Comments Thread For: BoxingScene Round Table: Takeaway From Estrada-Rodriguez

[daggum]

Picking up 'paper titles' to become unified champion? What are you talking about? Crawford beat the best guys in 3 divisions and was fully undisputed in two. Who didn't he fight that has you calling him a paper champion? I like Bam Rodriguez and he deserves all the attention he's getting but you are glazing over some important context if you believe that Bam's achievements thus far eclipse Bud's. Bam has had an incredible last 2 years beating 3/4 of LAST DECADES Flyweight Fab 4. If he beat the 2013-14 versions of those guys, then we would be talking about a real legend at the top of the P4P list, but we are not talking about that. Crawford beating Spence, Porter, Brook, Khan, Postol, Gamboa, etc (not aged out versions of them either) is substantially more creditable than Rodriguez beating three old and inactive former greats. Bam deserves credit for also picking apart a very talented Sunny Edwards, but then again, Edwards cannot crack eggs. Let's see what Bam does against a killer in his prime. Junto Nakatani is waiting.

laughable. khan and brook for example were shot to pieces. they werent even ranked when crawford fought them. they are the definition of old past it names and aged out versions of themselves. rungvisai and estrada were both ranked 1 when bam fought them. cuadras 6th. they were still relevant fighters, they werent in their primes that is true but they werent done like khan and brook. gamboa also wasnt a legit 135 pounder. good fighter in his prime for sure, but he was never even able to crack the top 10 at 135 after moving up. porter was 34 when crawford fought him. estrada was 34.

[TheOneAboveAll]

laughable. khan and brook for example were shot to pieces. they werent even ranked when crawford fought them. they are the definition of old past it names and aged out versions of themselves. rungvisai and estrada were both ranked 1 when bam fought them. cuadras 6th. they were still relevant fighters, they werent in their primes that is true but they werent done like khan and brook. gamboa also wasnt a legit 135 pounder. good fighter in his prime for sure, but he was never even able to crack the top 10 at 135 after moving up. porter was 34 when crawford fought him. estrada was 34.

Okay, you've swayed me. Bam at #5.

[daggum]

Okay, you've swayed me. Bam at #5.

thank you lol