Crawford Vs Charlo at 154

[Spicoli]

Ideally and historically this would be the next step for Bud moving up. Beat the very best, fully unified and then face the same one step up in Charlo. Today however we get a mutated Charlo vs Canelo event leaving 154 in limbo. Personally I don’t see Charlo returning and think the belts will fracture. Charlo can tease it all he wants, but he made a financial decision to avoid a mandatory he already signed with and says all you need to know about his long term intent. I don’t think Crawford is signed long term with pbc but he has a decision to make.

Maybe Crawford will follow the example and say coax Haney to jump up two divisions. They can slap a big blinding banner of “undisputed vs undisputed” for some fans and sell it as Haney being a naturally big lightweight. Same weight jump as Charlo v Canelo, same amount of belts involved and arguably Haney more active and recently in the brighter spotlight than Charlo to accompany new fresh earned stardom of Crawford...and yes it would be equally absurd as Canelo-Charlo . * Tongue planted firmly in cheek

[Primo Carnera]

Ideally and historically this would be the next step for Bud moving up. Beat the very best, fully unified and then face the same one step up in Charlo. Today however we get a mutated Charlo vs Canelo event leaving 154 in limbo. Personally I don’t see Charlo returning and think the belts will fracture. Charlo can tease it all he wants, but he made a financial decision to avoid a mandatory he already signed with and says all you need to know about his long term intent. I don’t think Crawford is signed long term with pbc but he has a decision to make.

Maybe Crawford will follow the example and say coax Haney to jump up two divisions. They can slap a big blinding banner of “undisputed vs undisputed” for some fans and sell it as Haney being a naturally big lightweight. Same weight jump as Charlo v Canelo, same amount of belts involved and arguably Haney more active and recently in the brighter spotlight than Charlo to accompany new fresh earned stardom of Crawford...and yes it would be equally absurd as Canelo-Charlo . * Tongue planted firmly in cheek

Like you said , it’s very likely the belts could fracture , and who knows , we might see Crawford v Spence for a title at 154.
Personally, I think it would be the same result, unfortunately I reckon these car crashes have taken too much from Spence.
That’s taking nothing away from Crawford, I think he woulda beat Spence without car crashes, just maybe not as easily.
But Spence maybe deserves a chance to see if it was because he’s been boiling down too long.

[Spicoli]

Ideally and historically this would be the next step for Bud moving up. Beat the very best, fully unified and then face the same one step up in Charlo. Today however we get a mutated Charlo vs Canelo event leaving 154 in limbo. Personally I don’t see Charlo returning and think the belts will fracture. Charlo can tease it all he wants, but he made a financial decision to avoid a mandatory he already signed with and says all you need to know about his long term intent. I don’t think Crawford is signed long term with pbc but he has a decision to make.

Maybe Crawford will follow the example and say coax Haney to jump up two divisions. They can slap a big blinding banner of “undisputed vs undisputed” for some fans and sell it as Haney being a naturally big lightweight. Same weight jump as Charlo v Canelo, same amount of belts involved and arguably Haney more active and recently in the brighter spotlight than Charlo to accompany new fresh earned stardom of Crawford...and yes it would be equally absurd as Canelo-Charlo . * Tongue planted firmly in cheek

Like you said , it’s very likely the belts could fracture , and who knows , we might see Crawford v Spence for a title at 154.
Personally, I think it would be the same result, unfortunately I reckon these car crashes have taken too much from Spence.
That’s taking nothing away from Crawford, I think he woulda beat Spence without car crashes, just maybe not as easily.
But Spence maybe deserves a chance to see if it was because he’s been boiling down too long.

Yeh totally agree. The talk was Spence was 154 bound regardless of outcome and this result will only cement it I think. He’s simple going to kick it in an active gear but stylistically and mentally Crawford has the advantages no matter weight . I figure Tszyu is overdue and held up his end of the bargain. Be interesting to see which body moves to strip Charlo. Maybe early but Bud vs Tim is one I’d pay to see. Both Spence and Bud will breath life into the division.

[Kirkland Laing]

I read that Crawford said he's happy to move up and was struggling to make 147 as well. It's a shame there are no box office fights at 154. I wonder how much the rematch is worth. I have a feeling it's a little devalued after the one sidedness of the first fight but moneywise it's probably still far and away the best option for both of them.

[Master]

I read that Crawford said he's happy to move up and was struggling to make 147 as well. It's a shame there are no box office fights at 154. I wonder how much the rematch is worth. I have a feeling it's a little devalued after the one sidedness of the first fight but moneywise it's probably still far and away the best option for both of them.

You are probably right it makes the most money for them both but not really required.

This is similar to when Jermain Taylor lost to Kelly Pavlik for the Middleweight titles and forced the rematch at the higher weight when it was not wanted but made good money for both.

Even if Charlo loses he can still make big money fighting the winner of this bout.

[J_Undisputed]

Mid-fight after he put down Spence in the 7th, Crawford went to the neutral corner spotted Charlo, pointed and said "you're next..." with a grin. I think at that point Charlo shitted a wall of bricks around himself. I busted out laughing because I think it set in to Charlo, that Bud wasn't joking when he said he would Shut Charlo up after Spence. I don't think it will happen though. There could be lot of money in it, but the twins are known for dragging this kind of stuff out. Charlos big enough but would have the same problem as Spence, he's not going to see the punches that are going to put him out.