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>>>Gonna be one helluva fight. >>> >>>They've been playing "keep away" from Crawford over at the >>>PBC, refusing to "cross the street" to fight him. >> >>No, they have been doing business as usual. Neither >>promotional company has a history of crossing the street >>unless it is a significant fight. PBC just happens to have >>considerably more options at 147. > > >Wilder fought Fury 3 times. PBC guys claim to be their own >bosses. The man sat there on stage at the press conference and >said the fight happened BECAUSE PORTER WANTED IT. Too much >evidence is there to show that PBC guys could've been fought >Crawford if they wanted to. Full stop. >
Again, they come together when there is a significant fight to be made. From a competitive standpoint and more importantly financially. If Wilder was not going to fight Joshua, Fury is absolutely the biggest fight that could be made in the division.
> >>Crawford is one of my favorite fighters in the sport. > > >Mine too. > > > >>However, there is something missing that does not make him >>appealing to casual boxing fans. > > >With all due respect, that's bullshit. Tank Davis is no more >appealing than Crawford, even less charismatic and even on >tape abusing a woman. His promoters (mainly Ellerbe and Floyd) >simply promote him relentlessly and build him up rather than >tear him down like Bob did Bud. Tank also fights on tradition >PPV outlets where people know how to buy. They had Bud on the >ESPN+ app where countless people had no idea how to order and >so just watched it for free. That covers your point about Bob >complaining he "loses money". Bob is ass. Hell, Tank don't >even have great PPV numbers, but again, his promoters continue >to lift him up instead of tearing him down. Bud has STOPPED 13 >of his last 15 opponents. You can't tell me his fights aren't >exciting. First folks claim they don't like Floyd because he >decisions folks, now yall got Crawford KO'ing mofos left and >right and you let this CLOWN as white man convince yall he >ain't appealing. Please stop buying whatever bullshit these >people say. > You are missing the point. I would say Crawford is a Top 3 Pound for Pound guy right now. Nobody is questioning his talent or the entertainment value of his fights. I am saying people don't pay to see him fight. That is a fact. If Danny Garcia fought Terrence Crawford as an undefeated champ, Danny would demand a bigger split of the pie because he is a bigger draw. That is how this business works. Emphasis on "Business" they are no longer in the amateurs. Errol Spence is an undefeated, unified champ at 147. His fight against Porter more than doubled the PPV numbers of the Crawford fight. If he decides to give Crawford 40% that is more than fair.
> >>If Crawford signed with TR to become a star and a champion, >>that makes sense. If he signed with them thinking he would >>have opportunities to fight the PBC guys, there is just very >>little evidence to support that. > >He most likely sigend with them because he had a very high >monetary guarantee on his fights, and he has 5 children and a >wife. He was promised the Spence fight, and that promise >wasn't kept. That's why he said he's out after this Porter >fight, his last on the contract. > Like I said, there was no evidence to support that claim. We are not talking about talent but appeal. All of the fighters you mentioned were established PPV attractions. People keep making this about Spence. He didn't fight Garcia or Thurman either. He didn't even fight Manny when both of them where with Al. That is why you have to question if he ever had any real intentions on fighting guys across the street.
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