By Edward Chaykovsky
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who promotes WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford (26-0, 18KOs), says he would like to have his fighter face Mauricio Herrera (22-5, 7KOs) on October 24th in Omaha.
Herrera returned this past Saturday night, winning a fifth round technical decision over Hank Lundy. Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions, who promote Herrera, have very good relationship and the possibility of a deal coming together would be strong.
“Terence Crawford is fighting 24 October in Omaha and we hope it will be against Mauricio Herrera - that will be a good fight," Arum told Mark Butcher of Boxing Monthly. “The relationship with Golden Boy is excellent. We’re competing companies, but we’re allies in a lot of other things and their fighters fight our fighters and our fighters fight their fighters.”
Crawford moved up to junior welterweight earlier this year and won the vacant WBO championship after knocking out Thomas Dulorme. With many of the fighters from lightweight to welterweight signed up with Al Haymon and Premier Boxing Champions, Crawford's options are limited for the fall.
