Comments Thread For: Crawford Stays Mum on Identity of Hedge Fund Backer Who Offered $50 Million For Spence Fight

[Roj]

Why should Crawford publicly reveal the name of the hedge fund if it hasn’t led to the fight getting done? It’s hilarious that all the people who have no problem with Haymon’s obsessive secrecy - and lack of transparency over what financial backer is making it possible for him to remain afloat despite the fact his most commercially viable fighters only fight once a year - are suddenly saying Crawford has some obligation to reveal his backers.

As for Spence, he comes across as protected, spoiled, entitled and delusional : if someone tells you you can make a $25 million guaranteed purse - probably five times more than you have ever received for a fight - and your first question is “Yeah, but what about the back end?”, you’re living in a fantasy world.

What “back end,” you dope on a rope???? The $25 million guarantee is intended to grossly and fully overpay you upfront so “the back end” isn’t your problem to worry about!

Spence may think he’s some shrewd “businessman,” but he’s nothing more than clueless pawn.

I’m with Team Bud on this!

[LAchargers373]

Why should Crawford publicly reveal the name of the hedge fund if it hasn’t led to the fight getting done? It’s hilarious that all the people who have no problem with Haymon’s obsessive secrecy - and lack of transparency over what financial backer is making it possible for him to remain afloat despite the fact his most commercially viable fighters only fight once a year - are suddenly saying Crawford has some obligation to reveal his backers.

As for Spence, he comes across as protected, spoiled, entitled and delusional : if someone tells you you can make a $25 million guaranteed purse - probably five times more than you have ever received for a fight - and your first question is “What about the back end?”, you’re living in a fantasy world. He may think he’s some shrewd “businessman,” but he’s nothing more than clueless pawn.

I’m with Team Bud on this!

If dud revealed the secret hedge fund maybe it would lead to the fight being made?spence said let’s all meet up in person but dud said no dice he’s fighting avensyan lol

[DClefthook]

Anyone who approves of Bud's actions are not his fans you are just Haymon haters and UK dazn lovers who are upset that Haymon runs boxing in America and that's why Hearn and fishnets are failing. The moment Bud signs with Haymon all you so called Bud fans will turn on him in an instant and call his dark skin azz every type of black derogatory name in the book. You weirdos!

Oscar only has 3 worthy fighters on dazn. 1)Mungia - Oscar fuqed a fight up with Jermall because Showtime doesn't want to work with dazn 2) Ryan - Oscar is fuqing up a big time PPV with Tank because Showtime doesn't want to work with dazn 3) Virgil - Oscar is trying to force a fight with KEEF or Spence but can't because, once again, Showtime is ignoring dazn. Do you see the common denominator here? Oscar can't make a move without PBC / Showtime. MR USA only has Smickerson Hickerson and Montana Love (who fights his last contractural one tonight). 2023 Oscar should be signing with Showtime and dazn with be a global (minus America) platform. Good riddance fools!

[Madison Boxing]

all i know is none of these american unbeaten fighters fight each other, just look at lightweight... not going to hate on them as they are taking advantage of the system, people are paying them millions to fight bums.... easy nights work against avanesyan, no sleepless nights, no hard training sessions needed just turn up beat up some nobody and get paid a fortune, only people to blame are the clowns that pay to watch it, same ones who will pay to watch spence against some washed up old money grabber

[DClefthook]

Why should Crawford publicly reveal the name of the hedge fund if it hasn’t led to the fight getting done? It’s hilarious that all the people who have no problem with Haymon’s obsessive secrecy - and lack of transparency over what financial backer is making it possible for him to remain afloat despite the fact his most commercially viable fighters only fight once a year - are suddenly saying Crawford has some obligation to reveal his backers.

As for Spence, he comes across as protected, spoiled, entitled and delusional : if someone tells you you can make a $25 million guaranteed purse - probably five times more than you have ever received for a fight - and your first question is “Yeah, but what about the back end?”, you’re living in a fantasy world.

What “back end,” you dope on a rope???? The $25 million guarantee is intended to grossly and fully overpay you upfront so “the back end” isn’t your problem to worry about!

Spence may think he’s some shrewd “businessman,” but he’s nothing more than clueless pawn.

I’m with Team Bud on this!

Yes I believe you are on team Bud because you sound just as dumb as he 'do' (as Bud would say). "Haymon's obsessive secrecy" or what others would call good business. Please tell me what company that you are applying to for a job can you ask during your first interview if they can open the books before you make a decision. No company on this planet will open the books for the general public to see for their pleasure. No one ever asked Hearn, Bob or Oscar to open the books and they would be a fool to do it.

[al-Xander]

If Crawford is telling the truth about him and Spence being offered guarantees of $25 million each and Haymon rejected it, then what more is there to add to figure out who is to blame here? It's a simple story even 12 year olds could understand. How much can you even make from the backend in this day and age of piracy? $300K - $500K, maybe less.

[siablo14]

The Saudis don't want to host this match?

[archiemoore1]

For now, just focus on putting Anesthesia to sleep, then u can teach Alcohol Errol the real truth. After that, u can take Virgil's ******ity, turn the lion twins into Siamese kittens, and then u can try to lace Boots up.

[DClefthook]

Why should Crawford publicly reveal the name of the hedge fund if it hasn’t led to the fight getting done? It’s hilarious that all the people who have no problem with Haymon’s obsessive secrecy - and lack of transparency over what financial backer is making it possible for him to remain afloat despite the fact his most commercially viable fighters only fight once a year - are suddenly saying Crawford has some obligation to reveal his backers.

As for Spence, he comes across as protected, spoiled, entitled and delusional : if someone tells you you can make a $25 million guaranteed purse - probably five times more than you have ever received for a fight - and your first question is “Yeah, but what about the back end?”, you’re living in a fantasy world.

What “back end,” you dope on a rope???? The $25 million guarantee is intended to grossly and fully overpay you upfront so “the back end” isn’t your problem to worry about!

Spence may think he’s some shrewd “businessman,” but he’s nothing more than clueless pawn.

I’m with Team Bud on this!

You call Spence protected, spoiled, entitled and delusional? No sir. That is Bud you're talking about. Asking for a guarantee from Al because he got that from Arum is called 'spoiled and entitled'. PBC doesn't operate like that because the fighters have to get their money the old fashioned way. They earn it. And Bud is definitely delusional if he thinks Al is going to lose money on his ass. If someone calls you and says "hey mane I gots deese 2 hedge fund niccups and dey be like finna give us 50 stacks and shyte but I aint gon tell you who it is but what is you finna do" and you say yes and sign the contract without getting help from an advisor, then yes you and bad business bud are on the same team...the short bus team!

[DClefthook]

The Saudis don't want to host this match?

The Saudis only pay for MR and GB fights on dazn because they don't have any subs in America and can't afford the fights. Why do you think AJ and Usyk fought over there, because dazn doesn't have any subs in the UK and they wouldn't be able to pay for it in London so they had to take it to a fake boxing arena and a fake boxing crowd to stage it. Al would never sellout the US fanbase and take a Spence vs Bud over there because that's a fight the people want to see!