One former world champion, who faced both Terence Crawford and fellow star Manny Pacquiao, has had his say on which legend he believes to be superior.
Crawford became the first fighter since Henry Armstrong to become a three-division undisputed champion when he overcame super-middleweight icon Canelo Alvarez in his final professional fight in September, simultaneously becoming a five-division world champion.
Meanwhile, Filipino hero Pacquiao remains as boxing’s singular eight-division world champion and has been a lineal flyweight, featherweight, super-featherweight and super-lightweight ruler during his career.
Speaking to Ring Magazine, Australian fighter Jeff Horn, who famously defeated Pacquiao for the WBO welterweight crown in 2017 but lost it to Crawford the year after, favoured the versatility of the American over the skills of ‘PacMan.’
“Crawford just had all the answers to everything I had. His counters were really good, he was fast, his footwork was good, he was able to measure that distance.
“I feel Pacquiao is a very come forward fighter, if he can’t go forward, Pacquiao doesn’t really have as many answers when he can’t really do that. Crawford can do it all. I’m going on pure boxing ability and overall, I guess Terence has the answers to all different of types of fighters.”
Pacquiao will likely be permitted to come forward when he rematches Floyd Mayweather at the Sphere in Las Vegas in September, in what is expected to be one of the biggest events of the year, as he seeks to avenge his most frustrating defeat from back in 2015.
