Comments Thread For: Crawford-Porter: WBO Orders September 2 Purse Bid, To Stream Live On Its Facebook Page

[KTFOKING]

Have Bob Arum and Al Haymon publicly reveal the bids live on stage. Have them open a box like Deal or No Deal.

LMAO, that would be hilarious.

I don't know if Triller has been scared away from the Lopez/Kambosas debacle, but would not be surprised if they have another crazy bid.

I don't see DAZN bidding here. They aren't really making many big fights stateside at the moment and will they really want to put up 6-8M for a fight that they don't have future rights of either fighter?

[Robi13]

Thriller gonna be dropping that 12mil bid to secure the rights to dis doe

Lol same sh.it I thought

[KTFOKING]

The beautiful things about this is whether Top Rank get Crawford a fight or not, they have to pay him his remaining 3 plus million left on his contract come October. If I was Crawford (or Porter), I'd let this go to purse bid...you know Haymon, Hearn & Triller will bid like crazy for this fight.

And Crawford will get paid twice, once from the purse bid winner (if it's not Top Rank) and second from Top Rank who has to honor the remaining financial of his contract once it expires in October.

Don't think that is true. If they lose the purse bid, then they won't have to pay him for his last remaining fight. The contract supposedly reads as they owe him one fight or the contract expires at the end of October.

[anonymous2.0]

How does Porter stay relevant in the grand scheme off things

fan friendly fighter

[wrecksracer]

How does Porter stay relevant in the grand scheme off things

I think Porter is also a mandatory for one of Spence's belts. It might not look good for him to skip out on the Crawford fight, but he has options. He could rematch Ugas. The way PBC recycles their welterweights, he could also rematch Thurman. He could also fight (ugh) Robert Guerrero lol. Relevancy isn't really a requirement. He's part of PBC's round robin at 147 for the next decade. Unless Haymon wins the purse bid, I'm sure he's going to be advised to skip out on Crawford.

[Bronx2245]

How does Porter stay relevant in the grand scheme off things

He has a rematch with Ugas for the WBA title! It's that simple.

[Bronx2245]

The beautiful things about this is whether Top Rank get Crawford a fight or not, they have to pay him his remaining 3 plus million left on his contract come October. If I was Crawford (or Porter), I'd let this go to purse bid...you know Haymon, Hearn & Triller will bid like crazy for this fight.

And Crawford will get paid twice, once from the purse bid winner (if it's not Top Rank) and second from Top Rank who has to honor the remaining financial of his contract once it expires in October.

It's the best thing that could happen to Crawford! Arum was not going to give Porter any real money, and Crawford was never going to have a real opponent! The only thing that could've been better for Bud, was for the WBO to order him to fight Vergil Ortiz Jr.! That would've been HUGE in Texas!

[GBP4LIFE]

Thurman vs Porter 2 on deck LOL

[AdonisCreed]

Bid on the fight already let's get this going people!! I'm ready to see this happen and I don't want any roadblocks!! Let's Go Shawn Porter you better not waste this opportunity. I will say this, I'll feel bad if Bud loses and that would mean Spence would have missed out on a legacy fight with Pacquiao and Crawford.... The next best options would be got him to move up and fight his best friend Charlo or risk fighting a dangerous Canelo at 160+ SMH

[QballLobo]

I’m interested to see what a purse bid would bring. I just don’t think this fight is worth a big number as neither guy is a big draw or commands a big enough live gate to entice someone to overpay.