Proof Bud didn't want to fight Porter til it was ordered

[sicko]

I have a feeling all this BS will be over sooner than people think. No More Politics and BS against Crawford which is mostly brought upon him by his own promoter who recently said and I Quote "F^CK HIS LEGACY"

Yet the Narrative being pushed is that it is other people fault for him not landing the big fights

If you're Haymon, behind the scenes you work with Crawford to figure out a way to get him the F%CK away from Arum and jump to PBC and for his first fight with PBC you throw him in with Shawn Porter. That should be the play here! In the process you completely Remove Arum out of the Welterweight Division since they Released Mean Machine already for whatever Reason so without Bud, Arum has nothing at 147

This would put Bud in Position to get the winner of Pacman vs Spence with ZERO Roadblock

[rickJen]

I don't know how many established welters want to fight Porter, let alone without belt.
Guys like Jessie Vargas, Mikey Garcia, Ennis, etc.
First PBC name Crawford mentioned was Thurman when he was transitioning to 147.
Danny and Angel were never interested, then it all came down to Spence, who all fans wanted.

The present situation might force these 2 fighters to fight with heavy heart.

[KillaMane26]

I think it obvious that crawford preferred a Manny fight to a Porter fight. I don’t think that is something he should be criticized for.

Yeah but his fans feel so guilty and insecure about the situation they ain't gonna admit to this even though it's understandable lol

[Ray*]

Well it has been ordered now, no more he says she says, let’s see who ducks this. 60/40 is amazing… No way out now, the truth would be out if this fight doesn’t get made.

[The Big Dunn]

Yeah but his fans feel so guilty and insecure about the situation they ain't gonna admit to this even though it's understandable lol

Exactly. I really don’t get that. Everyone at 147 wants the payday and the potential bump you get if you defeat Manny.

[Fists_of_Fury]

Well it has been ordered now, no more he says she says, let’s see who ducks this. 60/40 is amazing… No way out now, the truth would be out if this fight doesn’t get made.

Crawford is forced to either man up, drop the belt or retire. This is a wonderful situation! Porter gets a fair split, a shot at another belt to force a Spence rematch and an opportunity to expose Crawford as the cherry picking hype job some of us believe he is. If either ducks this fight, they will get tons of sheeit from me. This is the fight I have been wanting.

[PBR Streetgang]

I think it obvious that crawford preferred a Manny fight to a Porter fight. I don’t think that is something he should be criticized for.

Agreed. Pacquiao may not be the same fighter in the ring but the name is a good one to put on the resume and it further establishes the opponent as a PPV fighter provided they win.

[$Bullsfam$]

It's always Arum. Any quality WW Crawford can fight Bob needs it to be PPV because he refuses to pay for fights fans want to see. He only pays for squash matches and thats his business model. I highly doubt Crawford is ducking anybody he just needs to get away from Bob

[Ray*]

Crawford is forced to either man up, drop the belt or retire. This is a wonderful situation! Porter gets a fair split, a shot at another belt to force a Spence rematch and an opportunity to expose Crawford as the cherry picking hype job some of us believe he is. If either ducks this fight, they will get tons of sheeit from me. This is the fight I have been wanting.

We would see who is being forced, usually the mandatory or highest ranked boxer would petition for a fight against the champion. Porter didn’t do that, so it wasn’t Bud was is being forced to man up here.

Like you and I said this is an amazing situation because the WBO has taken it upon themselves to mandate Porter and given him 40% if it goes to purse bid. There is NO way out of this for him now. The only champion that I have seen duck his mandatory in recent years was Quillin from PBC, so unless Top rank asked Bud to drop the belt then it’s all on Porter/PBC now.

Let’s get it on.

[GhostofDempsey]

Why would he want Porter? It's a high risk/low reward fight. What does Bud get out of beating Porter besides a payday? Porter doesn't hold a title, he's already been beaten by Thurman, Brook and Spence, and he's insisting he is worth more than $2 million. He only made $1 million for Thurman and Garcia, and only about $1.5 million for Ugas. He needs to forget whatever he made against Spence, your stock doesn't go up after a loss.