Bob Arum Says Fractured Business Has Affected Terence Crawford

By Steve Kim

Terence Crawford takes on Hank Lundy this Saturday night from the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. For Crawford it's a year that hopefully brings him a big, marquee fight.

When Bob Arum is asked what that might be, he told Boxingscene.com on Monday afternoon,""The winner of Manny(Pacquiao) and (Tim)Bradley."

Pacquiao-Bradley 3 is scheduled for April 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Many believe it could be the last hurrah for 'the Pac Man' but Arum states,"I don't know he won't (retire), in my bones I believe he won't."

For the time being, Crawford has had to settle for the likes of Thomas Dulorme, Dierry Jean and now Lundy and it seems as though the momentum he built in 2014 has grind to a halt. Many of the desired dance partners simply aren't available to him at the moment.

"I think the problem is that the business is so fractured that it's very difficult to get fighters that will fight for other promoters in with a guy like Terence Crawford,"said Arum, who simply doesn't do much business with manager/adviser Al Haymon and his Premier Boxing Champions brand.

"Now, if there was some sense in this thing and we supplied fighters for say Haymon and he supplied fighters to us, we would get better matches and he'd have better opponents."

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.