Shakur Stevenson delivers honest verdict on Terence Crawford vs prime Floyd Mayweather

Shakur Stevenson have thought-about how the respective kinds of Floyd Mayweather and Terence Crawford would gel in a prime-for-prime showdown.

Several similarities could be drawn between each all-time greats, similar to the truth that they retired as unbeaten five-division world champions.

On the flip aspect, although, it could possibly be mentioned that their extraordinary expertise, whereas being considerably comparable, have been best in opposition to completely different kinds of opponents.

Some have made the statement that Mayweather, as an illustration, would encounter moments of problem when dealing with southpaws within the early portion of his profession.

As a fighter who may change seamlessly between stances, it’s then tempting to recommend that Crawford would have posed main points for his countryman.

It should even be mentioned, nonetheless, that ‘Bud’ sometimes allowed complacency to get the higher of him, maybe most notably in fights in opposition to Yuriorkis Gamboa and Egidijus Kavaliauskas.

Despite defeating each by stoppage, Crawford was made to overcome the slick style of Gamboaand climb off the canvas – by which was finally dominated a no-knockdown – in opposition to ‘Mean Machine’.

Based on these two performances, and Mayweather’s obvious problem with southpaws, Stevenson has instructed The Agnew Podcast that it’s virtually unattainable to pick a winner at welterweight.

“It’s just hard to say. With both of them guys, they are different. I think Floyd, early on in his career, he struggled with southpaws.

“I feel like ‘Bud’ is gonna be a southpaw and probably the best southpaw he’s ever [come up] against.

“But then I’ve seen ‘Bud’ have little issues with guys like ‘Mean Machine’, who was orthodox, and Gamboa was winning some rounds.

“It’s a 50/50 thing [with Mayweather and Crawford] – you just never know who would come in on-point and win that fight.”

While Stevenson highlights Mayweather’s history against southpaws as a point of weakness, it is difficult to ignore the fact that against Manny Pacquiao, a naturally aggressive lefty, the American was in a position to produce a 12-round masterclass.