We’ve got a really nice boxing weekend before us, but the biggest fight is that the showdown between Terence”Bud” Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) and Jeff”The Hornet” Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) on ESPN+ at 9:30 p.m. ET Saturday. Both face off that Horn acquired from Manny Pacquiao.
Bud
By Malik Smith
Arguably the best busy American fighter — he ranks third behind Gennady Golovkin and Vasiliy Lomachenko in The Ring’s pound-for-pound ranks — Crawford is seeking a new challenge by going up to the welterweight division.
Crawford washed out the junior-welterweight ranks in dramatic fashion with a third-round knockout of Julius Indongo past summer to become the first undisputed champion to hold four belts since Jermain Taylor in 2005.
Crawford is the type of guy who likes to create an impression on the big stage, and his power makes him dangerous from any competitor. His past 10 bouts have all been world title fights, and he’s 10-0 with seven stoppage wins. Five of his competitors over that course are former or current world champions, therefore he has seen the best competition at every level.
Defensively, he is nearly impossible to hit recently. Crawford’s past three opponents each landed fewer than 20% of their punches against him.
The Hornet
From Michael Leboff
Horn is an interesting dude, and that’s also the best way to describe the judging from the largest win of the Aussie’s career — a unanimous decision over Pacquiao 11 months ago.
In that struggle, Horn had been outclassed to the stage that the ref came to him his corner and threatened to halt the fight if he did not show something shortly. And yet, the judges gave him the nod. I am sure the fact that the fight happened in Horn’s hometown of Brisbane, Australia, had nothing to do with the corrupt scorecards.
Anywho, while we all tend to focus on the shady scoring, the 30-year-old did show some great things in that fight. Horn’s chin and durability was evident, and he did come alive in the subsequent rounds.
I came away from the Pacquiao battle impressed by Horn’s ability to hang in there, and that has opened a gambling opportunity.
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