“If Mosley Could Clip Mayweather, Imagine What Bud Could’ve Done”: Boxing World Divided After Floyd Mayweather and Terence Crawford Are Pit Against Each Other in a Dream Match-Up

Terence Crawford has ended one debate but started another. He made the former Unified Welterweight Champion, Errol Spence Jr, look like easy work last Saturday night. He dropped his opponent in the 9th round and became the Undisputed king of the welterweight division. His smart analytical boxing was successful against Spence.

Notably, Crawford has raised a lot of eyebrows through his technical prowess against the powerful Spence. He’s officially ended the debate of who the best boxer is in the welterweight division. But now there is another question looming within the community.

Terence Crawford vs. Floyd Mayweather: who’s the better welterweight?

Now that Crawford has achieved such an incredible feat, the question of whether he is eligible for the G.O.A.T. status arises. This question usually leads to debates when fans wonder who’d win in a match between a new champion and a champion from the past. A similar thing is happening after Crawford’s recent performance as well. The fans are curious whether Crawford would have been able to defeat Floyd Mayweather in his prime.

Some believe that Mayweather could’ve easily handled Crawford regardless of his unique stance-shifting techniques. On the other hand, some fans, especially after the latest victory, believe that Crawford could’ve dealt with Mayweather with ease.

Even the famous Boxing reporter, Andreas Hale, talked on the SirusXM Boxing podcast, where he pointed out that Mayweather never really fought any opponent who was in their prime in his career. Fans can also draw on the thoughts of Mayweather’s uncle, who gave his brutally honest analysis of Crawford vs. Spence fight.

Responding to a post by Boxing Kingdom on Twitter, fans speculated on who would have won.

Fans put out their opinions about the hypothetical Crawford vs. Mayweather fight

The fans found themselves divided as a burning question was asked on Twitter by Boxing Kingdom. The post asked fans about their predictions for a dream match between Crawford and Mayweather. Well, some took the side of ‘Money’, while some stood by ‘Bud’ and the remaining ones were just amazed by the thought of such an incredible bout.

One of the fans, Julian Herot, pointed out that if Shane Mosley put up a good fight against Mayweather, then Crawford could easily win, as they consider Crawford to be a better fighter than Mosley.

On the other hand, KOBE BETTER THEN LEBRON talked about how they believe Mayweather would’ve easily put down Crawford. They even called any other prediction to just be a result of the recency bias.

TraderSYM voiced their opinion in favor of Crawford and claimed that ‘Bud’ in his prime would knock out ‘Money’ in his prime.

One fan, Tokyo, gave his reasons for why he thinks Floyd Mayweather would be the winner against Terence Crawford.

On a completely different note, Goddess Nadia – GoddessNadia.com, praised both fighters for their strength.

They were excited just by the thought of this legendary bout.

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The fans have given their mixed reactions over the great hypothetical match between Crawford and Mayweather. Still, no matter what side anybody’s on, this definitely has become the reason behind the intrigue of every boxing fan, especially after what Crawford showed the world on July 29th. What are your thoughts about this dream fight? Tell us in the comments section.

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