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While fighters have to deliver the goods between the ropes, the decisions which their management teams make on their behalf can impact heavily upon the course of their careers.
This was patently evident last weekend in the contrasting cases of lightweights Terence Crawford and Ricky Burns who contested the WBO title in March.
Victor Crawford – saddled by that wise old sage Bob Arum, an octogenarian with over half a century’s involvement in the fight game – opened the defence of his title with the pressure of restoring world championship boxing to his home state of Nebraska after a 42 year drought.
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This was patently evident last weekend in the contrasting cases of lightweights Terence Crawford and Ricky Burns who contested the WBO title in March.
Victor Crawford – saddled by that wise old sage Bob Arum, an octogenarian with over half a century’s involvement in the fight game – opened the defence of his title with the pressure of restoring world championship boxing to his home state of Nebraska after a 42 year drought.
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