Shakur Stevenson said a prime-for-prime fight between terence crawford and Floyd Mayweather Jr. is almost impossible to pick. He called it a 50/50 matchup and pointed to styles that make the comparison hard to settle.
Stevenson On Mayweather And Crawford
“It’s just hard to say. With both of them guys, they different.” Stevenson said that on The Agnew podcast while laying out why the fight stays so difficult to forecast. He framed Mayweather’s early trouble with southpaws against Crawford’s ability to switch stances, then landed on the same conclusion: “It’s a 50/50 thing [with Mayweather and Crawford]. You just never know who would come in on-point and win that fight.”
He added that Mayweather “struggled with southpaws” early in his career and said Crawford is likely to be a southpaw in the matchup. In Stevenson’s view, that would make Crawford “probably the best southpaw he’s ever against.”
Mayweather’s Southpaw Problem
Stevenson tied that edge to Mayweather’s history against left-handers, including Manny Pacquiao in 2015, when Mayweather produced one of the defining performances of his career. That fight sits inside the broader debate because both men retired unbeaten and were considered among the smartest boxers of their era.
He did not leave the discussion on Mayweather alone. Stevenson also said he had seen Crawford have “little issues” against orthodox fighters, citing Mean Machine and Gamboa. “But then I’ve seen ‘Bud’ have little issues with guys like ‘Mean Machine’, who was orthodox, and Gamboa was winning some rounds,” he said.
Why The Debate Stays Alive
The matchup keeps drawing attention because both fighters built unbeaten résumés while moving through multiple weight classes. Crawford’s stance-switching has kept the fantasy fight alive against elite names from earlier eras, while Mayweather’s defensive precision remains the standard that fans keep measuring against.
Stevenson’s verdict leaves the comparison where it has long sat: hard to separate and easy to argue. For anyone still trying to sort it out, the only answer he offered was the one that keeps the debate going — neither side gets a clean edge.
