Comments Thread For: Arum: Pacquiao-Crawford is Dead Over Money Woes

[pasawayako]

crawford duck again for not signing the contract.

[Doubledagger]

If its not a top rank boxer then it sure as hell better be Porter, Ennis, or Virgil Ortiz.

Anyone else and yawl can forget about me tuning in.

[Jack_sh*t]

That MF'er didn't sign jack ish.

Huh? Someone call?

[letsgetreal]

We want to watch crawford vs mayweather

[Bronx2245]

Terence Crawford: Will He Fight Josesito Lopez Next?
Boxing News 24
By Chris Williams
April 25, 2021

Terence Crawford’s dream fight against Manny Pacquiao on June 5th turned out to be another duster/dry hole for him with money men from Abu Dhabi failing to come up with the cash to make it a reality. With the Pacquiao fight off the table and likely permanently, Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) and his promoters at Top Rank could be turning their attention to #9 WBC Josesito ‘The Riverside Rocky’ Lopez for his next fight.

The 36-year-old Josesito (38-8, 21 KOs) was the guy that was rumored to be Crawford’s next opponent after his win over Kell Brook last November. Josesito has won his last two fights against John Molina and Francisco Santana by knockouts. He’s looked good, showing that he still has a lot of pop in his punches. Thurman beat Lopez by a 12 round decision in his ‘get-back fight in January 2019, and he was lucky to escape with a victory. Josesito had Thurman on the verge of a knockout in the seventh round after catching him with a tremendous shot.

Crawford likely would have already fought Josesito by now if his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank hadn’t started talking up the idea of a fight against 42-year-old Pacquiao. Terence should have told Arum to forget it because it was never going to happen. The rumored split for the fight was 80-20, with Pacquiao getting $40 million. You can argue that it’s a good thing that the investors from Abu Dhabi didn’t come up with the money to stage the Pacquiao – Crawford fight in the UAE because they likely would have lost money when the fight failed to bring in the big pay-per-view numbers to get a return on their investment.

Pacquiao is so old now, and he’s done precious little with his career since his embarrassingly one-sided 12 round decision loss to Floyd Mayweather Jr. The only significant victory the Filipino star has chocked up in the last six years was his win against an over-the-hill broken down Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman in 2019. This wasn’t the Thurman of 2016, unfortunate. The Thurman that Pacquiao beat was a semi-retired, physically depleted version, who had been dealing with injuries and fattening himself up while sitting on the couch from 2017 to 2019.

Shawn Porter would be the perfect Plan-B for Crawford, but that’s a fight that likely won’t happen for a couple of reasons. The former IBF/WBC welterweight champion Porter (31-3-1, 17 KOs) will want big money to face Crawford, and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum likely won’t want to risk taking a bath on that event, losing millions.

Arum recently said that the money he’s lost in some of Crawford’s fights would be enough to purchase a house in Beverly Hills, California. With Arum having burned in the past for some of Crawford’s fights, you can understand why he’s not eager to pour a boatload of money in a Crawford-Porter fight. Crawford vs. Porter would obviously be a pay-per-view level fight, but past events suggest that it wouldn’t bring in the type of numbers to cover the costs of the huge purses.

If Crawford wants to fight twice in 2021, he’s going to need to get back in the ring soon because it’s already closing in in May, and he’s wasted all that time with his pipe dream of fighting Pacquiao. Arum needs to sign Josesito as soon as possible for Crawford and then decide if he wants to shell out a ton of cash on a match with Porter.

It’s safe to say that a fight between Crawford and IBF/WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr will never happen at this point. Spence has already offered Crawford a 60-40 split and been turned down. Once Spence beats WBA champion Yordenis Ugas to snatch a third world title, Crawford will be lucky to get an 80-20 split.

Spence and Pacquiao are in negotiations for a fight in July on pay-per-view. If Spence beats Pacquiao, then that’s another reason why we won’t see a fight with Crawford.

Spence’s popularity will be through the roof after he sends Pacquiao into retirement, and there will be NO way that Crawford will be able to get the 50-50 split that he’s dreaming of.

https://www.************.com/2021/04...to-lopez-next/

[Bronx2245]

Manny Pacquiao Vs. Errol Spence In Advanced Negotiations For July
Boxing News 24
By Chris Williams
April 24, 2021

Negotiations are in the advanced stage for a fight between Manny Pacquiao and IBF/WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence for July. Terence Crawford is no longer an option for the Filipino star. ESPN Knockout is reporting that Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) is now negotiating with Spence (27-0, 21 KOs) for a fight that will take place in the summer on pay-per-view in the United States. The negotiations between Spence and Pacquiao are said to be in the “advanced” stage, according to ESPN Knockout.

Of course, we’ve heard over the last two years many rumors of Pacquiao fighting different guys, but none of the fights have happened. One has to be highly skeptical about Pacquiao fighting Spence because it’s a tough fight, and he’ll likely want a tremendous amount of money to agree to it. There obviously will be a great deal of interest from the boxing world in a fight between Spence and Pacquiao, but maybe not enough to support the purse requirements for the Filipino superstar.

Although Spence has fought on pay-per-view several times in the last two years against Danny Garcia, Mikey Garcia, and Shawn Porter, he’s not brought in whopping numbers. Spence was recently said to be in negotiations to fight WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas for July in a unification fight.

It’s unclear what happened with the talks between those two fighters. Ugas looks like he’s been living it up, celebrating being elevated to WBA champion outside of the ring after Pacquiao was stripped of the title for sitting inactive for two years. Recently, Ryan Garcia was in negotiations with Pacquiao for a fight on pay-per-view, but the match didn’t happen. Ryan’s promoter Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions, laughingly said that they had talked to a high number of people associated with Pacquiao. Still, he’s not sure if they ever spoke to the right guy to make the fight happen. If Spence’s management at Premier Boxing Champions has the same problems attempting to negotiate a fight with Pacquiao, it’s possible they won’t get the deal done either.

Manny has been out of the ring for the last two years since his fight with Keith Thurman in July 2019, and it’s possible that the Spence mega-bout could fail to occur as well. But it’s promising that the talks are in the advanced stage. With the negotiations for the mega-fight with Crawford falling through for lack of investor money from the UAE, Pacquiao appears to be wasting no time in looking to put together the next big-paying fight against Spence.

Spence, 31, is one of a few popular fighters in the welterweight division that Pacquiao can make big money fighting.

WBO welterweight champion Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) is out of the picture for Pacquiao after the UAE investors failed to come up with the money for the proposed June 5th fight. Pacquiao, 42, is said to have signed his portion of the contract for a fight with Crawford, but the investors in Abu Dhabi failed to come up with the funds to make the contest happen, according to Mike Coppinger. This was reported on Friday, which effectively ends the 33-year-old Crawford and his promoters at Top Rank’s dream of making that could. It could also mean that Crawford will be moving on when his contract expires with Top Rank in October.

If Pacquiao’s negotiations with Spence fail to happen, the Filipino superstar’s Plan-C may be former four-division world champion Mikey Garcia. The inactive Mikey (40-1, 30 KOs) has been campaigning hard to fight against Pacquiao since his loss to Spence in 2019, although he hasn’t done anything to earn the fight. Given his inactivity, weight issues, and the lack of success at 147, Mikey isn’t someone that will attract a lot of attention for a fight with Pacquiao. If Mikey had stayed busy, fighting two to three times a year at 147 since 2019, there would be more fan interest in a fight between him and Pacquiao. But with the way things are, Mikey is a forgotten man.


https://www.************.com/2021/04...ions-for-july/

[Combat Talk Radio]

Yeah I guess he don't sign his own contracts like everybody else wish I had your inside contacts.

Pacquiao's own promotional company president already confirmed that nothing had been done, as I covered.

Dan Rafael also confirmed that there was never anything to this.

What happened is simple.

Manny said (verbally), "I want $40 million, talk to my promoter"

Arum got a call from the same shady ass mofos that promised Khan they would back a fight with Manny.

Arum pissed his slacks at the chance to finally get a fight for Crawford, and prematurely said he would announce something.

At no point did Manny sign anything.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Crawford fighting in September is too far away. Arum seems to have no plan for him at all. He should leave Top Rank this year.

Look at the timing.

Crawford's agreement with Top Rank expires in October.

Very similar situation to Manny who was on the way out of Top Rank when Horn was booked.

I'm just sayin

[elfag]

worst part of this article is finding out that scumbag Michael Koncz is still around and making big money in boxing

[Combat Talk Radio]

worst part of this article is finding out that scumbag Michael Koncz is still around and making big money in boxing

Not only that, he's got people actually believing he still represents Manny in serious negotiations.