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Speaker 1: Really looking at three different things. Why it matters, what

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Speaker 1: We're gonna hear little snippets from that today little at btizer,

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Speaker 1: As I mentioned, but where I asked him straight up,

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Speaker 2: You know what, I think.

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Speaker 3: I think the number one thing is not to outthink yourself,

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Speaker 2: So you know, we're prepared to do multiple things.

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Speaker 1: You know why this fight has so much potential to

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Speaker 1: Notice that Bud, who, let's be fair, doesn't like to

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Speaker 1: I've been interviewing Bud for years and I've failed them

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Speaker 1: mention there is you know, the elbows, the knees. Sean

428
00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,119
Speaker 1: Porter was once labeled as a dirty fighter. Straight up.

429
00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,399
Speaker 1: He hated that label. I used to interview him back

430
00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,040
Speaker 1: and bring it up every time, and he hated it.

431
00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,199
Speaker 1: He hasn't leaned on that in a while. And when

432
00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:57,159
Speaker 1: I say lean on that, poor Andre Burdo. Now, for

433
00:21:57,280 --> 00:22:03,399
Speaker 1: somebody to utilize dirty tactics, overly physical tactics, for them

434
00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:05,400
Speaker 1: to be truly effective, you need an opponent who will

435
00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,760
Speaker 1: succumb to it. You also need a referee willing on

436
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:11,240
Speaker 1: that evening to allow it. You look back at poor

437
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,639
Speaker 1: Andre Berto still looking for that harvest. By the way,

438
00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:19,639
Speaker 1: Berto love you. He got overwhelmed by Sean's aggressiveness. Not

439
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,320
Speaker 1: only did the elbows, the shoulders, all that stuff cause cuts,

440
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,720
Speaker 1: but Berto spent more time complaining to the referee who

441
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,520
Speaker 1: didn't necessarily bail him out. I'm trying to remember who

442
00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:31,879
Speaker 1: was the ref that night, Mark Nelson. That fight was

443
00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,760
Speaker 1: at the Barclay Center. Good old Mark Nelson didn't necessarily

444
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:40,280
Speaker 1: have the back that night. He looked. Referees are different

445
00:22:40,280 --> 00:22:42,480
Speaker 1: strike zones, and that's why, you know every fight could

446
00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:46,879
Speaker 1: be different. Why was Floyd my Donna one different than

447
00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,440
Speaker 1: Floyd My Donna two, maybe because we had Tony Weeks

448
00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:52,920
Speaker 1: in the first fight, who kind of allows that stuff

449
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:55,119
Speaker 1: to go down, and then we had Kenny Bayliss in

450
00:22:55,119 --> 00:22:58,040
Speaker 1: the second, who's been called Floyd's caddy in the past.

451
00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,600
Speaker 1: And while I don't think Kenny Bayliss is a referee

452
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,480
Speaker 1: who you know, favors anyone, he calls those balls and

453
00:23:03,520 --> 00:23:06,360
Speaker 1: strikes pretty tight. He doesn't allow the infighting. If you've

454
00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,679
Speaker 1: got a referee that allows the infighting, Sean Porter may

455
00:23:08,800 --> 00:23:11,800
Speaker 1: end up bringing some of that, but Andre Berto was

456
00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:15,240
Speaker 1: somebody who succumbed to it. He got knocked out sort

457
00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,040
Speaker 1: of by tapping out. It was almost sort of like man, man,

458
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:20,600
Speaker 1: enough with this, Like enough with this. You ain't gonna

459
00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,879
Speaker 1: call this fight the right way. You know, you get

460
00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:25,600
Speaker 1: in a fight or flight mode, You're either gonna dig

461
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:27,240
Speaker 1: in and do it back to him and fight back,

462
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,040
Speaker 1: or you may give up. And I don't think Bud

463
00:23:30,080 --> 00:23:32,440
Speaker 1: Crawford's going to give up at all. I think, in fact,

464
00:23:33,359 --> 00:23:35,959
Speaker 1: you play dirty against Bud, probably gona give it right

465
00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:37,760
Speaker 1: back to you, probably gonna fight you right back. Now,

466
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:41,440
Speaker 1: there's something to be said strategically. Should Porter try like

467
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,040
Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier. Should he try to lure Crawford into

468
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,520
Speaker 1: a brawl, into a fight, Should he attempt things that

469
00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,080
Speaker 1: will frustrate the guy who is a little bit more skilled,

470
00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:52,840
Speaker 1: I bet you he will. So that's certainly something to

471
00:23:52,920 --> 00:23:55,320
Speaker 1: watch out for when we talk about which version of

472
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Speaker 1: Sean Porter what we see. Because while I don't think

473
00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:02,040
Speaker 1: he'll be able to use these fouls to make Bud

474
00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,440
Speaker 1: quit or get him off of his game, will this

475
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:08,480
Speaker 1: help though incite a riot a little bit of a brawl.

476
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,640
Speaker 1: Will that favor Sean Porter if they're brawling at CROs range? Yes,

477
00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,320
Speaker 1: As the fighter with the reach in potential speed disadvantage,

478
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to get inside. He's gonna want to

479
00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:19,800
Speaker 1: get inside. Look out for that. Also, look out that

480
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,160
Speaker 1: cuts can be caused when you fight this style. Both

481
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:24,119
Speaker 1: the Sean Porter, who look at him closely, he's a

482
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,000
Speaker 1: handsome guy. He addresses great. I don't know why he

483
00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,280
Speaker 1: had the vest on on Tuesday's press conference like his

484
00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:30,040
Speaker 1: member of the village people, and I called him out

485
00:24:30,080 --> 00:24:33,160
Speaker 1: for it. Love you, Sean. But he can cut easily

486
00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,960
Speaker 1: as well, So that could be a plus form it

487
00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,280
Speaker 1: could be a negative if he tries to fight dirty

488
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,800
Speaker 1: early on. We'll see how Bud reacts. Porter hasn't done

489
00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:44,280
Speaker 1: that in a while, but it's always in his back

490
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:48,359
Speaker 1: pocket to do. So let's look at before we close

491
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Speaker 1: out on the Porter style clash in terms of who

492
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,680
Speaker 1: he will be, he has evolved at a pretty rapid

493
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,760
Speaker 1: pace in the second half of his career. We haven't

494
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,200
Speaker 1: seen him in a real fight since Spence in twenty nineteen.

495
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,320
Speaker 1: He did come back during the pandemic and the Empty

496
00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 1: Arena and he beat Sebastian Formela from Germany. He beat

497
00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:05,960
Speaker 1: the bags off. The guy was not on this level.

498
00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,600
Speaker 1: It went the distance. Sean battered him, but we haven't

499
00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 1: seen Sean in a while in a real fight. I

500
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,760
Speaker 1: did sort of ask him because of how rapidly you've evolved,

501
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:16,520
Speaker 1: how different will you be? What have you added to

502
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,680
Speaker 1: your game? You know what, we see a different guy

503
00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,240
Speaker 1: than we last saw against Errol Spence Junior.

504
00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:23,840
Speaker 2: I'm thirty four now.

505
00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:29,919
Speaker 3: You know, with age comes maturity, comes growth, comes more

506
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:34,000
Speaker 3: understanding of who you are and what you want out

507
00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:34,359
Speaker 3: of life.

508
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Speaker 2: And I think that.

509
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,400
Speaker 3: Me being a year older, going through the pandemic, being

510
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:43,359
Speaker 3: with my family, family, be getting bigger, being getting closer

511
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 3: to my dad. I mean, the numerous things have all

512
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 3: made me a better person, better fighter, and.

513
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Speaker 2: Saturday night's gonna be great.

514
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Speaker 1: Oh boy, I'm seriously. I hear any either of these

515
00:25:57,320 --> 00:25:59,560
Speaker 1: guys talk about it, I get fired the hell up

516
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:03,640
Speaker 1: for the fight. Wow. What to watch for. Number two

517
00:26:04,520 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 1: is there's something that happens in Bud Crawford fights, and

518
00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:11,920
Speaker 1: when it happens, the entire tenor of the fights change.

519
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:15,480
Speaker 1: When Bud, an orthodox fighter switches southpaw. He's not the

520
00:26:15,520 --> 00:26:18,119
Speaker 1: type of fighter that switches back and forth throughout the fights.

521
00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,400
Speaker 1: He is the type of fighter that once he makes

522
00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 1: that decision to go southpaw, the fight ends not necessarily

523
00:26:26,160 --> 00:26:29,439
Speaker 1: with a knockout right then, but he takes over control

524
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:33,840
Speaker 1: of it at such a rapidly dominant pace that none

525
00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:36,440
Speaker 1: of his opponents have been able to properly adjust to.

526
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,879
Speaker 1: That could have been the ability level. I don't know.

527
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,560
Speaker 1: Can Sean Porter adjust to that? Well. That's something to

528
00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:44,560
Speaker 1: watch out for, because there's been many fighters through the

529
00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 1: years who try to employ a stance switch at certain points.

530
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:50,800
Speaker 1: They don't usually commit to it. Though, it's hard to

531
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:53,439
Speaker 1: be the same fighter you are southpaw that you are

532
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:57,119
Speaker 1: orthodox or vice versa. Typically it's your defense that ends

533
00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,880
Speaker 1: up failing. I mean, we love it. We freaking love

534
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,720
Speaker 1: when Eric Morales in the first Pacqui Al fight switched

535
00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:07,040
Speaker 1: to South Paul in the twelfth round for absolutely no reason,

536
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,720
Speaker 1: just because he loves to fight and nearly got knocked

537
00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,239
Speaker 1: out despite winning that all time great classic in two

538
00:27:12,280 --> 00:27:15,359
Speaker 1: thousand and five. You remember Larry Merchant asking him afterwards

539
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:16,879
Speaker 1: and why did you Why the hell did you do that?

540
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 1: And Morales was like, did you like it? And good

541
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,480
Speaker 1: old Larry's like, yeah, I mean because he did that,

542
00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,760
Speaker 1: because we love it. Guys don't do that regularly. Marvin

543
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,920
Speaker 1: Hagler could switch stances effectively. A box and brawl was

544
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:34,399
Speaker 1: the real deal. Bud Crawford is the real deal, and

545
00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 1: it's when he makes that decision to do that. He's

546
00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 1: so proficient with that left cross, he's so there's something

547
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,240
Speaker 1: about him at South pace friskier. He just moves better,

548
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:48,560
Speaker 1: the combinations flow easier. There's going to become a point

549
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,120
Speaker 1: in time when he makes that switch. Typically, you don't

550
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,520
Speaker 1: come back from it. Can Sean Porter come back from it?

551
00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,640
Speaker 1: I gotta wait and see this, But why and when

552
00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:02,159
Speaker 1: does Bud Crawford switch it interesting question your boy BC askedhim?

553
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,440
Speaker 4: Or is it just is this instincts I guess.

554
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,160
Speaker 1: Is that a strategy you believe could work against Sean Porter.

555
00:28:13,240 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 4: I don't know, maybe maybe not. You know, Sean Porter

556
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 4: has been in the ring since a kid with South

557
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:24,520
Speaker 4: Pause Orthodox Fighters, so there's nothing that he's going to

558
00:28:24,560 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 4: be surprised about.

559
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 1: I tend to agree with that. I do want to

560
00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:30,960
Speaker 1: see if he can make that adjustment and you know,

561
00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:35,040
Speaker 1: Bud keeping keeping them cards close to the chest. If

562
00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,080
Speaker 1: you want more from that interview, As I mentioned YouTube

563
00:28:37,080 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 1: dot com Slash Morning Combat. Crawford may be soft spoken,

564
00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:42,560
Speaker 1: but he does give the details of why he believes

565
00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 1: PBC has frozen him out throughout the years in terms

566
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,960
Speaker 1: of keeping their welter weights away from him. Also, what

567
00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,320
Speaker 1: are his plans next as a free agent? Does he

568
00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 1: hold some ill will to top rank? For those public

569
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:57,360
Speaker 1: comments by Bob Aaron who claimed Crawford was never a draw,

570
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,440
Speaker 1: we never made money off of him. Check out that

571
00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,760
Speaker 1: inner for more. When we stay within What to watch

572
00:29:02,840 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: for the final one is this can't Sean Porter will

573
00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:10,040
Speaker 1: stand the onslaught? I mentioned that you know he can

574
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:12,440
Speaker 1: get hit, he can get drop Spence dropped him late,

575
00:29:12,520 --> 00:29:15,600
Speaker 1: bron Or dropped him late. When you fight at times

576
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: that aggressive and that reckless, you're gonna be open to

577
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 1: getting hit. Bud Crawford is It's not one to be

578
00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 1: messed with because he can hit you with those shots

579
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,960
Speaker 1: you don't see coming. They're insanely accurate, they're hard, they're fast.

580
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 1: A late stoppage here for Terrence Crawford is one hundred

581
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,600
Speaker 1: percent not out of the question. And this is where

582
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 1: Sean Porter's really got to toe the line here in

583
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: terms of what he told me, right, I want to

584
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 1: push Bud. It's gonna be better for me if I

585
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 1: get Bud into a war. It also has the chance

586
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 1: to potentially speed up his exit. I do agree with

587
00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,560
Speaker 1: Sean Porter, though. The more he can make this anything

588
00:29:54,680 --> 00:30:00,320
Speaker 1: but a traditional boxing match, the more avenues potentially open.

589
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 1: If he can get Bud into a two weight standing battle,

590
00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,080
Speaker 1: it's gonna potentially, you know, give him a chance to

591
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,760
Speaker 1: outwork him and smother him and maybe follow him. Like

592
00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:12,600
Speaker 1: I said, but I have got a lot of questions.

593
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: One of them is can Porter would stand the onslaught

594
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:18,720
Speaker 1: late should he get but into that fight, And also

595
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,760
Speaker 1: can he successfully actually do that. So here's what I mean.

596
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:27,320
Speaker 1: Remember when Spence fought Mikey Garcia in that pay per

597
00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:31,280
Speaker 1: view in twenty nineteen, and he purposely made a point

598
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:33,680
Speaker 1: to box from the outside because people said, oh, you're

599
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,560
Speaker 1: facing one of the pomp for pomp purest boxers in

600
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,640
Speaker 1: Mikey Garcia was moving up two weight divisions. But there

601
00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 1: was people saying that, you know, there was there was

602
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,160
Speaker 1: some hipster upset picks that maybe Mikey could beat Spence.

603
00:30:43,520 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 1: Spence took that personal that people thought he wasn't the

604
00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 1: same actual boxer, pure boxer as Mikey Garcia. So what

605
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:53,560
Speaker 1: did he do. He went out there and whitewashed him.

606
00:30:53,600 --> 00:30:56,160
Speaker 1: He went out there and shut the great Mikey Garcia out.

607
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,600
Speaker 1: Mike Garcia has never been the same from that fight. Yeah,

608
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 1: he put it on him late, but Spence said afterwards,

609
00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: I purposely didn't go for the knockout. I wanted to

610
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 1: show everybody that if I want to, at any time,

611
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:09,280
Speaker 1: I can stand on the outside and outbox this guy completely.

612
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,719
Speaker 1: By the way, I believe the same about Terrence Crawford,

613
00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,840
Speaker 1: and I've always said it. Watch the early Terrence Crawford

614
00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:16,800
Speaker 1: fights at one thirty five when he first arrived on

615
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:18,720
Speaker 1: the scene. First time we ever saw Terrence Crawford was

616
00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,800
Speaker 1: against Brtus Prescott in twenty thirteen late replacement on HBO

617
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 1: moved up to one pint forty boxed brilliantly. He had

618
00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:28,600
Speaker 1: a couple title defenses after that. Andre clean off those fights.

619
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:31,720
Speaker 1: It wasn't the exciting bud we see today, right, it was.

620
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,240
Speaker 1: It was circle from the outside, use that reach and

621
00:31:34,280 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 1: speed and just out. I feel like Crawford can outbox

622
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,120
Speaker 1: anybody if he has to, or if he wants to.

623
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 1: Luckily for us as fans of entertainment, he doesn't. But

624
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:47,040
Speaker 1: entering that Spence Porter fight, I think Seawan did a

625
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:49,800
Speaker 1: great job getting inside of Spence's head in what we

626
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,880
Speaker 1: found out afterwards. After that thrilling twelve round split decision

627
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 1: in which Sean Porter was able often to lure Eryl

628
00:31:58,360 --> 00:32:00,840
Speaker 1: Spence out of the idea of box it into a brawl,

629
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:04,480
Speaker 1: which again favored his best chance to compete on that level.

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00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,400
Speaker 1: Errol Spence told me a couple things in multiple interviews.

631
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Speaker 1: One that he completely abandoned his coach's game plan because

632
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,200
Speaker 1: he was overconfident that he could knock Sean Porter out

633
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:16,480
Speaker 1: in fact, if you remember, if you watched me do

634
00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:18,200
Speaker 1: the PBC face to face, but then you can pick

635
00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: it up on YouTube if you're still interested. There was

636
00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 1: a funny, great exchange where Spence was just like, look, Sean, look, okay,

637
00:32:23,960 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 1: cool buddy, but I'm better than you. I'm faster than you,

638
00:32:27,160 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 1: I'm stronger than you, and if it gets down to it,

639
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 1: I know I got more dog than you. And I

640
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,960
Speaker 1: think there was a part of Spence in that fight,

641
00:32:37,080 --> 00:32:39,920
Speaker 1: similar to wanting to prove that point against Garcia, that

642
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:43,600
Speaker 1: was like, you, athletic brawler, you think you can compete

643
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:47,160
Speaker 1: on my level in any category, I'm gonna show you something.

644
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,160
Speaker 1: So I think Spence took Porter lightly, which is what

645
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,160
Speaker 1: Sewan also believes as well. But it's Sean Porter who

646
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:58,080
Speaker 1: believes Spence didn't abandon the game plan as much as

647
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: he forced Spence into a brawl. That's going to be

648
00:33:02,760 --> 00:33:05,560
Speaker 1: something to watch out for, whether Porter can take the

649
00:33:06,120 --> 00:33:08,040
Speaker 1: heat in the kitchen should to get there in a brawl,

650
00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,240
Speaker 1: and whether he can get Bud Crawford off his game

651
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,240
Speaker 1: enough and know you're saying, hey, BC, I thought you

652
00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:15,239
Speaker 1: just told this. The Bud Crawford sometimes prefers to fight.

653
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,200
Speaker 1: He does. If you can fight with him on somewhat

654
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,520
Speaker 1: equal terms and get him into a fight, he'll stand

655
00:33:21,520 --> 00:33:23,920
Speaker 1: in there and take care of you can Sean Porter

656
00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,880
Speaker 1: successfully get him into that. It's gonna it's gonna need

657
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:29,880
Speaker 1: really a combination of of all the all the three

658
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 1: points to watch for that. I said, he's gonna have

659
00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: to vary his style. He's gonna have to toe the

660
00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 1: line of being dirty. He's going to have to make

661
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 1: Terrence Crawford uncomfortable and uneasy because when Crawford is able

662
00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: to dictate the terms of a fight, and he's done

663
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 1: it against every name I mentioned, he's gonna kick the

664
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:52,360
Speaker 1: shit out of you. He's he is brilliant. What else

665
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 1: do you want for Bud Crawford besides being a dynamic

666
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,400
Speaker 1: interview right he could go southbaw he could. He's got

667
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,800
Speaker 1: that long reach. He's getting on the angles, like when

668
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:04,240
Speaker 1: we always try to in our heads mentally handicap what

669
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 1: Spence Crawford will look like if we ever see it.

670
00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 1: By the way, they're both, you know, getting closer to

671
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:11,320
Speaker 1: thirty five, and the politricks don't make a lot of

672
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,520
Speaker 1: sense right now. It was always like two of the

673
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:16,759
Speaker 1: you know, the two best in their era at welterweight,

674
00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 1: two potentially all time great guys. But how I always

675
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,919
Speaker 1: looked at it was Spence is a little bit more

676
00:34:23,360 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 1: orthodox than Crawford. He's a little bit more South Paul

677
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,480
Speaker 1: one two, one two, you know, not basic, because Spence

678
00:34:31,560 --> 00:34:34,120
Speaker 1: can also do pretty much do it all, but he's

679
00:34:34,160 --> 00:34:37,960
Speaker 1: not the abstract painter Terrence Crawford is. He's not the

680
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 1: guy who can just do things that you didn't assume

681
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: or think was coming. Crazy combinations, you know, inverted combinations

682
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,040
Speaker 1: where you're leading with your lead hand, just you know,

683
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 1: body shots, uppercuts. Terrence Crawford is a bad dude. Can

684
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 1: Seanporter get him off of plans? You know, A B

685
00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 1: and C? Because to beat somebody like Terrence Crawford, short

686
00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 1: of getting him into a war and rolling the dice

687
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,400
Speaker 1: and hoping that you are the better soldier, you are

688
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,520
Speaker 1: going to have to make a championship level adjustment upon

689
00:35:09,680 --> 00:35:13,800
Speaker 1: championship level adjustment. To Sean Porter's credit, he did a

690
00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,840
Speaker 1: lot of that against Aryl Spence in a close split decision,

691
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: but Spence was very willing to engage, and Spence also

692
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:26,920
Speaker 1: dropped him late. Can Sean Porter with Stan the onslaught.

693
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,879
Speaker 1: Your answer to that question is going to dictate a lot.

694
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 1: What is the final part of our segment? Who wins

695
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:39,160
Speaker 1: between these classic great welterweights? And why well you saw

696
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,880
Speaker 1: those odds we flashed on the screen. It's Terrence Crawford's

697
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,959
Speaker 1: fight to win. Is Sean Porter at his very best,

698
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,799
Speaker 1: a possible future Hall of Famer because he's always fought

699
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:51,240
Speaker 1: the best. He's lost some he's won more than he lost.

700
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,360
Speaker 1: Or is Sean Porter And this is disrespectful, but some

701
00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,799
Speaker 1: people believe it. Is he just a perfect dressed up

702
00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:00,719
Speaker 1: b side, a guy who can give you a very

703
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,560
Speaker 1: tough fight. I mean, I hate to say this about

704
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,839
Speaker 1: the great Wilford Bernitez, the Puerto Rican Hall of Famer,

705
00:36:05,920 --> 00:36:08,040
Speaker 1: one of the best of all time. He played that

706
00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 1: role for the Four Kings. Okay, you know he's got

707
00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:12,839
Speaker 1: he's gotta win in that series. But you know he's

708
00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:15,560
Speaker 1: the guy who came up just short against them. He

709
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 1: you know, some people say he should have been the

710
00:36:17,080 --> 00:36:20,040
Speaker 1: fifth King. Is Sean Porter the fifth King more or

711
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 1: less in this in this great era? You know, because

712
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:26,239
Speaker 1: he came up that short against against Keith Thurman. He

713
00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,520
Speaker 1: lost to a prime kel Brook. He beat your Dennis Ugas,

714
00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:31,960
Speaker 1: who just beat Packy, although I thought I thought the

715
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 1: judge missed the twelveth round knockdown that would have given

716
00:36:34,160 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 1: Ugas to win. There. Sean Porter's beaten guys like Danny Garcia,

717
00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:42,360
Speaker 1: but he's also given great fighters as much of a

718
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:45,799
Speaker 1: fight as they can handle to bring out what makes

719
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 1: them great. Keith Thurman's not great anymore. I'm sorry he's not.

720
00:36:49,600 --> 00:36:51,520
Speaker 1: He's been inactive, he's been injured. I don't think he's

721
00:36:51,560 --> 00:36:53,239
Speaker 1: really interested in this game anymore. And I hate to

722
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 1: say that out loud, but the Keith Thurman that Sean

723
00:36:55,760 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 1: Porter fought in that epic, epic twenty sixteen unification fight

724
00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:04,560
Speaker 1: on CBS. By the way, people forget that. They just

725
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 1: if you want to know who Seanporter is, go watch

726
00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:11,399
Speaker 1: Keith Thurman versus Shanporter. It is twelve thrilling rounds. That's

727
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:15,600
Speaker 1: basically that's basically De la Hoya Mosley won. That's the fight.

728
00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 1: I hope this can become Shaan Porter just that super

729
00:37:20,560 --> 00:37:24,400
Speaker 1: super elite B side who can push you but not

730
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:30,400
Speaker 1: beat you. Or can he be something different? Man? You

731
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: know I love me some Seanporter. Okay, watch that interview

732
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:35,439
Speaker 1: I just did with him. There's chemistry there. We're great

733
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:36,919
Speaker 1: on the air together. I don't know if that series

734
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:38,840
Speaker 1: has ever come back, but we're great on the air together.

735
00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:45,320
Speaker 1: I don't think he's as great as Terence Crawford. So

736
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 1: for him to win this fight, he has to dramatically

737
00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:54,560
Speaker 1: change the narrative. He's got to regularly change the narrative,

738
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:57,359
Speaker 1: but he's got to do it dramatically. He's a he's

739
00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,839
Speaker 1: a clubbing puncher. He's not a one punch knockout guy.

740
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,440
Speaker 1: He's a quick boxer, but he's not a better boxer

741
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: than Crawford. So Porter's gonna have to fight the fight

742
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:10,839
Speaker 1: of his lifetime to be in a position to beat

743
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:13,280
Speaker 1: Crawford in the cards, because I don't think he's stopping Crawford.

744
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:17,280
Speaker 1: Bud got dropped by me machine, he got rocked by Gamboa.

745
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:20,800
Speaker 1: But Bud's Bud's got a jaw line on him, Bud's

746
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 1: got a backbone on him. Go visit North Omaha to

747
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:25,600
Speaker 1: you know, tell me how you made out right there.

748
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:27,960
Speaker 1: I mean, there is that story that time when that

749
00:38:28,120 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: car detailer did buds Oldsmobile wrong, and Bud went in

750
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: there and whipped him off. I mean, Budd's that dude,

751
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:35,440
Speaker 1: all right, Bud's that dude. At the end of the day,

752
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:42,759
Speaker 1: is Porter's ceiling is his best possible outcome in this fight.

753
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: What he did to Spence, got him off his game

754
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 1: plan and pushed him and lost by split decision because

755
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:52,600
Speaker 1: he was dropped late. I think that's the ceiling for

756
00:38:52,680 --> 00:38:56,000
Speaker 1: Sean Porter. And if you're watching this, Sean, prove me wrong.

757
00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:58,600
Speaker 1: Please prove me wrong, because you proved me wrong against

758
00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:02,480
Speaker 1: Danny Garcia, and you proved me wrong against Sterrl Spence

759
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 1: and a few other times in between. You know, I

760
00:39:05,200 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 1: didn't think you were gonna mow down Devin Alexander and

761
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:10,320
Speaker 1: even Paully Malanauji at that point in his career the

762
00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,320
Speaker 1: way you did. Sean Porter has surprised us because he

763
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 1: never stops working as Dad Kenny Porter's an incredible trainer.

764
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,000
Speaker 1: They see things, they see angles, they feel like they

765
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:22,239
Speaker 1: see something in Bud. And there's also one other part,

766
00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:25,960
Speaker 1: and it could play a factor in this fight. Is

767
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 1: what we've seen out of Terrence Crawford. I know I

768
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 1: tease it earlier, but is what we've seen out of

769
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: Terrence Crawford A little bit of fools gold, Can you

770
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:35,840
Speaker 1: be that great against those other names and still be

771
00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:42,319
Speaker 1: the same guy against the best names. Well, when Bud

772
00:39:42,400 --> 00:39:44,200
Speaker 1: fought the best guy he has fought at one thirty

773
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,360
Speaker 1: five Gamboa, he was that guy. When he fought the

774
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,560
Speaker 1: best guy he fought at one forty Victor Postal, he

775
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:54,719
Speaker 1: freaking was that guy. I tend to believe more that

776
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:59,840
Speaker 1: Bud Crawford is the best you know, potentially, uh, the

777
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,440
Speaker 1: one and forty seven pound fighter of this era. And

778
00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:05,840
Speaker 1: in modern boxing, that frickin' matters, because who were the

779
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,399
Speaker 1: guys of their welterweight eras of late? Oh, I don't

780
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:14,040
Speaker 1: know Sugar Ray, Leonard Thomas, Hearns, Oscar de la Hoya,

781
00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:20,200
Speaker 1: Felix Trinidad, Manny Pacquiao, and Floyd Mayweather. Right, I think

782
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,959
Speaker 1: Terrence Crawford's of that ilk. I think he's in that club.

783
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:27,080
Speaker 1: So Seawanporter's gonna gonna He's gonna get knocked down on

784
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:30,560
Speaker 1: this fight once, maybe twice. I do think he goes

785
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:34,120
Speaker 1: the distance. I do think he puts on a hell

786
00:40:34,200 --> 00:40:36,480
Speaker 1: of a performance and makes this fight a hell of

787
00:40:36,520 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 1: a show. But Terrence Crawford is that abstract painter oh,

788
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,440
Speaker 1: you want to try this against him, Here's a shade,

789
00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:46,279
Speaker 1: here's a shade of gray, and something in between that

790
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:49,160
Speaker 1: you never thought of. Right, a little Connie Crow shout

791
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:54,000
Speaker 1: out there. I like Terrence Crawford by unanimous decision. It's

792
00:40:54,080 --> 00:40:56,960
Speaker 1: not impossible that he stops him. And I think this

793
00:40:57,160 --> 00:41:00,440
Speaker 1: only continues to add to Shawn Porter's legacy as a

794
00:41:00,600 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 1: future Hall of Famer who always sought out to fight

795
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 1: the best, always sought out a way to be different

796
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 1: than he was the fight before, but ultimately came just

797
00:41:10,719 --> 00:41:13,520
Speaker 1: short and in most of these when it truly mattered.

798
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:15,560
Speaker 1: Doesn't mean he's done, doesn't mean he's not going to

799
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:17,759
Speaker 1: reimagine Danny Garcia and Keith Thurman and maybe fight at

800
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 1: Geron Boots Innis one day. Doesn't mean he might not

801
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:21,880
Speaker 1: fight many packet by the way, I just want to

802
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:23,920
Speaker 1: let people know something, Okay, if they haven't fall boxing

803
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 1: close enough to know the patterns. And Pacio's not done. Okay,

804
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,520
Speaker 1: I know we're retired, but he's going to come back

805
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:31,560
Speaker 1: from losing that election. He's probably going to get an

806
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:33,440
Speaker 1: insane sick shape, and he's probably gonna come back and

807
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:35,720
Speaker 1: win another big fight. That's just who he is. Porter's

808
00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 1: still going to get big fights. That's just who he is.

809
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:42,440
Speaker 1: Terrence Crawford, by Unanim's decision gave you a lot of

810
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,359
Speaker 1: words here, but I felt it was important. I felt

811
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,359
Speaker 1: this fight really needed the close up that the two

812
00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:52,040
Speaker 1: personalities and the lack of you know, trash talk between them.

813
00:41:52,120 --> 00:41:54,520
Speaker 1: Maybe won't give it, but this fight is as good

814
00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:56,640
Speaker 1: as it gets in boxing. It was a rare treat

815
00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,240
Speaker 1: that it fell in our lapse because of a mandatory position,

816
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:01,560
Speaker 1: and I think both fighters have that go get it.

817
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 1: They're going to get after it, So enjoy the fights

818
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:06,800
Speaker 1: on Saturday. I believe Luke Thomas will have your instant

819
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:10,680
Speaker 1: analysis as I am sipping Pinacladas on the beach in

820
00:42:10,800 --> 00:42:15,239
Speaker 1: Jamaica signing off for now your boy BC. This was

821
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 1: the MK Boxing breakdown. Two words we have