Max Kellerman’s battle analyst says he has Terence Crawford as his number 1 pound-for-pound in the sports above Oleksandr Ulsyk and Naoya Inoue, who went on September 13, 2025 in Crawford’s Superfight against the undisputed super-middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez.
Kellerman says he has Crawford (41-0, 31 COs) above the undisputed heavyweight champion utility and undisputed super Bantamweight champion inoue because he thinks he is “better” than them. He was impressed by Crawford’s close victory over Israil Madrimov on August 3, 2024, and overlooked the many fans who believe that Terence had given a gift decision.
USYK’s impressive boxing record
- Daniel Dubois
- Tyson Fury x 2
- Daniel Dubois
- Anthony Joshua x 2
Kellerman points out that Crawford Errol Spence jr. Previously “destroyed” and knocked him out in the ninth round on July 29, 2023. He does not mention that Spence did not look good, as his terribly high speed car accident on October 10, 2019, which made him struggle to hit his two opponents, Yordenis Ugas and Danny Garcial.
In addition, Ennis had been out of the ring for 14 months and got his match against Crawford in the way and had a lot of weight he had to cut off during training camp. Fans on social media believe that it was not the most important version of Ennis that beat Crawford.
‘There’s a reason I think Crawford is the best pound-for-pound fighter. Canelo was once, ‘commentator Max Kellerman said Ring magazineChoose Terence Crawford as the no. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.
The analysis of Crawford’s recent battles:
- Israil Madrimov
- Errol Spence
- David Avanesyan
- Shawn Porter
- Need brook
- Egidijus Cavaliauskas
Fans do not consider the fighters worthy of PPV #1 for Crawford. They do not walk up with USyk’s recent heavyweight wins.
Kellerman’s P4P rankings
“I know that people think (naoya) inoue and (oleksandr) are used in front of Crawford. The ring has them in front of Crawford. I’m not because pound-by-pound is not a fairness issue for me. It’s a matter of who you think is better,” Kellerman said.
Two boxing experts who disagree with Kellerman’s view of Crawford as #1 pound-for-pound:
‘The technical glamor of Crawford is unmatched, but Ulsyk is doing things on heavyweight that we have not seen since Ali. I leaning USyk because of the trouble of the division, ‘said former coach Teddy Atlas on his YouTube channel’ The Fight ‘.
“Crawford’s victory over Madrimov was impressive, but Utsyk’s victories over Fury and Dubois in the heavyweight division, where the game is higher,” said author Mike Coppinger while he was still at ESPN.
After seeing Crawford struggling against Madrimov, my personal choice for #1 pound-by-pound usyk. The way he has defeated the much larger Daniel Dubois, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua for the past two years has been in front of Terence for the past two years.
The panel of non -aggregate experts
“And the last time I saw Crawford, he moved another division when the man (WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov) beat. I thought he was the best fighter in the section at the time. And before that, he just destroyed Errol Spence. So, if you look at all the boxes, I say Crawford to most of them, but not all, ‘Kellman says.
Crawford beat Madrimov with the scores 115-113, 116-112 and 115-113. Vergil Ortiz jr. Defeated Madrimov in what many boxing fans were an impressive way than Crawford in his victory on February 22, 2025.
Last updated on 08/31/2025
