REVEALED: Shawn Porter's Mandatory For Crawford's WBO - The Truth Of The Situation (From Porter Himself)

[rickJen]

You just flip-flopped, bro.

In one breath you said you'd rather see Crawford fight Pacquiao despite knowing that fight wasn't going to happen.

Produce a quote where I said that nonsense.
Paqcuiao needs to retire NOW. That's what I have always felt about the guy.
So these young fighters in their prime stop mentioning his name as an excuse not to fight each other.

If money is what Porter is all interested in (don't care about winning), then I don't care to watch it.
I'm not interested. It's not going to happen anyways if that's the point of contention. I'd rather move on.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Produce a quote where I said that nonsense.
Paqcuiao needs to retire NOW. That's what I have always felt about the guy.
So these young fighters in their prime stop mentioning his name as an excuse not to fight each other.

If money is what Porter is all interested in (don't care about winning), then I don't care to watch it.
I'm not interested. It's not going to happen anyways if that's the point of contention. I'd rather move on.

Money isn't all he's interested in.

But, he's a prizefighter . To quote Floyd, "that's what you're supposed to do, fight for a prize".

[Fists_of_Fury]

Money isn't all he's interested in.

But, he's a prizefighter . To quote Floyd, "that's what you're supposed to do, fight for a prize".

That moron genrick thinks fighters should take less to fight Crawford but doesn't think Crawford should take less to fight a good fighter. He is a bias and nut hugging Crawtard idiot. He constantly blames PBC and everyone else for Crawford's cherry picking and trash resume.

[STREET CLEANER]

Crawford appears to be one of the p4p fighters today but he hasn't beaten anyone of not. As of late he fights popular UK fighters for a paycheck or some no name that they can lowball. Crawford thinks that he is valued more than he actually is. A good match up against him will sell because he needs a good dance parter. All he is doing as of late is hiding behind negotiations. Now they are busy digging up graves for his net opponent because he won't get a Many payday.

[just the facts]

I said before that the reason the fight hasn't gotten hard booked is that Shawn is trying to negotiate in good faith.

Meanwhile, WBO refuses to threaten Crawford like they threatened Herring (Fresh after a fight!) and Joshua (continually).

Crawford is very near 2 years out from a mandatory defense. Vergil Ortiz was just placed #1. Crawford already ducked Ortiz, as I covered elsewhere, saying he needs to "earn" it.

So what does this all mean?

We finally get to hear from Porter himself about what the deal is. In summary:

WBO executives do NOT consider Porter the mandatory (this is the required announcement I keep talking about that they refuse to do for 2 years but only for Crawford)



This contradicts what both BoMac and Crawford said - because when Crawford got asked about an Ortiz fight, he said that Porter was the mandatory.

So somebody's lying - and I suspect it's Crawford.


BoMac lied when he said that Porter activated the mandatory (I covered that here: https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/boxing-forums/non-stop-boxing/30826920-breaking-bomac-says-porter-activated-the-wbo-mandatory)

Not only is Porter not the mandatory - apparently - but....


Porter is still trying to negotiate in good faith. WBO wants him to force a mandatory; he wants to do it the regular way rather than force it, due to friendship but also payday.



Now, the irony of this quote is that Shawn is just as much friends with Keef and he had ZERO issue facing him, calling him out, embarrassing him publicly, etc. Belts were on the line, paydays were a contentious point, etc.

Also I would point out: Tommy Hearns and Marvin Hagler couldn't STAND each other when they fought. They were out for blood. Yet all the way to Hagler's death they were the best of friends.

So if Porter thinks that Crawford is so petty and fickle that he would just break a friendship over the fight game...I mean, I hate to use the term, but that's straight up b8tchassness.


Here's my question. Why did the WBO feel it necessary to straight up ruin Herring's win by announcing a mandatory...repeatedly threaten Joshua with an Usyk mandatory, yet not a peep on Crawford? Did Porter tell them to back off? Did Ortiz lobby to get ranked #1? And what happens if Ortiz lobbies for mandatory?

Due to your inability to view anything even remotely related to Terrance Crawford with even a sliver of objectively, your ignorant opinion means less than nothing.

[ShaneMosleySr]

LOL whoops.

Because the WBO does what Bob says. Bob values Mexican fighters over black fighters. He'll be quick to make Ortiz vs Crawford. How was Ortiz vs Hooker a WBO eliminator when it was Hooker's first fight at the full welterweight limit and he hadn't fought in over 15 months and he never held the WBO at 140?

[ShaneMosleySr]

Porter is better than Pacquiao? Lol

You just flip-flopped, bro.

In one breath you said you'd rather see Crawford fight Pacquiao despite knowing that fight wasn't going to happen.

Meanwhile, I've been consistent from day one. You can go back in history and confirm.

I want Crawford to fight a THREAT.

I don't give a damn which threat.

And I specifically called out the list, and that list has not changed for a year.

Keef
Danny Swift
Shawn Porter
Vergil Ortiz

I don't care which one he fights. But that's the list. Pick one.

Not old Manny.

Not some no-name.

Not some damaged fighter.

Not some washed fighter.

Any of those four, I don't care which.

Hell, I'd even be okay with Mikey Garcia at this point. Or even tiny ass Gary Russell Jr.

Once he proves to me that he can comfortably deal with a threat WITHOUT help from the ref and without low blows or other dirty fighting, then and only then will I ask for a Spence fight.

Or, if he accepts B-Side humbly, like Floyd did against De La Hoya, I'm fine with a Spence fight sooner.

Consistent from day one bro.