Comments Thread For: Eddie Hearn: Terence Crawford is not being promoted in the right way

[MulaKO]

You can't jump in the ring every 12 months or so and expect to resonate with the boxing public especially if your personality isn't engaging outside of it. You also can't fight Avanesyan and now Madrimov after a great Spence win and be expecting coronation or adulation for that level of competition. He had a chance to make a push for popularity but he decided to reup with TR and collect the big guarantees. Say what u want about Shakur, I like the fact he's taking his career into his hands early by breaking free now despite all the flack with his style while Crawford waited till his mid 30s before he left what supposedly wasn't working for him. He is what he is at this point especially at 37.

Shakur left cause he didn’t think 3 million a fight was satisfactory for his pocket
He will soon find out that the grass is not greener on the other side
Crawford say what you will but has made very good chump change with Top Rank and look at him now ; on the verge of winning the Canelo sweepstakes

[The D3vil]

Quit blaming the promoters and just admit Crawford doesn't want hard fights. I'm trying to like the guy, but his career is a joke. This dude has fought like four champions his entire career. He's a joke. He had a chance to capitalize on his momentum from beating Spence, but he did what he's done his whole career and take the easy road.

LMAO,

Bud was blackballed and kept out away from all of PBC's fighters for years.

He chased Spence until Spence in what was considered by everybody a 50/50 fight until it happened & then it was "Spence was shot" "Spence was never the same after the accident", "Spence was weight-drained".

Charlo & Thurman & Pacquaio wanted no part of him either.

They finally threw him Shawn Porter at the end to delay the Spence beating.

Bud's a victim of modern boxing politics where one promoter can essentially own an entire weight classes or weight classes & protect their fighters from fighting the best, that's the problem.

[The D3vil]

What Joe Frazier said to Marvin Hagler fits Bud to a tee.

"You have three strikes against you, "You're black, you're a southpaw, and you're good."

All that other **** is nonsense.

[DClefthook]

What Joe Frazier said to Marvin Hagler fits Bud to a tee.

"You have three strikes against you, "You're black, you're a southpaw, and you're good."

All that other **** is nonsense.

Is this the same Nubian Queen or a different one?

[Tibburon245]

Crawford has become more popular in recent years but he's not like a Sugar Ray Leonard who was better in interviews with a more open personality. But all fighters are different.

[kenwills37]

What happened is when Bud was with Top Rank, he was supposed to fight Manny Pac. But Pac didn't want that and Bob knew Bud would have beaten him. That was Crawford's chance to cross over, but he wasn't given the opportunity. What if De La Hoya never got to fight Chavez? What if Holyfield never fought Mike? What if Floyd or Pac never got the chance at De La Hoya? This is how you become a star. Now Canelo won't give Benavidez a chance. Bud is still looking for that Mega fight (Canelo), that's why it makes no sense for him to fight Boots.

[Hustle]

Please go and search boxrec and tell me again all these fighters who have been given two slots a year. TOp rank does it with their 122-130 pounders because they atr giving them 50k a fight. MR's fighters aren't all getting 2 dates a year

Who at top rank didn't fight twice this year? And I'm not talking about guys like Loma who keep taking vacations? Any top rank fighter you can name has had at least 2 dates.

same with eddie. I'm talking about the notable fighters at top rank, matchrrom and pbc. Not the non televised undercard guys.

ain't no way danny garcia going 2 years without a fight at another promotional company. Especially not matchroom. Eddie will give you a euro bum before he let's you go years without a fight

[MulaKO]

PBC shelves their fighters
Go see with your own eyes
Imo , that is why many are leaving them

[Carpe Diem]

LMAO,

Bud was blackballed and kept out away from all of PBC's fighters for years.

He chased Spence until Spence in what was considered by everybody a 50/50 fight until it happened & then it was "Spence was shot" "Spence was never the same after the accident", "Spence was weight-drained".

Charlo & Thurman & Pacquaio wanted no part of him either.

They finally threw him Shawn Porter at the end to delay the Spence beating.

Bud's a victim of modern boxing politics where one promoter can essentially own an entire weight classes or weight classes & protect their fighters from fighting the best, that's the problem.

You’re right. I miss the days of having real honest posters on here. There’s been too many pump faking around here lately. PBC wanted no part of having Crawford demolishes their top boxers. Crawford gets full credit for the Spence fight, I made no excuses prior the fight and I won’t make one now. I stated Spence was simply too basic stylistically for Crawford prior to the fight, the only thing that was a big surprise was how easily Crawford dissected him, huge win for Crawford and his legacy.

Yeah, Charlo wants no part of Crawford, he does a lot of barking from the sidelines, but won’t step up to the plate when Crawford calls him out. Pacquiao was way past his prime and would’ve been demolished by Crawford way worse than Ugas did him. It would’ve been a decent win for Crawford, definitely the biggest name on his resume, but wouldn’t move the needle for his legacy at the time the fight took place. No one will remember that win that Ugas had against a way past prime Pacquiao. Heck, people still came up with excuses about Manny being shot to **** after Marquez iced him in their fourth and final bout, and took credit away from Floyd systematically picking him apart afterwards, and then a few years later after Pacquiao had a win over Bradley and Thurman, those same exact fans started to act like Pacquiao was back in his prime again and that Floyd and Marquez were ducking him, boxing fans are fickle af.



Shawn Porter and his dad definitely sold out for Crawford, i don’t care what anyone say. Not that I thought Shawn would’ve won because honestly I didn’t even gave him 50% chance of winning that fight, but he definitely came to lay down and collect his paycheck that night. He gave Crawford way too much respect before, during, after the fight. Now I see why some boxers have stated they won’t fight their fellow boxing friends. Overall, Crawford is a beast and arguably the best of his era, a first ballot HOF and definitely an ATG, but his resume definitely doesn’t measure up to the likes of, Pacquiao, Oscar, Mayweather, etc. He has the 2x undisputed thing going for him and soon to be 3x undisputed if everything goes according to plan with BoMac’s incredible match-making skills of picking and choosing who’s a threat and who isn’t for Crawford, but that’s about it.


Crawford is now using the same tactic of not fighting Ennis as PBC did to him, and the cycle continues….And no, Boots is all flash, no substance, and not defensively responsible enough to beat an aging Crawford.

[Theshotyoudontsee]

It's not that Crawford is unpopular , I hate to say it , but it's boxing that is unpopular.

Beat me to it. The damn sport is on life support. Bud KO's everyone, is a killer in the ring and a humble guy outside of it. A generation ago he would have been a huge star. The only "superstar" now is the ghost of Canelo, a fading overhyped cherry picker who was made what he is by a few payoffs and a bunch of aged and weight drained opponents. Lost to Floyd, GGG, Bivol and now he is coasting on his fanboys nostalgia dollars.

The sport is dying in terms of any relevance. Bud could have fought and won in any era. Madrimov is a tough fight and if Bud ages overnight he could lose.

Hearn and all the other promoters talk so much garbage. They all know the state the sport is in. The Saudi money is the only thing really keeping it afloat at this point. It's like a billionaires personal Gladiator movie. I'm glad he is doing it, but I doubt it lasts for a real long time.