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Quote from: Kelvinid on May 03, 2023, 07:29:42 AM

For now, nothing yet as there's no update from both sides, same with the topic here regarding Thurman and Spence fight.

This seems cancelled although not yet clear. Greedy WBC is still reluctant to cancel this mandatory and strip Spence of his belt. What made it even worse is the WBC not issuing a deadline for both teams to make a deal so they can proceed in the last resort which is the purse bid.

Almost safe to consider that as they've been fooling the people that the fight is nearing to be established and they even said that they will announce it in April 22 but for some reasons, there's no update or whatsoever regarding the unification fight and both camps are silent about it. For the record, this is their 2nd negotiation and if this will fail which I think is they are almost there, then I don't think that this fight will materialize ever.

Both champions should just face the interim holders because their popularity is at risks if they continue to be this selfish, moreover, I think it's time too that the likes of Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Boots Ennis to have their most awaited chances. And regarding about that, I'm waiting for the IBF to make their own move because Boots Ennis already submitted his request towards the IBF to give Spence a mandatory defense fight. Hopefully IBF will not turn blind about this.

More like the IBF is unwilling to make their own official announcement on Boots' situation. But maybe it is valid that they need to wait for the WBC mandatory settled first before they can pursue their own mandate. Even though the WBC is clearly not making any sense at all.

And there's also the rival of the WBC when it comes to corruption, the WBA. Although they already have a WBA regular champion which should be an automatic mandatory to Spence, it's still able to issue an eliminator for Stanionis and Ortiz. Which literally means saving Spence or giving him more time before facing another mandatory.

I don't know what to say anymore about these sanctioning bodies because instead of getting entertaining fights because the welterweight is well stacked with good and promising boxers, the division has became more and more unfair thus making it more corrupt because it's been clear as day that these bodies are getting paid to keep the champion in a safe position to retain the belts without having any fights and risk losing it. For Spence Jr.'s case, he is really getting this kind of advantage.

I agree to that, having the belt without a fight for more than a year now, that's something that fans can call a favorable treatment,
he should be forced to fight and defend his title.

But there's nothing we hear from the organization aside from the possible fight against Thurman, which is not a belt contest but as an ordinary fight
in a different weight division.

So far, no update if the undisputed champ will fight or still choosing which money making fight to sign.

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Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on May 02, 2023, 08:18:07 PM

The truth seems to me that Spence is not very well regarded from a sporting point of view, I don't know why he doesn't give him a rematch, ...

Wait, who is the fighter that you are referring to that Spence should give a rematch to? Is it Thurman? Because the last time I checked, they haven't fought yet. Thurman has only one defeat, and that came from Pacman. Thurman and Spence have a similarity in that they both beat Shawn Porter, but I can say that Thurman did better compared to Spence.

Yes, obviously Thurman's, but the one that is really on everyone's lips is the one that has not yet happened and the fight between Spence and Crawfoerd is the most anticipated, many speculations have been made, in fact I recently shared an article I know it wasn't fake. but since things in boxing are handled from another point of view, which is that of money, I don't know what forces are influencing there so that this fight does not take place, the truth is that I don't see the point, since Spende has pending that of Thurman, well let it happen, but really the one that is most important I think is against Crawford.

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For now, nothing yet as there's no update from both sides, same with the topic here regarding Thurman and Spence fight.

This seems cancelled although not yet clear. Greedy WBC is still reluctant to cancel this mandatory and strip Spence of his belt. What made it even worse is the WBC not issuing a deadline for both teams to make a deal so they can proceed in the last resort which is the purse bid.

Almost safe to consider that as they've been fooling the people that the fight is nearing to be established and they even said that they will announce it in April 22 but for some reasons, there's no update or whatsoever regarding the unification fight and both camps are silent about it. For the record, this is their 2nd negotiation and if this will fail which I think is they are almost there, then I don't think that this fight will materialize ever.

Both champions should just face the interim holders because their popularity is at risks if they continue to be this selfish, moreover, I think it's time too that the likes of Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Boots Ennis to have their most awaited chances. And regarding about that, I'm waiting for the IBF to make their own move because Boots Ennis already submitted his request towards the IBF to give Spence a mandatory defense fight. Hopefully IBF will not turn blind about this.

More like the IBF is unwilling to make their own official announcement on Boots' situation. But maybe it is valid that they need to wait for the WBC mandatory settled first before they can pursue their own mandate. Even though the WBC is clearly not making any sense at all.

And there's also the rival of the WBC when it comes to corruption, the WBA. Although they already have a WBA regular champion which should be an automatic mandatory to Spence, it's still able to issue an eliminator for Stanionis and Ortiz. Which literally means saving Spence or giving him more time before facing another mandatory.

I don't know what to say anymore about these sanctioning bodies because instead of getting entertaining fights because the welterweight is well stacked with good and promising boxers, the division has became more and more unfair thus making it more corrupt because it's been clear as day that these bodies are getting paid to keep the champion in a safe position to retain the belts without having any fights and risk losing it. For Spence Jr.'s case, he is really getting this kind of advantage.

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For now, nothing yet as there's no update from both sides, same with the topic here regarding Thurman and Spence fight.

This seems cancelled although not yet clear. Greedy WBC is still reluctant to cancel this mandatory and strip Spence of his belt. What made it even worse is the WBC not issuing a deadline for both teams to make a deal so they can proceed in the last resort which is the purse bid.

Almost safe to consider that as they've been fooling the people that the fight is nearing to be established and they even said that they will announce it in April 22 but for some reasons, there's no update or whatsoever regarding the unification fight and both camps are silent about it. For the record, this is their 2nd negotiation and if this will fail which I think is they are almost there, then I don't think that this fight will materialize ever.

Both champions should just face the interim holders because their popularity is at risks if they continue to be this selfish, moreover, I think it's time too that the likes of Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Boots Ennis to have their most awaited chances. And regarding about that, I'm waiting for the IBF to make their own move because Boots Ennis already submitted his request towards the IBF to give Spence a mandatory defense fight. Hopefully IBF will not turn blind about this.

More like the IBF is unwilling to make their own official announcement on Boots' situation. But maybe it is valid that they need to wait for the WBC mandatory settled first before they can pursue their own mandate. Even though the WBC is clearly not making any sense at all.

And there's also the rival of the WBC when it comes to corruption, the WBA. Although they already have a WBA regular champion which should be an automatic mandatory to Spence, it's still able to issue an eliminator for Stanionis and Ortiz. Which literally means saving Spence or giving him more time before facing another mandatory.

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Congratulations to Errol Spence, he is now inactive for a year. Maybe it is best for boxing if he stays inactive for a while. If there is no Thurman or Crawford as his next opponent, he should be stripped of his WBC. I doubt he will face Jaron Ennis after a year of inactivity, so hopefully, the IBF belt will strip him too. The WBA also has a regular champ in Stanionis which is enough to warrant as a mandatory but corrupt Mendoza is buying Spence some time and mandates a fight against Vergil Ortiz. I really hate seeing Ortiz and Stanionis fighting each other at this early stage of their careers. Maybe Ortiz should pursue the WBO belt. I want to see Ortiz, Stanionis, and Ennis become champions and then face each other in unification bouts.

He's already inactive for a year already since 16th of April because that was his last fight versus Yordenis Ugas.

As of this point, I don't know what to say anymore because the boxing industry is getting more and more corrupt as instead of giving the people the entertainment for the fight they wanted, these sanctioning bodies are even under someone else's payroll to help a boxer retain their belt for a much longer time without having any fights in the process. This should change because people will lost slowly lost interest towards the boxers and its industry if this issue drags on.

Well, it's good that many think like me, unfortunately the boxing industry is like that, and it's not just boxing, worldwide it is known that FIFA and many other sports entities are the same, it's a shame, because they prefer their monetary interests Before sports, I am a fan of soccer and contact sports, I am because I practiced them and it can be said that I still practice them and I know them, I also follow many athletes and I know what their strengths and possible weaknesses are, so The reason is that I also see that things like Spence's do not add up to me, now we will see what he will do after this, Crawford would be the one to fight, but I don't know what to think of Spence.

Business side mate, we can't really blame them. But we all know that this is a legacy fight for both fighters, if they can't go and fight in this generation, they will be judge negatively after they retire and probably not be mentioned as the greatest in this generation because they refuse to fight and putting the blame on each other.

Let's see, Stanionis vs Ortiz is finally going to happen as a new date has pop up. And probably the winner can be declared as the real WBA belt holding as Spence is inactive for more than a year and should be strip of his belt.

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Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on May 12, 2023, 10:23:59 AM

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Congratulations to Errol Spence, he is now inactive for a year. Maybe it is best for boxing if he stays inactive for a while. If there is no Thurman or Crawford as his next opponent, he should be stripped of his WBC. I doubt he will face Jaron Ennis after a year of inactivity, so hopefully, the IBF belt will strip him too. The WBA also has a regular champ in Stanionis which is enough to warrant as a mandatory but corrupt Mendoza is buying Spence some time and mandates a fight against Vergil Ortiz. I really hate seeing Ortiz and Stanionis fighting each other at this early stage of their careers. Maybe Ortiz should pursue the WBO belt. I want to see Ortiz, Stanionis, and Ennis become champions and then face each other in unification bouts.

He's already inactive for a year already since 16th of April because that was his last fight versus Yordenis Ugas.

As of this point, I don't know what to say anymore because the boxing industry is getting more and more corrupt as instead of giving the people the entertainment for the fight they wanted, these sanctioning bodies are even under someone else's payroll to help a boxer retain their belt for a much longer time without having any fights in the process. This should change because people will lost slowly lost interest towards the boxers and its industry if this issue drags on.

Well, it's good that many think like me, unfortunately the boxing industry is like that, and it's not just boxing, worldwide it is known that FIFA and many other sports entities are the same, it's a shame, because they prefer their monetary interests Before sports, I am a fan of soccer and contact sports, I am because I practiced them and it can be said that I still practice them and I know them, I also follow many athletes and I know what their strengths and possible weaknesses are, so The reason is that I also see that things like Spence's do not add up to me, now we will see what he will do after this, Crawford would be the one to fight, but I don't know what to think of Spence.

One thing is for sure though, this kind of holding up a fight is happening on purpose and I seriously think that Spence is just trying to buy some time as long as he could because he knows that the current Terence Crawford can literally tear him up into pieces especially now that the latter thinks that he's being toyed with Spence and Al Haymon of the PBC. They are just taking advantage of the situation while they are in the A-side that's why Crawford has no other choice but to wait.

I know that this industry is also a business industry but on the other hand, it's an entertainment industry as well meant to give people the entertainment they wanted. It's okay to make business, nobody is preventing that but at least they should balance it rather than making the belts their own hostage.

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Quote from: Ziskinberg on April 28, 2023, 03:57:08 PM

Quote from: inthelongrun on April 28, 2023, 10:43:41 AM

Congratulations to Errol Spence, he is now inactive for a year. Maybe it is best for boxing if he stays inactive for a while. If there is no Thurman or Crawford as his next opponent, he should be stripped of his WBC. I doubt he will face Jaron Ennis after a year of inactivity, so hopefully, the IBF belt will strip him too. The WBA also has a regular champ in Stanionis which is enough to warrant as a mandatory but corrupt Mendoza is buying Spence some time and mandates a fight against Vergil Ortiz. I really hate seeing Ortiz and Stanionis fighting each other at this early stage of their careers. Maybe Ortiz should pursue the WBO belt. I want to see Ortiz, Stanionis, and Ennis become champions and then face each other in unification bouts.

He's already inactive for a year already since 16th of April because that was his last fight versus Yordenis Ugas.

As of this point, I don't know what to say anymore because the boxing industry is getting more and more corrupt as instead of giving the people the entertainment for the fight they wanted, these sanctioning bodies are even under someone else's payroll to help a boxer retain their belt for a much longer time without having any fights in the process. This should change because people will lost slowly lost interest towards the boxers and its industry if this issue drags on.

Well, it's good that many think like me, unfortunately the boxing industry is like that, and it's not just boxing, worldwide it is known that FIFA and many other sports entities are the same, it's a shame, because they prefer their monetary interests Before sports, I am a fan of soccer and contact sports, I am because I practiced them and it can be said that I still practice them and I know them, I also follow many athletes and I know what their strengths and possible weaknesses are, so The reason is that I also see that things like Spence's do not add up to me, now we will see what he will do after this, Crawford would be the one to fight, but I don't know what to think of Spence.

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Quote from: inthelongrun on May 07, 2023, 02:40:27 PM

For now, nothing yet as there's no update from both sides, same with the topic here regarding Thurman and Spence fight.

This seems cancelled although not yet clear. Greedy WBC is still reluctant to cancel this mandatory and strip Spence of his belt. What made it even worse is the WBC not issuing a deadline for both teams to make a deal so they can proceed in the last resort which is the purse bid.

Almost safe to consider that as they've been fooling the people that the fight is nearing to be established and they even said that they will announce it in April 22 but for some reasons, there's no update or whatsoever regarding the unification fight and both camps are silent about it. For the record, this is their 2nd negotiation and if this will fail which I think is they are almost there, then I don't think that this fight will materialize ever.

Both champions should just face the interim holders because their popularity is at risks if they continue to be this selfish, moreover, I think it's time too that the likes of Vergil Ortiz Jr. and Boots Ennis to have their most awaited chances. And regarding about that, I'm waiting for the IBF to make their own move because Boots Ennis already submitted his request towards the IBF to give Spence a mandatory defense fight. Hopefully IBF will not turn blind about this.

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Quote from: Distinctin on May 06, 2023, 10:06:19 PM

The question though is, is Crawford will consider being under again a big promoter? Since becoming a free agent, he never show any signs or hint that he wants to be under again by any promoters.

That's a good question. I think he is just testing to see if he can be successful without a promoter like he used to be. However, if he doesn't get a fight, then eventually he'll have to find a promoter that will help him since he has no other option. I like Crawford because he challenges the best fighters, like Spence Jr., but it's unfortunate that Spence did not respond by signing a contract. So, that fight remains a dream for boxing fans.

He explore with a big risk for his career and so far we don't see any good impact as he still doesn't have any big fight that may bring him
huge amount of money together with a possible belt.

Calling for a fight for Spence but there's no contract signing yet, so I agree that it will continue to be a dream unless Spence will show interest and sign.

Crawford is like turning 36 soon so that 0 is ready to be taken anytime. He better start signing with a new promoter or at least make a per-fight deal for him to stay active if he wants to continue his career. I also heard that GBP is showing interest in Crawford. GBP though has a future big superstar prospect, Vergil Ortiz and this might be one of the reasons Oscar is trying to be nice to Crawford. I wonder if Crawford allows his remaining years to fight highly risky newcomers that are yet to establish a name.

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For now, nothing yet as there's no update from both sides, same with the topic here regarding Thurman and Spence fight.

This seems cancelled although not yet clear. Greedy WBC is still reluctant to cancel this mandatory and strip Spence of his belt. What made it even worse is the WBC not issuing a deadline for both teams to make a deal so they can proceed in the last resort which is the purse bid.

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The question though is, is Crawford will consider being under again a big promoter? Since becoming a free agent, he never show any signs or hint that he wants to be under again by any promoters.

That's a good question. I think he is just testing to see if he can be successful without a promoter like he used to be. However, if he doesn't get a fight, then eventually he'll have to find a promoter that will help him since he has no other option. I like Crawford because he challenges the best fighters, like Spence Jr., but it's unfortunate that Spence did not respond by signing a contract. So, that fight remains a dream for boxing fans.

He explore with a big risk for his career and so far we don't see any good impact as he still doesn't have any big fight that may bring him
huge amount of money together with a possible belt.

Calling for a fight for Spence but there's no contract signing yet, so I agree that it will continue to be a dream unless Spence will show interest and sign.

For now, nothing yet as there's no update from both sides, same with the topic here regarding to Thurman and Spence fight.

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The question though is, is Crawford will consider being under again a big promoter? Since becoming a free agent, he never show any signs or hint that he wants to be under again by any promoters.

That's a good question. I think he is just testing to see if he can be successful without a promoter like he used to be. However, if he doesn't get a fight, then eventually he'll have to find a promoter that will help him since he has no other option. I like Crawford because he challenges the best fighters, like Spence Jr., but it's unfortunate that Spence did not respond by signing a contract. So, that fight remains a dream for boxing fans.

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Same reason why Crawford made a gamble and left Bob Arum's roof because in that way, his chance to finally make the undisputed fight got more chances because Bob Arum is not included in the said equation anymore. But even after that, it's still too much too ask because up until now, there are no positive signs.

Might be a different story and at least a bit of improvement on the progress of the long-awaited mega-fight between Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford if the latter didn't stay as a free agent for long and found another good-caliber promoter. It seems difficult to organize a mega bout if one of the parties doesn't have any promoter. As a result, the dominant promoter will only dictate the proposed terms and the free agent has nothing to do about it but to just agree, agree and agree just for the fight to happen.

Knowing Terence Crawford's personality, even as a free agent, he is not dumb to just follow the terms for the fight against Spence Jr. to fully materialize. Not unless Crawford is ready to do anything, accept anything, fine with disadvantages, accept a 20% purse split lol, just to build his legacy in the 147 lbs division, the fight will happen easily. But again that was a dumb thing to do for him and it will just make him look desperate.

That's how bullsh*t the sanctioning bodies are at some point.

I'm really annoyed at Spence. I can understand Crawford's sacrifice by leaving Top Rank just to try to make the Spence fight. Crawford is a big talent but he is not as popular and influential as Canelo who went to PBC and face their own fighter with his own conditions. So I agree that it will be very hard to make deals without a big promoter, especially when dealing with PBC. As a result, Bud became inactive for a year and until now there is no solid news that his dream for a chance of becoming the first-ever 2-division undisputed champion (4 belt era) gets materialized.

I agree that Bud despite not having a promoter will just easily agree to all the demands and exploitations of Spence and PBC. If I were Crawford, I will continue the talk with Spence but at the same time, I will also start accepting offers from big promoters. He is secured of his legacy anyways, unlike Spence. Maybe Eddie Hearn of Matchroom can offer him a good contract.

IfI remembered correctly, the Golden Boy Promotions consider reaching out or the best term would be, show interest, in assisting Terence Crawford to make the mega bout against Errol Spence be materialized for real. Oscar Dela Hoya is truly agree what Top Rank Bob Arum said before that it will be tough to finalized a deal with Spence if Crawford isn't under a big promoter.

If I'm also not mistaken, the said offer by the Golden Boy Promotions to Crawford is only to finalized a deal to Spence camp. They don't intend to make Crawford as one of their contract boxers.

The question though is, is Crawford will consider being under again a big promoter? Since becoming a free agent, he never show any signs or hint that he wants to be under again by any promoters.

But if he want to make this fight then maybe he can think of at least just 1 more under a promotional banner to help him negotiate wit the camp of PBC and obviously Oscar has done this before with the other side and probably he make it happen just like the Davis vs Garcia fight although someone has to give some edge and we don't know if Spence or Crawford is willing to be the B-side here. Both wanted to be the A-side and that could really be a big problem as far as negotiations is concern. Ego of this two are too big in my opinion and most likely that is the biggest stumbling block as to why the fight is not going to happen anymore.

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Quote from: harizen on May 05, 2023, 04:28:53 PM

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Same reason why Crawford made a gamble and left Bob Arum's roof because in that way, his chance to finally make the undisputed fight got more chances because Bob Arum is not included in the said equation anymore. But even after that, it's still too much too ask because up until now, there are no positive signs.

Might be a different story and at least a bit of improvement on the progress of the long-awaited mega-fight between Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford if the latter didn't stay as a free agent for long and found another good-caliber promoter. It seems difficult to organize a mega bout if one of the parties doesn't have any promoter. As a result, the dominant promoter will only dictate the proposed terms and the free agent has nothing to do about it but to just agree, agree and agree just for the fight to happen.

Knowing Terence Crawford's personality, even as a free agent, he is not dumb to just follow the terms for the fight against Spence Jr. to fully materialize. Not unless Crawford is ready to do anything, accept anything, fine with disadvantages, accept a 20% purse split lol, just to build his legacy in the 147 lbs division, the fight will happen easily. But again that was a dumb thing to do for him and it will just make him look desperate.

That's how bullsh*t the sanctioning bodies are at some point.

I'm really annoyed at Spence. I can understand Crawford's sacrifice by leaving Top Rank just to try to make the Spence fight. Crawford is a big talent but he is not as popular and influential as Canelo who went to PBC and face their own fighter with his own conditions. So I agree that it will be very hard to make deals without a big promoter, especially when dealing with PBC. As a result, Bud became inactive for a year and until now there is no solid news that his dream for a chance of becoming the first-ever 2-division undisputed champion (4 belt era) gets materialized.

I agree that Bud despite not having a promoter will just easily agree to all the demands and exploitations of Spence and PBC. If I were Crawford, I will continue the talk with Spence but at the same time, I will also start accepting offers from big promoters. He is secured of his legacy anyways, unlike Spence. Maybe Eddie Hearn of Matchroom can offer him a good contract.

IfI remembered correctly, the Golden Boy Promotions consider reaching out or the best term would be, show interest, in assisting Terence Crawford to make the mega bout against Errol Spence be materialized for real. Oscar Dela Hoya is truly agree what Top Rank Bob Arum said before that it will be tough to finalized a deal with Spence if Crawford isn't under a big promoter.

If I'm also not mistaken, the said offer by the Golden Boy Promotions to Crawford is only to finalized a deal to Spence camp. They don't intend to make Crawford as one of their contract boxers.

The question though is, is Crawford will consider being under again a big promoter? Since becoming a free agent, he never show any signs or hint that he wants to be under again by any promoters.

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Same reason why Crawford made a gamble and left Bob Arum's roof because in that way, his chance to finally make the undisputed fight got more chances because Bob Arum is not included in the said equation anymore. But even after that, it's still too much too ask because up until now, there are no positive signs.

Might be a different story and at least a bit of improvement on the progress of the long-awaited mega-fight between Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford if the latter didn't stay as a free agent for long and found another good-caliber promoter. It seems difficult to organize a mega bout if one of the parties doesn't have any promoter. As a result, the dominant promoter will only dictate the proposed terms and the free agent has nothing to do about it but to just agree, agree and agree just for the fight to happen.

Knowing Terence Crawford's personality, even as a free agent, he is not dumb to just follow the terms for the fight against Spence Jr. to fully materialize. Not unless Crawford is ready to do anything, accept anything, fine with disadvantages, accept a 20% purse split lol, just to build his legacy in the 147 lbs division, the fight will happen easily. But again that was a dumb thing to do for him and it will just make him look desperate.

That's how bullsh*t the sanctioning bodies are at some point.

I'm really annoyed at Spence. I can understand Crawford's sacrifice by leaving Top Rank just to try to make the Spence fight. Crawford is a big talent but he is not as popular and influential as Canelo who went to PBC and face their own fighter with his own conditions. So I agree that it will be very hard to make deals without a big promoter, especially when dealing with PBC. As a result, Bud became inactive for a year and until now there is no solid news that his dream for a chance of becoming the first-ever 2-division undisputed champion (4 belt era) gets materialized.

I agree that Bud despite not having a promoter will just easily agree to all the demands and exploitations of Spence and PBC. If I were Crawford, I will continue the talk with Spence but at the same time, I will also start accepting offers from big promoters. He is secured of his legacy anyways, unlike Spence. Maybe Eddie Hearn of Matchroom can offer him a good contract.

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Quote from: Kemarit on May 04, 2023, 02:16:37 PM

But I do agree that Crawford under Top Rank is doing good, money wise. Arum did a good job for him while he was under the banner and even unifies the 140 lbs division pushing his legacy even more. I guess the age really has a effect on him, I mean he will just everyone else, including his rivals, Eddie Hearn and others, and even his own boxers, like Crawford. As for Teo, he did say to the effect that Arum prefers black boxers, to the point that it sounded racist.

With Bob Arum on the equation, that makes the unification fight between Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford much more difficult because Al Haymon and Arum is not really in good terms and none of them is willing to take a much lesser split of the purse. I think we already know that, same as how Arum feels towards Eddie Hearn that's why a fight cannot be made if Hearn will organize it.

It is really tiring to hear this kind of situation. As a boxing fan, I really want to see top boxers facing each other on the ring but these promoter are making this deal impossible. I do not know if they are just avoiding a possible scenario that will affect their cash cows pretending to be in not good term so that the deal will look impossible. I hope the boxing sport commission will implement their authority and punish the boxer who is not abiding their regulation.

Same reason why Crawford made a gamble and left Bob Arum's roof because in that way, his chance to finally make the undisputed fight got more chances because Bob Arum is not included in the said equation anymore. But even after that, it's still too much too ask because up until now, there are no positive signs.

I think all we can do is just wait. Since there is no one in control of the fight deals except the managers and promoters, let us hope that Crawford can have a promoter that will give in to the demand of the boxing fans.

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