probably wouldn't allow that sort of bad publicity to get out if it did happen

Great to see the fight on Netflix - gone are the days of waiting for hours for the main event, waiting through all the curtain raisers. You can just turn your phone off and watch it later in the day and fast forward most of the other bouts
 
Was surprised/shocked to see Crawford
Out to $2.50 ($3.50 by dec).

Just had a feeling he would be too much for canelo in terms of pivots, creating angles. Even in the inside exchanges he was winning them.

Always love watching crawford figbt
 
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