Agree with. This fight has no reason why should it not happen.
Spence already mentioned that he will fight Crawford before deciding to moved-up weight. The same goal also to Crawford before deciding to move-up weight. These boxers have the same goal - to unify the Welterweight division titles and that is something difficult to achieve.
If only these boxers was in the same with Pacquiao, I think they won't even stand a chance to become a unified champion.
I hope both parties already agreed on the split of revenue because I read that that's the main problem why this fight might not happen. Spence is trying to get a higher percentage because he has more belts while Crawford wants a 50/50 share, I don't know but if they will not agree then this fight will remain on paper only.
Someone will have to give an inch and I think this will be Crawford so that the fight is going to happen. We don't have to hear so many excuses, Crawford try to eliminate the first hurdle by not signing with Top Rank again and then Spence Jr, holding his move up in weight at 154 lbs and challenge Charlo.
If this fight is not going to happen then it's too bad for us. Probably this fight will not happen if the first negotiations will bog down, Crawford is not getting any younger and should be pursuing big fights like this before he retires.
Without a doubt, Crawford should give in, in fact, in such a case, if I were Crawford, I would accept even less in order to do the great deed, I would not worry much about the money, what I would worry about would be beating Spence, beating him I think I would have the doors open to the best, more fights will come and with much more opportunity to win, even if he loses with Spence he will not leave empty handed, I think that before walking he needs to crawl, and sometimes the desire to have a lot of money blinds anyone, I think that for now you should prepare very well, win and then whatever has to come comes, there are more options.
His back is against the wall here, so yeah, I think he will give in. Maybe he already did and we just have to have as silence means that this could have been done already, just the date and the venue and that's it.
He wouldn't be worry, he has been calling Spence Jr for quiet sometime now and is eager to face him. And this will be his perfect opportunity, no more Bob Arum in the middle for him to negotiate with Spence Jr and PBC. He might get the short end of the deal, but still, that money is going to be big.
One of the things that can move this fast is money, no doubt both Crawford and Spence like it, but who doesn't? However, I think that Crawford wants to have high-level boxers, on his radar he has or wants to face the best so he can have more fame, I don't know but lately I think that what Crawford is looking for is to have more fame, money At this time it is necessary but more is needed for him to be named, according to this world everything moves through contacts and the type of negotiation that is profitable for the organizers and for the boxers, none will accept little money at this point...if there is a fight that draws, I'm sure Crawford will be there.
I agree with that, it's not a problem to sell this fight, the big problem is if these two will agree on the sharing of the revenue and purse. If one will demand a 50/50 share while the other boxer will not agree because he wants more, then this fight will just remain a speculation.
That 50/50 is never gonna happen as Spence would never accept that, the final call now is from Crawford, if he will agree to lower his share then most likely this fight will be realized. We have been anticipating this fight, it's a big disappointment if it will not happen this year after all the hype that is happening.
Crawford will accept a lower share and it's nothing new. It's on Spence if he really wants to force that ridiculous 60/40 or even 70/30. I say 55/45 in favor of Spence should be fair enough. It's not like Spence is a huge PPV draw either so his previous demands were unreasonable. The event will most likely draw 500k to 1 million PPV buys. It's like Spence 250k and Crawford 150k and the huge chunk of the draw is because they are fighting each other.
The latest in the grapevine is this will happen in November this year. So from early this year, then to October and now November. Does it look like Spence is still not confident to face his fears? So he is continuing to buy some time to make Crawford older and more inactive. Years of ducking and avoiding the boogeyman.
Even a 55/45 share won't get Spence interested to make the fight happen, I bet a 60/40 will be the nearest speculation we had so far we discussed here because Spence has said that he will only agree if he will get the bigger slice.
Honestly, this fight is not about the money anymore because the money that they will get is just a by-product of this fight. Both camps are now trying to talk about making their legacy to become an undisputed fighter in the Welterweight and Spence or Crawford will be the 7th boxer who will be going to attain the status next to Canelo Alvarez.
I totally see Spence trying to play the book where he is indeed trying to get some time because Crawford will get older day by day and will be a year inactive in the coming months while Spence will gain the advantage side.
In this order of ideas, I think that Spence will take advantage of the fact of being younger than Crawford, he will be able to get some kind of advantage, but I don't know, on the one hand there is youth, and on the other there is experience, as much as I feel that Crawford he has the skill of a fox when hunting, and he knows very well how he can fight Spence, I think the most intelligent and cunning will win this, because physically I see them both very well, I don't know who has more training, Crawford certainly doesn't take Spence's youth into account because I'm sure he'll advocate for his experience and strategy, which he'll have ready by now.
