Terence Crawford vs. Julius Indongo ESPN

[Batman]

I was talking to a lad at work today about this fight, he knows his boxing, big fan he is

Now I don't know if this has been discussed in this thread already (I don't think it has) but we were trying to think of the last time someone unified, neither of us could think, we would throw a name out there and the other would shoot it down.

The winner of this fight will be the first person to unify and hold all four belts since Jermain Taylor beat Hopkins in 2005, I think that makes this fight that little bit more special.

Crawford has said that winning this fight should make him p4p#1, without getting into all that nonsense again the achievement certainly wouldn't harm his cause.

I'm really looking forward to this, I'm not going to be staying up for it cuz I'm going round me mom n dads tomorrow night so I'll record it and watch it first thing when I wake up at about 5am

[Beanz]

I will definitely be recording it, 5am is too early for me but am very much looking forward to avoiding all media and watching it "as live".

[Batman]

I will definitely be recording it, 5am is too early for me but am very much looking forward to avoiding all media and watching it "as live".

5am is my usual wake up time of a weekend, weekdays I normally lay in bed till about 6am

[Alpha]

I was talking to a lad at work today about this fight, he knows his boxing, big fan he is

Now I don't know if this has been discussed in this thread already (I don't think it has) but we were trying to think of the last time someone unified, neither of us could think, we would throw a name out there and the other would shoot it down.

The winner of this fight will be the first person to unify and hold all four belts since Jermain Taylor beat Hopkins in 2005, I think that makes this fight that little bit more special.

Crawford has said that winning this fight should make him p4p#1, without getting into all that nonsense again the achievement certainly wouldn't harm his cause.

Crawford (like Loma) makes good opponents look ordinary. Crawford is patient and will take his time to work out openings. I see him Picking Indongo apart in the later rounds. A Crawford, Garcia, Loma round robin is mouth watering.

[Ron Swanson]

Very curious for the ratings for this fight. The Loma fight did horrible ratings in ESPN terms, and seats were empty in a 3400 seat theatre.(not many but a 3400 seat place shouldn't have comps and still empty seats) And that was with advertising every commercial break.

But this fight I have not seen one commercial yet and the fight is fricken tomorrow. I hope it doesn't flop too.

[Spicoli]

Very curious for the ratings for this fight. The Loma fight did horrible ratings in ESPN terms, and seats were empty in a 3400 seat theatre.(not many but a 3400 seat place shouldn't have comps and still empty seats) And that was with advertising every commercial break.

But this fight I have not seen one commercial yet and the fight is fricken tomorrow. I hope it doesn't flop too.

Bad thing is it is proceeded by The Little League world series live so almost guaranteed to miss at least very beginning of card and may have to go to ESPN 2. They seriously screwed up the Loma card with it bouncing between 3 different channels AND they didn't even bother running a ticker on screen to give fans a heads up. I'm almost surprised that as many fans saw it as was reported. Crawford is back in Nebraska where he does top turn out surprisingly enough.

didn't realize Indongo has the size he has and certainly doesn't seem fazed. I really wouldn't be shocked to see Crawford have to battle through some unforeseen adversity before it's over. Especially if he falls into clowning and dropping the hands he has grown fond of lately.

[Alpha]

Yea I hope Indongo is competitive. Keep getting flash backs of Trinidad being the overwhelming favorite in the Hopkins unification. Indongo ain't no Hopkins but he's a road warrior who has earned his way to this level.

[powerpuncher]

Just watched Indongo's last two fights. The one was like a minute long but the burns one was pretty telling. He reminds me a lot of Paul Williams. His physical height and reach is annoying for his opponents but he gives it up a lot by lunging in with his shots. He also throws a lot of punches.

From what I saw, I really don't think he will give Crawford much trouble. Crawford himself has a pretty long reach and is much quicker. I'm not sure how good the chin of Indongo is but if it isn't great, I think he gets stopped. If he has a solid chin, he lasts the distance but will have limited output and lost most of the rounds.

[walrus]

Oh snap Crawford is a beautiful fighter. Even the oracle of Omaha goes to his fights

[Fenster]

Indongo, who is only getting this fight because he burgled two trinkets, wasn't even known a year ago, most fans have never seen him fight (just read the comments on here) yet are all excited/hyped because four silly belts are on the line.

Lets get this right - Indongo is a far bigger betting outsider than McGregor to beat Floyd. The silly Floyd mismatch is considered more competitive than the super duper shiny belts fight.

Indongo didn't look like a P4P world-conqueror beating a virtual "shot" Burns. He's a tall bloke with a rinse and repeat left hand that showed a good engine in a fight he was allowed to dominate and control.

Crawford KO within 6. (7/2)

[Batman]

Indongo, who is only getting this fight because he burgled two trinkets, wasn't even known a year ago, most fans have never seen him fight (just read the comments on here) yet are all excited/hyped because four silly belts are on the line.

Yup, I've only seen him against Burns, whilst the belt situation isn't the be all and end all it is certainly worth mentioning.

Regardless of Indongos quality (or lack of) being the first person to unify in 12 years is certainly worth mentioning, to just completely disregard it is a little unfair on the fighters.

[palmerq]

Indongo, who is only getting this fight because he burgled two trinkets, wasn't even known a year ago, most fans have never seen him fight (just read the comments on here) yet are all excited/hyped because four silly belts are on the line.

Yup, I've only seen him against Burns,

if you can spare 40 swconds you can see his fight to win his first title v troyanovsky :S

https://youtu.be/Cg4HUUssp3U?t=225

I am looking forward to this one as I think crawford is great and always good to watch(bar his silly head taps on his opponents which he seems to love right now) and uniting all 4 belts is pretty and a cool achievement i think. Indongo looks pretty big and strong but very wild, I think crawford would have to be asleep to lose this one, I would love it if indongo won it though.

Some interesting stuff on the undercard too,although they mostly look like mismatches, whyte, jennings, gvozdyk and shakur stevenson. I always thought jennings had some talent, good to see him back in the ring at last after ortiz gave him a good beating.

[powerpuncher]

Indongo, who is only getting this fight because he burgled two trinkets, wasn't even known a year ago, most fans have never seen him fight (just read the comments on here) yet are all excited/hyped because four silly belts are on the line.

Lets get this right - Indongo is a far bigger betting outsider than McGregor to beat Floyd. The silly Floyd mismatch is considered more competitive than the super duper shiny belts fight.

Indongo didn't look like a P4P world-conqueror beating a virtual "shot" Burns. He's a tall bloke with a rinse and repeat left hand that showed a good engine in a fight he was allowed to dominate and control.

Crawford KO within 6. (7/2)

I actually agree with you. I guess sometimes we do agree 😁

[palmerq]

does anyone know if they are showing the pre televised stuff on some kind of webcast today, facebook/youtube/whatever?

[Master]

does anyone know if they are showing the pre televised stuff on some kind of webcast today, facebook/youtube/whatever?

No.