My Spence/Crawford tinfoil hat conspiracy theory.

May be wrong and it could be made official any day now but the fact that there’s been no further comment or info after Dan Rafael’s tweet has me thinking. I wonder if one side leaked that info to Dan to try and force a deal. Rafael has connections but he’s not as connected to Haymon/PBC as other promoters. I wonder if Haymon and Spence feel they have made a great offer to Bud but he hasn’t signed yet or is asking for more. So they “leak” that the deal is close so it looks bad if he backs out now. If it doesn’t happen they can blame Crawford’s side before moving to another fight. The fact that Thurman was recently elevated to WBC top contender is interesting as well. They have a backup plan they can do quickly for Spence if no Crawford fight this year while Bud would have limited other options.