If Arum had allowed Pacquiao to fight Crawford…

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  • ShoulderRoll
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    If Arum had allowed Pacquiao to fight Crawford…

    How do you think it would have gone?

    Bullshit Bob had both of them at Top Rank at the same time. That would have been an in-house fight worth making, but of course it’s the one the King of the In-House Fights wouldn’t give us.

    I feel he robbed the fans of what would have been a historically significant legacy type of fight.

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    it'd happen in 2018 after TBud had his first fight at 147 ko'ing Horn

    manny would be 39 at the time

    TBud southpaw right check hook KO manny and FORCES him into retirement

    they're both southpaw so TBud has an open lane for his 74" reach dominant hand power jab

    Floyd's 72" reach jab gave manny fits. TBud's open lane jab would land more than Floyd's stick

    a frustrated manny grows desperate lunging in eating counters for it until his chin fails him

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      #3
      there's a reason why manny and his team stayed away from TBud at 147

      manny instead opted for these cherries Lucas then Adrien

      TBud fumbled too by not demanding the fight

      FOLDING manny would have been TBud's ticket to stardom in his physical prime at 31 or 32

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        #4
        Let's say the fight did happen, wtf do you think would come of it from Crawford in the event he would have won? He'd still be with top rank contractually so tell me what do you think.

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          #5
          Originally posted by SouthpawRight
          it'd happen in 2018 after TBud had his first fight at 147 ko'ing Horn

          manny would be 39 at the time

          TBud southpaw right check hook KO manny and FORCES him into retirement

          they're both southpaw so TBud has an open lane for his 74" reach dominant hand power jab

          Floyd's 72" reach jab gave manny fits. TBud's open lane jab would land more than Floyd's stick

          a frustrated manny grows desperate lunging in eating counters for it until his chin fails him
          There was talk about it happening in 2015.


          Roach Gives Arum Green Light on Pacquiao-Crawford

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          • TheProudLunatic
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            #6
            Gatti vs Gamache where Bud is Gatti
            Career ender for Pac

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              #7
              Originally posted by ShoulderRoll

              There was talk about it happening in 2015.


              Roach Gives Arum Green Light on Pacquiao-Crawford

              https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/b...quiao-crawford
              lol ducked TBud to save manny for a possible Floyd rematch

              TBud was a high risk, low reward at the time

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                #8
                Originally posted by ShoulderRoll

                There was talk about it happening in 2015.


                Roach Gives Arum Green Light on Pacquiao-Crawford

                https://www.boxingscene.com/forums/b...quiao-crawford
                At 147, in 2015 manny would had loss and maybe got KO.

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                  In 2017 Manny set his price at $20 million to fight Crawford. Arum must have known Crawford couldn’t draw flies and couldn’t meet Manny’s demand. He decided to cash Manny out against Horn and rig the cards.

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                    #10
                    So don't have an answer for me son? Or is the thread a joke?

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