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Damn, Bob just threw Terence Crawford under bus. If only Crawford had a modicum of dignity and self-respect; He will fire this fool and sign with the PBC ASAP.
LOL at Pacquiao having no charisma.... You don't become a household name by having zero Charisma.
Manny had an exciting style and an entire country behind him. He just smiled and went along with it.
I just hope y'all will admit that the PBC fighters haven't been ducking Crawford, Bob is the problem not Crawford, Spence, or any other PBC fighters. This is on Bob.
It's on all of them tbh. I don't think Al Haymon is sitting there thinking "oh I must make this fight next!".
There are no protagonists among these promoters. Haymon, Arum, Hearn, Warren, Oscar...they're all the same.
Boxing is a wild sport, fighters giving promoters a percentage of their purses to promote them meanwhile the promoters are running to the media to tell them the fighter sucks at promoting...themselves.
As a Bud fan I can't lie he's got to go and hire AB as his promoter.
I know AB is down with EJ just saying. AB did it better than most outside the ring.
Bob is just trying to trash Crawford’s negotiating power. If haymon knows bob doesn’t want him, GB won’t sacrifice Ortiz to him and there are no British welters, he can lowball the hell out of him so he can come back.
I don’t understand what is Al Haymon doing NOT making Crawford a good enough offer to sign him or Crawford's team turning down an offer from Haymon for some reason. They desperately need to come together and make that deal happen. Crawford is already 33!
Crawford will also obliterate a drained DLH, drained Cotto and a one dimensional Hatton.. very easy.
A prime Manny Pacquiao shreds any version of Terrence Crawford, so if you're implying that Crawford is as good as that Manny Pacquiao, then let's just say that we'll agree to disagree on that one.
Some fighters are just harder to promote. Crawford's problem is that he lacks any type of charisma or some type of hook to capture the interest of the casuals. If you have a certain type of persona you can attract the casuals as well as boxing fans (Mayweather, Tank, Broner), if you aren't able to connect with fans via social media or by hyping an image, it's difficult to promote a fighter. It's also difficult to promote an American fighter that doesn't have that ethnic fanbase to rally behind them like Canelo, Pacquiao, AJ, Fury, etc.
Look at Charlo. Champion in two weight classes, undefeated, and still can't host a successful PPV. Same with Andrade. It's not just Arum.
But when you're about to die, you hold you tongue for no one.
Top Rank as a company will be able to clean up his transgressions after he dies.
Dubeouf will say Bob lost his mind his latter years after he goes.
Arum is demonstrating his lack of professionalism.
He better not think other fighters from his stable are not sitting there and saying to themselves, "Time is the only thing separating me from being treated the same way."
Lol as if Crawford wouldn't whoop those guys too. so you answered the question..Manny did no promoting. Arum made those fights happen.
LOL Notice how all of crawfords fights are FANTASY fights. "If" crawford fights spence "If" crawford were to fight cotto,hatton,oscar....Because he DOESNT fight anybody.
Arum made the fights happen yes, But Mannys highlight reel KO's vs other PPV stars is what made him.
Get crawfords nuts outta your mouth.
Wow I have never seen a promoter come out and say it.
While it’s true they should have known beforehand it would go like this.
Crawford can sell out a small arena in Omaha, NE but isn’t a big National name. Once Pacquiao left Top Rank their WW stable was t going to build Bud up to be a mainstream star. Arum needs to make the fights we want to see. Garcia, Thurman, Pacquiao and Spence.
you can't compare Pac to Crawford, Pac earned his popularity by beating ATGs. Even Crawford admits his biggest win is Jeep Horn. Personality wise, Pac always had an infectious smile on his face from the very first time he appeared on HBO. Stewart and Merchant would always talk about how happy Pac looks entering the ring. Crawford has the personality of a pet rock and has been fighting weakass talent, no spectacular wins and he couldn't even get a highlight reel KO against Khan, why would fans gravitate towards him?
Crawford's facial expression and overall demeanor reminds me of Tommy Hearn and Sonny Liston.
I'm not pointing fingers at who is causing the problem but the truth is Crawford does indeed need to fight credible guys for his fights to sell. Whatever it takes, changing promoters or calling out the top guys or both he should immediately start doing. His "goes stale by certain date" is a factor with him being 33.
Roach did more promoting than Manny did. same with Sanchez and GGG. but both of those guys leeched off the highest ticket sellers in the sport : Floyd and Canelo. GGG got a $100million contract thanks to his attachment to Canelo.
Crawford name is now attached to Spence but none are PPV attractions.
Pacquiao, GGG and Crawford all have the charisma of a turtle so i dont wanna hear sht about how they "promoted".
Its still shameful a "promoter" telling a fighter to do what he's paid to do. but i dont feel sorry for Bud. people told him years ago to leave TR.
LOL at Pacquiao having no charisma.... You don't become a household name by having zero Charisma.
Typical Arum, if a fighter is on the way out of his company he will bash them. There is no marquee names with TR for Spence unless he waits for one of the JWW to move up and that is not going to help his career.
Errol Spence has a similar dull personality. If you ever listen to any of his interviews he sounds like he's half asleep. So why is he so much more popular on PPV?