Glad it's happening, Crawford looks awesome, I can't see him having much trouble, win all the gold and then move up and get the really big fights! I'm happy for Indongo too, the guy came out of nowhere and now he will make a fortune.
Naandrew wrote:No because the IBF are p***ks and broke the titles up. They did it with Jermain Taylor, Tyson Fury,Mormeck and probably many others in the past.
They may do it with this still. Lipinets is mandatory and his team were saying they would get Indingo stripped at one point.
Outside of Crawford fighting Pacquaio or just moving up to 147 generally- it's a great fight. I see Crawford winning for sure but I think Indongo is slightly underrated.
IT wrote:Outside of Crawford fighting Pacquaio or just moving up to 147 generally- it's a great fight. I see Crawford winning for sure but I think Indongo is slightly underrated.
Under rated for sure. I've only seen two of his fights and was really impressed both times. Good engine too, Crawford will have his hands full right to the end.
Indongo is definitely a tough matchup. He's extremely tall and lanky for the 140 pound division. He also has an awkward style that can give guys trouble no matter how polished they are because he does things in such an unorthodox manner. Awkward ass guys like that you can never really prepare for.
Crawford will beat him, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if this turns out to be Crawford's hardest fight to date.
The IBF, WBA, WBC, and also the WBO, already dilute the world scene more than enough. All the rest trying to gain worth should be completely ignored by the fans, we dont need any more world titles in our sport.
gilgamesh wrote:Indongo is definitely a tough matchup. He's extremely tall and lanky for the 140 pound division. He also has an awkward style that can give guys trouble no matter how polished they are because he does things in such an unorthodox manner. Awkward ass guys like that you can never really prepare for.
Crawford will beat him, but I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if this turns out to be Crawford's hardest fight to date.
Agree with you - he's lanky and awkward in style - he could tie you up and make fight really difficult.
We still have not really seen all that much of Indongo - he won in canter against Burns - who's solid fighter and 24 seconds v Russian so there's not much to go off.
IT wrote:Outside of Crawford fighting Pacquaio or just moving up to 147 generally- it's a great fight. I see Crawford winning for sure but I think Indongo is slightly underrated.
Under rated for sure. I've only seen two of his fights and was really impressed both times. Good engine too, Crawford will have his hands full right to the end.
That's the only fight there's real footage of him - Burns said himself they struggled to get much out of Namibia and the Russian fight only lasted 30 seconds.
Burns said he hit really hard from awkward angles.
He made Burns look ordinary. I saw the other fight on Dailymotion search Indongo.
While I don't think it is a 50/50 fight, Indongo is so awkward and not a huge underdog. Crawford has not faced anyone so unconventional and that is enough to sew some doubt.
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