No, its not tough at all. Inoue just beat a top 15ish p4p fighter which was impressive and worthy of the praise hes getting but Crawford just utterly destroyed a top 5 p4p who many argued could be #1. Crawford is CLEARLY the #1 and Inoue the clear #2.
It’s a P4P ranking. Inoue is a champ in 4 weight classes, that’s kinda the basis of P4P. And you mention how TBud utterly destroyed Spence, which is an on point description, but you say Inoue “beat” Fulton. Inoue utterly destroyed Fulton as well. The fights were very similar. Domination from the start and a finish. I think it’s 1a 1b, fine if you don’t.
Keith isnt going anywhere near Bud and Ennis would get smoked. Super talented just not enough experience. He`ll have his time to rule the division after Bud is gone which is likely to be soon. I think the easy answer wouldve been move up to fight Jermell for undisputed but hes fighting Canelo and after he gets beat up and likely KOd by Canelo he may not want to come back down in weight to get bludgeoned by Bud so he may hold off on that fight till 2025 if at all. Im honestly not sure where he goes but he holds all the cards at WW if he wants to stay there for another year which may be his best bet. As far as rematch i think Spence will come to his senses and move on.
Yes he destroyed Fulton but not to the level that Spence got beat down and Fulton is not on the level of Spence as far as P4P. That was my point. Its like a college basketball team already ranked #1 beating the #4 team by 30 and the #2 team beats the #15 team by 25. Both great but the #1 would hold their spot. I get youre not a Crawford fan but he is the clear man right now.
Buds a real fighter. Hes about legacy and wants to be among the greats and to be there you have to risk and dare to be great something that Floyd never did.
It was like, almost precisely the same type of beatdown. Both Spence and Fulton won 1 round. I get the quality of opponent thing, but Inoue moved way up to fight him. TBud is at home at welterweight for over 5 years. Weight class changes tend make things more impressive.
He got paid for this fight, but he was being underpaid for years. This was the source of his beef with Bob Arum. He saw what the PBC guys were getting and couldn't understand why his promoter couldn't get him similar numbers. At 35 I'm sure he wants to maximize his earning window. If there are no other money fights out there, and Spence wants to really run it back, i don't know how he says no to the money.
Bud is undisputed in two weight classes. First man to do it in 35 years in the multi belt era. The list of fighters that couldnt do it including the great Mayweather make that accomplishment special. More special than beating a guy a weight class up.
I’m not diminishing Bud, you’re diminishing Inoue.
Both are great, but Fulton wasn't on any P4P lists. Spence was, and Bud surgically took him apart.
Not at all. But you know that.
The really light weight class fighters are rarely represented on P4P lists, that’s why Inoue is so impressive.
Bud mentioned a change in jab they they spent a lot of time on leading up to the fight. He mentioned it was purposely "harder"...I think after he established the jab, it went south pretty quickly for Spence. Also, Bud didn't wait around to "figure" Spence out. He probably felt the strength difference in the second and started pushing forward earlier than normal.
