Comments Thread For: Derrick James Says Crawford Has 'Uneducated Perspective' of Himself in Spence Fight

[Jsmooth9876]

I wish you would explain to us why you are on a boxing group whilst seemingly incapable of reading articles.

My judgment doesn’t mean anything and even if it did I’m not the one running my mouth about leverage. That was James.

I just said because of all this, I don’t see the fight happening. I’m frankly getting sick of all this leverage bs killing fights in boxing.

I responded to your post. You stated (he does) when talking about Crawford having less leverage than before. I asked how he did. You instead want to act like I'm the one not understanding how things work here lol. And I agree, boxing is a disgrace, it's all about A side B side BS and the fangirls here have bought in hook line and sinker

[peplz]

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Alright. Let’s stick with Crawford only.
Crawford has stated that he wants fight three times in 2023.
Which three guys should Crawford go after?

Of course he should go after Spence first and foremost. Circle the block like he said and try to negotiate for a fight on Memorial Day weekend. If not Spence I think he should try to fight Ennis or the winner of Stanionis vs Ortiz. Then move up and fight the winner of Charlo vs Tszyu. He could fight Fondura if he’s still at 154. But dude isn’t going to stay at 154 for very long in my opinion. As his frame starts to fill out he is not going to be able to make weight anymore. So Fondura might be a long shot. But ideally it would be Spence then Ennis then Charlo for a three fight schedule in 2023.

[TheIronMike]

Downward trend on what exactly?

Porter-Crawford did 130Kish, whilst the Avanesyan fight did 5000 buys.

Thats a 96% decrease. A literal cliff dropoff.

[Jsmooth9876]

Porter-Crawford did 130Kish, whilst the Avanesyan fight did 5000 buys.

Thats a 96% decrease. A literal cliff dropoff.

You get them numbers off Reddit? Lol, I'm sure it did terrible but those are just laughable numbers.

[peplz]

You get them numbers off Reddit? Lol, I'm sure it did terrible but those are just laughable numbers.

Spence fans be straight up making s h i t up to fit their narrative.

[Combat Talk Radio]

The point is, his value didn't drop one bit since they last negotiated. They don't want the fight, that's fine. They should just move on and stop even talking about him at this point.

You're beyond help, brother.

Spence wants to unify the division. He doesn't care who holds that belt.

But whoever does needs to ACCEPT their B-Side status. Because Spence holds 3 of the belts. Period.

[davefromvancouv]

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Do you have a source to back this wild claim? Other than Crawford stating it without proof of course.

What other source do you need? Spence never denied it, did he? So he can make the guaranteed money and make history if he beats Crawford.

[Jsmooth9876]

You're beyond help, brother.

Spence wants to unify the division. He doesn't care who holds that belt.

But whoever does needs to ACCEPT their B-Side status. Because Spence holds 3 of the belts. Period.

If he wanted it that bad, the fight would get made.

[Oregonian]

What other source do you need? Spence never denied it, did he? So he can make the guaranteed money and make history if he beats Crawford.

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So whenever anyone makes any accusation or claim, a denial is all one needs to dismiss those accusations?
PAC is a bigger name than Spence and Crawford yet he didn’t even make $25 million when he fought Thurman or Broner or Mathysse.

Crawford vs Spence if it happens will not make a million PPV because neither has that fan base or crossover appeal.
$25 million a piece is an outlandish and ridiculous claim to make. If it is true then Spence is an idiot for not taking it BUT Spence did say that Crawford refused to name the hedge fund that would front that money. So either Crawford is lying or Spence is but you choose to believe your guy.

[Oregonian]

Of course he should go after Spence first and foremost. Circle the block like he said and try to negotiate for a fight on Memorial Day weekend. If not Spence I think he should try to fight Ennis or the winner of Stanionis vs Ortiz. Then move up and fight the winner of Charlo vs Tszyu. He could fight Fondura if he’s still at 154. But dude isn’t going to stay at 154 for very long in my opinion. As his frame starts to fill out he is not going to be able to make weight anymore. So Fondura might be a long shot. But ideally it would be Spence then Ennis then Charlo for a three fight schedule in 2023.

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This is all fine and we are in agreement so WHEN Crawford decides to fight Broner or Ugas or anyone besides Spence and Ennis, how will you defend him?