Comments Thread For: De La Hoya: I'm Telling Crawford, 'Let Me Help You In Making The Errol Spence Fight Happen'

[jonnyc420]

Oh yes, just look what he did for Cryan. There is a rematch clause, a catchweight, a rehydration clause and surely the purse split favors the other fighter. Oh and on a biased network who is invested in the other guy.

[TheOneAboveAll]

We all appreciate the exuberance Oscar, but its wasted on these two. They just don't want to fight. The Klitschko brothers will face off in a bareknuckle cage match before Spence and Crawford ever square up.

[TheOneAboveAll]

Oh yes, just look what he did for Cryan. There is a rematch clause, a catchweight, a rehydration clause and surely the purse split favors the other fighter. Oh and on a biased network who is invested in the other guy.

Well, the alternative to all those ridiculous stipulations is no fight. ODLH and Garcia must be confident.

[Cool story]

Oscar a real one

[jonnyc420]

Well, the alternative to all those ridiculous stipulations is no fight. ODLH and Garcia must be confident.

That or as I believe this is simply a cash grab. I imagine everyone involved makes a pretty penny. The casuals are eating this up.

[theface07]

It's sad to see how far De La Hoya has fallen. Most of the things he says really feel like he's grasping for relevance.

Meanwhile he's been instrumental in making what will probably be the biggest fight of the year. No idea what you're talking about here. How can you not be relevant when one of your fighters is in the most lucrative matchup of 2023? Oscar now has an example to use in trying to lure Crawford to Golden Boy. He helped make Tank/Garcia happen. That should be an incentive for Bud to join ranks.

[theface07]

Oh yes, just look what he did for Cryan. There is a rematch clause, a catchweight, a rehydration clause and surely the purse split favors the other fighter. Oh and on a biased network who is invested in the other guy.

Are you whining because they did what they had to do to make the fight happen? There's just no pleasing some fans. Sounds like you are the crybaby.

[TheOneAboveAll]

Are you whining because they did what they had to do to make the fight happen? There's just no pleasing some fans. Sounds like you are the crybaby.

Right? Boxing has the most fickle and irrational fans of any sport.

[ELPacman]

Yeah I agree with you mostly. I certainly don't think that a lot of these fighters are scared of one another, and most 'ducking', er I mean 'strategic matchmaking has more to do with their management and the state of the sport in this capitalist system. But, because of that us fans suffer. Or, I guess more specifically, us 'hardcore' fans suffer. Casual fans clearly don't care about the 'product', as evident by how popular YouTube fighters are, as well as having NON-PPV worthy fights on PPV. And when it comes to Spence and Crawford specifically, they seem greedy. Obviously it's easy for me to say, since I am not the one who is risking life and limb, nor is it my money to conveniently brush off, I still feel like they can both get paid handsomely AND fight sometime in this millennium. So, very long story short, I agree with the sentiment of 'not hating the player, and hating the game', I still feel that if they really want the fight for their legacies, they could renegotiate and come to some sort of compromise, but maybe they don't care about their legacies as much as I wish they would.

I was wondering how come the Youtube fights are taking over. You have to believe, part of that reason is because of this. Casual are impatient and tired of waiting for big names in boxing to face each other. They want action and they want it quick. They're turning over to these "celebrities" that they're familiar with and are willing to face each other. Meanwhile the actual boxers are taking a step back in viewership because casuals are sick of waiting and lose interest.

Boxing has nobody, but itself to blame at the end of the day. The greed that exists around the non-fighters plays a huge part into it. Of course they're in the ears of the actual fighters and would rather they continue milking something that keeps their own pockets fat than lose a mega star due to him losing to another star.

Once again, I'll always say that AJ mostly avoided Wilder because Eddie knew AJ was keeping the lights on at Matchroom. He was their bread and butter and couldn't afford to lose those insane paychecks if AJ had lost to Wilder.

[jonnyc420]

Are you whining because they did what they had to do to make the fight happen? There's just no pleasing some fans. Sounds like you are the crybaby.

They rolled over and I won't be surprised if they were told what shoes and gloves he has to wear as well. Maybe you are drooling for this fight but it's no mega fight. I wouldn't have lost sleep over it not happening. Oscar didn't negotiate at all for his fighter he simply gave into a list of demands for a pretty penny. It's pathetic, just pointing out the facts isn't crying clown.