What's The Holdup On T-Bud Crawford's Next Fight

[hhh1200]

Pretty sure he's had to wait on the Spence decision.

Thank you. And I'm sure Haymon has contractual rights on that fight with/out Spence. Why is Tim fighting Thurman if Crawford has traditionally moved up and fought the holder of the WBO belt? That is the elephant in the room. Thank you Al Haymon.

[GrandpaBernard]

No, the problem is, fans expected Spence to show up EVEN IF he got ultimately outboxed.

Because with Spence it was always about durability and eating punches from guys like Danny Swift and Porter and just coming forward. Yet regular jabs from Crawford are rocking the boat like wha-huh? A guy who couldn't shatter a damaged Amir Khan's chin and couldn't stop Ricky Burns is now treating Errol Spence like a crash test dummy. It made no sense. Which is proof Spence wasn't 100% there physically, for whyever that was.

Spence now says it was his eyes. And he brought receipts. He was wearing glasses all the way up until the day of the fight, which he hadn't done before.

If it was his eyes - and I'm not sure I believe that - it means a rematch at 147 would help answer that question. But we still don't have a confirmation. Meanwhile, Crawford COULD have answered "come get yo belt back" if only to stay busy, because Crawford himself said Boots would be easy work; it sells itself. Okay, then treat it like a stay-busy, make some money...because he'd be the A-Side, he can ask for whatever payday he wants. It's up to the network to deliver either way. That fight could have been on the PBC PPV, frankly.

That's what he did when he agreed to fight Avanesyan. Why was that okay to move forward but not Boots?

Because Boots is a threat to retiring undefeated. It's the only logical answer. And I don't blame Crawford for that decision - I just want NSB to stop being hypocrites about it, because this is exactly the same situation with Canelo/Golovkin where for years NSB called Canelo a ducker for not fighting Golovkin.

T-Bud beat Errol too thoroughly to make me think E can win a rematch

Errol eye is as convincing as manny shouldrr

[GrandpaBernard]

Pretty sure he's had to wait on the Spence decision.

Thank you. And I'm sure Haymon has contractual rights on that fight with/out Spence. Why is Tim fighting Thurman if Crawford has traditionally moved up and fought the holder of the WBO belt? That is the elephant in the room. Thank you Al Haymon.

You’d think there’d be a deadline in the contract for when a rematch must be decided by

T-Bud is wise and has smart investments

but the management of his career has been subpar

now his career is being held hostage by Errol Eye

T-Bud would have been a middleweight champ by now with a better career trajectory

[dan-b]

Beating boots is pointless and does nothing for bud legacy. If bud stops boots no one will remember boots. Everyone will say bud fought a young green champ.

You're over complicating things. Bud is the welterweight champion, Ennis is ranked 2 by TBRB. Bud already beat the number 1 (Spence), therefore it's a fight we should demand.

[dan-b]

He's fought ONCE per year for the last 4 years and we are now 6 months after his previous fight with nothing announced, so soon it will be ONCE per year for the last FIVE YEARS.

Its not good enough at all and the reason I can't take him seriously as P4P #1 and a supposed ATG

The real ATG's, the ones of old would have had 20 fights in the time Terence has 4.

I said similar elsewhere. We're only seeing more undefeated records because of inactivity and strategic opponent selection.

[jqSide]

I said similar elsewhere. We're only seeing more undefeated records because of inactivity and strategic opponent selection.

Less fights, less risks.

[satiev1]

you're over complicating things. Bud is the welterweight champion, ennis is ranked 2 by tbrb. Bud already beat the number 1 (spence), therefore it's a fight we should demand.

He's likely out of 147 already and he's already looking for mega payday fights AT 154 or canelo.

[dan-b]

He's likely out of 147 already and he's already looking for mega payday fights AT 154 or canelo.

Okay, but how much longer do you want him to look for? Another six months?

Wouldn't you rather see him fight regardless, rather than be an inactive social media addict?

[Teetotaler69]

Bud is basking in the Spence glory like he beat SRR.

You clowns were hyping up spencerina as if he was though lmfao then when he got his ass beat "but but da car acsident doe"

[El_Mero]

Al Haymon and Spence are the hold ups! They're waiting/aging Bud out, plain and simple. The "Lie" had cataract surgery, not retina surgery and not some major ophthalmic surgery either. He should be ready to fight by April. Fcuk the bull****

Good thing is Bud is a throwback and true fighter. He stays pretty close to his fighting weight and will be ready once again. Errl will more than likely have to retire and then have to have some major surgery cause Bud gon be pissed this time and he WONT take it easy, that I can guarantee.