^ Again, the fight has been hype already and to that point that it seems that our waiting is turning into disappointment because of the time that we have to wait and then we don't know if who is balking or stalling or if they have the contracts but a lot of points to be cleared. Hopefully that talks is still going on secretly as they don't want to preempt to get leak to the media as this is a very important fight in the division, it's a unification fight and I don't remember when it did happen at 147 lbs.
It's been hyped since May this year and I think both camps started talking last June or July, fans have been feeling great and delighted when they knew that the deal is finally finished and both camps are just waiting for the contract but few days later, everything turns to gray as the fight is now back on square one.
Maybe it's much better to leave it as is and just wait for them whenever they are ready because I believe that they are doing anything they can, it's just there are some unexpected problems. There are some rumors that either one of the camps is stalling but sadly, we cannot verify that information.
In my opinion maybe they are delaying the fight because they all know that what ever they do fans from the both fighter will want to see this big event by the two undefeated boxers. But for sure someday or somehow this fight will be open soon. And if we talk about the tickets sell then for sure in just an days or a weak before it available to sell it will sold out. But what we must to do right now is that to wait until they announce a final decision about this fight.
Delaying the fight is not necessary anymore, as if this fight will not be sold out once it is announced. There are big reasons behind, it's probably not because they are not yet convince they can make the target revenue in this fight but most probably the terms on both teams are not yet meet.
Probably this is the biggest stumbling block as we thought that the fight is sealed already. And yes, his might be going back into circles and really nothing is going on the negotiations. We know that this fight will be sold out in days after it will be announced. But so far, it will be delayed already, the November date could be given to other fights by the venue as for sure they will update us that it will be December and then next year, this could be the pattern, short of saying that it won't be in 2022.
I really don't think they'd do something like that, it would be like playing with people's emconies and that's not well seen, although it's like you say, you can have all the fans entertained and they can make a difference now more than ever, because in Somewhere the world will be paralyzed a bit because of what the Qatar World Cup is coming up, and that is something that many will leave other sports aside and dedicate themselves to betting per match, that is something obvious and the money will be moving in that direction, however even so, I believe that the business model of boxing does not stop and continues to expand despite, so I think they can give that gift to the fans and do it this year, I have faith that they can.
But Crawford can also move up to 154 and hunt for his 4th division title but he seriously needs a promoter to depend on.
And of course he can find a promoter if he wants to, the job of the promoter is to sell the fight, and since Crawford is already popular and a champion, every promoter will sure be willing to invest on him.
But he has one of the best manager in boxing already in Arum, but I guess he doesn't want to be his manager again because he wants to fight Spence because Arum is not bringing him fights that he wanted.
So the next big thing for him if he wanted this fight is to join PBC, so that there's no way that Spence can escape him because they know have the same manager and probably the same network to work it, so that fight is going to be made very easy.
Easier to deal with if he will move to that same handler. A good way for him, since he's really chasing for Spence.
I follow your argument because he's not getting any younger, though he's really trying to work it out and
chase for this fight against his co-champions in this division. We might hear updates and maybe possibilities
that the fight will happen just a confirmation from both camps and it will be a done deal.
Well I really admire the ability that CRAWFORD has to try to get more out of Spence, if he does all these things, I hope that when I know of the fight it will be something spectacular that it will be almost a world event where it will be published everywhere, I don't know how much It is the obsession but clearly Crawford when doing all these things is because he has undergone a very hard training, that if they tell him that the fight is in 2 or 3 days he is already prepared, and I think that as he is, and with the intensity that he has shown, He will have the intention of training three times as hard as he has trained, with so much that he has moved that I am really gaining faith in him, But I honestly see this scenario far away, because now Crawford has looked for another way to attract attention, not fighting with Spence ...
And as I have said before, I suspect that one reason beside the split and possible rematch clause, is the PPV price. Because as we all know there are a lot that it is streaming it for free and it we are going to see the numbers in most recent fights, it is on a decline. The Canelo vs GGG trilogy was just over 1 million buys and if I'm not mistaken, it fell to what it is expected or predicted to be around 1.3-1.5 buys. And so maybe this could be one sticking points, how much they will charge the viewing public, do they need to increased since this is a mega fight, or it is enough for $75-$79.99 price?
I think boxing fans will have to problem purchasing the ticket and watch it thru ppv, as you have said this is a mega fight and a must watch for all of us.
So for sure it will do good numbers, above 1 Million is not that bad in my opinion.
For me this is not one issues in the negotiation, it's really the split or the network money that is going to pour here and of course they want to make sure that they will make money as the guaranteed asking price by the 2 boxers is big.
We don't know the real reason, we have lots of speculation on why this fight will not happen. Crawford already had a scheduled fight, so I think this year we will not see this mega fight, it doesn't matter if it will take a long time for the negotiation to finalize as long it will happen, but both boxing superstars should continue to be active.
I think that Crawford is very skilled, he has been ´preparing for this fight, Spence knows it, for Spence it is something that is not so relevant, because he knows very well that if Crawford achieves more fame it is better for him, but what bad thing is, that if Crawford gets a lot of fame and doesn't want to fight him, just when Spence even wants to, this will cause much more emotion, I think Crawford is doing very well, on an intellectual level he is a very strategist. Of course what I say is mere speculation, the background of this may be other things that we are not even a little lukewarm about what we say here, and since they are so famous, they understand each other.
