00:00But he wouldn't stop. Floyd was boxing him up. Yeah. So Floyd is just piecing him up.
00:05So Floyd, you know, I mean, even at 46, he's the greatest of all time.
00:09He caught Floyd a couple of times, some little shots, but most of the time, mostly he's just getting boxed up, right?
00:22Slow them down. That slow them down.
00:23Joe Rogan could hardly believe what he was watching.
00:25A sparring clip had surfaced showing Terrence Crawford struggling against Floyd Mayweather.
00:30And this was just before Crawford's big fight with Canelo Alvarez.
00:35Now, sparring isn't usually taken as proof of anything.
00:37But seeing a 48-year-old Mayweather slipping punches and firing back sharp counter shots against today's top fighter, that was wild.
00:44The short clip showed Floyd's reflexes in full display, dodging Crawford's attempts and answering with crisp combinations.
00:50Rogan, who had always leaned toward Crawford in the greatest of all time debate, was left stunned.
00:56Boxed up by literally the greatest boxer of all time.
00:59But he was holding on quite a bit and wouldn't let go and was trying to, like, hold and clinch and hit, which is something like right here, which is something you can do in MMA.
01:10So he's protecting himself from Floyd, but he's not letting go.
01:13Two only days earlier, Rogan had declared Crawford one of the greatest boxers ever, even ranking him above Floyd Mayweather and other legends.
01:21But after watching Crawford struggle in sparring against a man who retired 10 years ago, Rogan changed his tune.
01:27I'm blown away right now, he admitted.
01:29It's obvious Floyd is still the best ever.
01:31No generation compares to him.
01:32He's just built different.
01:33Hey, good look, baby, there you go, Joey 2-1.
01:37Good game.
01:38Don't break.
01:40He's a beast.
01:41He's a beast.
01:42He's a beast, baby.
01:44He's a beast.
01:44Three, of course, not everyone bought into the clip.
01:46Observers pointed out that the video was heavily cut and edited, meaning what we saw might not tell the full story.
01:52This isn't the first time Floyd has released selective footage.
01:54Last year, he dropped a sparring video between Gervonta Davis and Devin Haney.
01:59At first glance, Davis looked dominant, until the full video came out, which told a different story.
02:04That's why many now believe Floyd may be shaping the narrative again by showing only the highlights.
02:10I saw you before the fight, the Crawford Canelo fight, and you had a Cavs hat on.
02:14This time you've got a GOAT hat on.
02:15Is that how you're feeling?
02:16I know it says Muhammad Ali, but is that how you're feeling about Bud's performance, about his whole career?
02:21Yeah, I'm definitely feeling that way, man.
02:23Goat.
02:24Greatest of all time, man.
02:25You gotta give it to him.
02:27You gotta give it to him.
02:27I give it to his coaches.
02:29Not just me.
02:30Sao Red, Bernie, Chet, Nutritionist.
02:35You know, everybody played a part.
02:37Canelo said he's way better than Mayweather.
02:39What do you think to that?
02:40Who, Terrence?
02:41Yeah.
02:41Oh, of course.
02:44When I looked at it, he came out in the southpaw stance and he took Canelo's jab away from him.
02:50As you know, if you take a fighter's jab away from him, then it's hard for them to really land.
02:55And you forced him to use one shot.
02:57And he forced him to use his backhand, his rearhand.
03:01Crawford was ready for the looping of the right hands.
03:03Crawford.
03:04Four reactions spread fast.
03:06Fans across the world chimed in.
03:07Mayweather supporters mocked anyone who dared compare Crawford to Floyd.
03:10On the other side, Crawford's fans demanded to see the full uncut session.
03:14One supporter argued passionately, Floyd's shady.
03:17Why cut the video?
03:19I'm sure Bud handled him in the rest.
03:20Bud's always respected Floyd.
03:22But Floyd won't give him the same respect.
03:24But another fan saw it differently.
03:26Floyd's the real goat.
03:28At his age, those reflexes and combos are still sharp.
03:31Even in a real fight, I bet the outcome would be the same.
03:33If I take Floyd Mayweather in his absolute prime, and I take Manny Pacquiao in his absolute prime.
03:38Floyd Mayweather.
03:39Floyd still beats him.
03:40Floyd beat everybody.
03:41You don't believe there's a guy at 140, 147 in the history of boxing that could have beat Floyd in his prime?
03:47It'd be tough.
03:48Floyd.
03:48Floyd, man, that boy, man, that's the goat, man.
03:50That boy bad.
03:51What makes it, I mean, what because, and I told people this, look at Floyd.
03:55I said, Floyd, it's not that he trains, I mean, it's his life.
03:59And from the very beginning, he's like, I want to be the best.
04:01When I fought Canelo, I was 36, and Canelo was 23.
04:07Around the same age, some of these guys won world titles and was undisputed champion, I think.
04:15I don't know.
04:17The tank age, you know, the young little champions.
04:22Canelo was 23 with 43 fights and 30 knockouts.
04:28One fan insisted, Floyd is levels above this entire generation.
04:33His defense alone puts him in a class by himself.
04:35Crawford wouldn't touch him.
04:37Another fan questioned Crawford's win over Alvarez.
04:40He had a clear blueprint to follow.
04:42I'm not saying Bud isn't skilled, but it felt like Floyd laid the foundation years ago.
04:46And finally, someone summed up the ongoing debate.
04:50Every fighter gets compared to Floyd, Ali, Pacquiao, Usyk, Crawford.
04:54He's the measuring stick.
04:55And that's why he's the greatest.
04:57Put it on Canelo a little worse than that, because that style of fight,
05:00I don't think he beats someone like Terrence Crawford.
05:02But if I'm Terrence Crawford, of course I'll fight him again.
05:05But this time, I'm the A-side.
05:07I think Terrence Crawford's gonna be more confident next time,
05:09knowing that I can punch with this guy.
05:11I can take his shot.
05:12I'm faster.
05:13He fought Canelo Alvarez.
05:14Yeah.
05:15He didn't do what the last two.
05:16After his win over Alvarez, Crawford was asked about chasing Mayweather's legacy.
05:21He shut it down quickly.
05:22Floyd was the greatest of his era.
05:23I'm the greatest of mine.
05:25There's no need for comparisons, he said firmly at the post-fight press conference.
05:29But just 15 minutes later, the debate heated up again when Alvarez,
05:32who had lost to a 36-year-old Mayweather back in 2013, when he was just 23, was asked to weigh in.
05:40Part 7.
05:42Alvarez gave Crawford all the credit.
05:44I tried everything, but I couldn't figure him out.
05:46He had it all tonight.
05:47Honestly, I think Crawford is better than Floyd.
05:49But Oscar De La Hoya strongly disagreed.
05:53No way.
05:54Floyd toyed with me.
05:55He toyed with Canelo.
05:56He didn't get touched.
05:58Crawford's more of a fighter boxer.
05:59But Floyd was technically superior.
06:01It's not just because he beat me, it's because I truly believe he's the better fighter.
06:05And who would win, because Canelo after a fight said that Crawford is way better than Floyd.
06:10You know Crawford, you know Canelo, you know Floyd.
06:12What do you think?
06:12Who would win in a fight?
06:14My man, my man.
06:15The truth is, this debate isn't so easy to settle.
06:38Mayweather and Crawford's eras barely overlapped.
06:40Crawford won his first world title in 2014, while Floyd's final title win came in 2015 before he stepped away.
06:48And let's not forget, for years, Alvarez's resume was considered far superior to Crawford's until just recently.
06:54Um, I like Crawford's style of fighting, the way he's gonna come after him.
07:01Mayweather?
07:04Okay, let's do this.
07:07Money Mayweather, I think Crawford beats.
07:11Okay.
07:12Pretty boy.
07:13Pretty boy?
07:14I don't know, I think pretty boy, it might be pretty boy.
07:19I don't know.
07:20That's something, because he's boy.
07:21Crawford's last three fights over the past two years were spectacular, cementing his place among the best.
07:26But it wasn't until he beat Errol Spence at age 35, that fans truly started calling him an all-time great.
07:32Even with five division titles, putting Crawford's resume side-by-side with Mayweather's is tough.
07:36Crawford's biggest scalps, Yuri Orkus, Gamboa, Victor Postel, Jeff Horn, Madrimov, Sean Porter, Spence, and now Alvarez are impressive.
07:44But Mayweather's lineup of legends still overshadows them.
07:47The pattern, and that challenge for him pushed him even harder, to train harder and to be better.
07:53That challenge, you know, went up against Canelo, moving up to divisions, hearing that people are saying,
07:57oh, he didn't look too good against Madrimov, so how could he look good at 68?
08:04Well, that motivated more, man.
08:05Crawford also beat names like Amir Khan and Kell Brook, but both were past their primes.
08:11Floyd, on the other hand, was the highest-paid fighter in history, the face of pay-per-view, and the pound-for-pound king for years.
08:19His resume reads like a Hall of Fame list.
08:21Arturo Gatti, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Juan Manuel Marquez, Shane Mosley, Miguel Cotto, Manny Pacquiao, and Canelo Alvarez.
08:29Add to that earlier wins over Genaro Hernandez, Diego Corrales, Jose Luis Castillo, Sabi Uda, Robert Guerrero, and Marcos Maidana, and you see why his record is so untouchable.
08:40So, yeah, work on what you need to work on, put your head down and grind, you get results like this.
08:46I noticed that when I was watching the fight that Terrence Crawford specifically, whichever side that Canelo threw at him, Terrence would respond with a shot from that side as well.
08:55Did you see that in the tape that you watched of Canelo's weakness where he was...
09:00Crawford was never the showman Floyd was.
09:02He wasn't a pay-per-view magnet, which meant big fights were harder to secure.
09:06Floyd, meanwhile, had the leverage to call all the shots.
09:08Still, critics argue that the timing of many of Mayweather's biggest fights carries an asterisk.
09:13He was using what he got to shield him.
09:17He got a lot of security guards around him, and he's in the limelight and stuff like that, but in certain situations, he wouldn't be acting like that.
09:26Do you like him as a fighter, though?
09:28Yeah, yeah, he's a damn good fighter.
09:30Yeah, but, like, his core personality and his ways.
09:34The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, it happened five years too late.
09:38Against Canelo, Floyd made him drain an extra three pounds to meet a catch weight.
09:41He didn't face Mosley until Shane was nearly 39, and against Marquez, Floyd came in two pounds overweight to gain the edge.
09:48These details fuel the debate that Mayweather carefully controlled the terms of every fight.
09:52Teen critics also argue that someone like Crawford, with speed, power, and high ring IQ, is exactly the kind of fighter Mayweather might have avoided at welterweight.
10:01Still, Crawford has proven he could succeed in any era.
10:04His adaptability, grit, and old-school mentality set him apart.
10:07And if he decides to climb to 160 low Bs, his legacy could grow even more.
10:12Floyd vs. Crawford talk keeps circling back to one question.
10:15Who would actually win head-to-head?
10:17One fan put it simply,
10:18I don't know the answer, but I think Floyd.
10:22Floyd figures everyone out.
10:24Where does Canelo go from here, Henry?
10:25He needs to rematch.
10:26If I'm Canelo, I want to rematch Terrence Crawford.
10:28He got schooled, bro.
10:29He got outboxed through by Terrence Crawford.
10:31And I know that he's itching to get that one back.
10:33The first time, he fought Triple G, and he came back the second time, and he legit beat Triple G.
10:38Once in a lifetime fight, it doesn't need to be a rematch.
10:41I think Bud would do worse the next fight.
10:43He would put-
10:43Crawford himself never disrespected Floyd.
10:45He's the king, Bud said.
10:48He openly praised Mayweather and acknowledged his greatness, refusing to strip the 50-0 champion
10:53of his well-earned honors.
10:55We do have things in common, but we're different too.
10:57I take more chances.
10:58Early in his career, Floyd did as well.
11:00But you've got two versions of Floyd.
11:02Pretty Boy, who was a destroyer, and then Money, who had hand injuries and had to change
11:07his style as he moved up.
11:15And that's the beauty of boxing debates.
11:29They never truly end.
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