Breadman: Pacquiao’s team picked Spence over Crawford because they see weakness in Spence

[ShoulderRoll]

Ya'll PBC shills boasting about 300k buys like it means anything. Pac has had DOZENS of fights do better than 300k. Pac is the A-side and any opponent he fights takes the B-side treatment for a reason.

Pac has fought plenty of random opponents like Jeff Horn, Brandon Rios, and Jesse Vargas. So you better believe choosing Spence over Crawford had more to do with ability to WIN than PPV buys...Manny brings his own country and he'll do minimum 600k against ANYONE (double Spence career highs).

How many PPVs over 300k has Crawford had?

That's the difference between him and Spence when it came time for Pacquiao to choose a dance partner.

[Biolink]

Haymon showed Pac the money to fight Spence, Arum didn't for him to Crawford. Simple as that.

[Monzon99]

this could be a skit. haymon and spence need a big payday. Pac has the leverage to demand a soft sparring session which he will win or which will be a draw. Pac is the clear cut A side who can dictate everything. If Pac at his age takes the risk and fights Spence in a real fight, he truly is the goat. fraudweather would never ever dare fight a spence or crawford in a million years, he'd rather fight circus clowns like that paul guy.

[Apollo7]

It doesn't neccessarily have to be one or the other. They might have picked Spence as they feel he'll generate more money and be a more beatable opponent.

[SplitSecond]

Spence's holy grail is a 300k PPV against Mikey Garcia, 250k PPV against Danny Garcia, and 300k buys against Porter. Spence likely offers more PPV buys than Crawford but its definitely not different enough to influence opponent selection.

And Manny has taken plenty of dud fights...Jeff Horn and Brandon Rios, to name a few.

Spence was stunned multiple times by Danny Basic Cherry Garcia and just didn't look remotely the same. Crawford meanwhile looked as mean as ever and effective against what looked like a game Brook. Crawford has all KO's at WW and while people criticize his opposition he likely would've stopped Mikey LIGHTWEIGHT Garcia as well Danny BASIC Garcia.

Manny picked Spence because his odds of winning are better. Same reason Manny fought Mosley, Margarito, Hatton, Thurman, Rios, and Matthyse...they all looked bad in the 1-2 fights prior to Manny fighting them. Make no mistake Manny may be the greatest matchmaker of all time. Nonetheless Spence is much bigger than Manny, much younger, and is the favorite for a reason.

Also, it is VERY UNLIKELY Manny can win a decision. Like Wilder-Fury 1, Wilder-Ortiz 1 and 2, Charlo-Harrison 2, and Broner's recent fight...Haymon protects his own and he's very transparent in building Spence. Spence will be getting judged by fans like FLY TY War Room and ShoulderRoll who have the black fighter up 4-5 rounds before the fight starts. They're mad Trump is back in town XD XD XD

Considering the rumour that was floating around of “Spence-Danny Garcia did 180-200k but they’ll report 250k” BEFORE the 250k report came out. I take any PBC number with a grain of salt. Not that 250k is even good neither.

Sean Gibbons has been pushing for Pacquiao-Spence. And he’s been telling us Crawford was not next, “no way” etc. So I can buy they see him as easier prey. I view it that way. Doesn’t mean Manny wins though.

[-Kev-]

1. Pacquiao works with PBC/Fox/Haymon now. They likely offered him a bigger guarantee than Arum offered him. Arum is a notorious low baller. We know this. The guy allowed his young rising latino star Teofimo Lopez to go fight in Triller. He’s cheap. Arum doesn’t even like Crawford.

2. Winning against fighters who are not top 10 (Brook, Khan, Benavidez), doesn’t fool all fans. Many fans are fooled, but not all. Spence is the better WW, which is why he is ranked #1.

[IceTrayDaGang]

Haymon showed Pac the money to fight Spence, Arum didn't for him to Crawford. Simple as that.

simple as that. not sure why it's up for a debate.

[baroidi]

didn't Pac already agreed to the Crawford fight before the Arum wasn't able to secure the funding? Spence was second choice

[daggum]

classic pac cherrypicking!

[IceTrayDaGang]

1. Pacquiao works with PBC/Fox/Haymon now. They likely offered him a bigger guarantee than Arum offered him. Arum is a notorious low baller. We know this. The guy allowed his young rising latino star Teofimo Lopez to go fight in Triller. He’s cheap. Arum doesn’t even like Crawford.

2. Winning against fighters who are not top 10 (Brook, Khan, Benavidez), doesn’t fool all fans. Many fans are fooled, but not all. Spence is the better WW, which is why he is ranked #1.

such a big lie, making excuses for crawford NOT stepping up. TC is a grown man, he needs to step off the porch and go play with the big boys.