Crawford vs. Postol Close to Being Done for July 23 PPV

[-PBP-]

He's looking to finalize a PPV with:

Crawford/Postol
Ramirez 1st title defense if he beats AA
Jessie Vargas vs. TBA

All Postol asked for was a neutral location so it looks like it will be in LA.

Arum said the Crawford-Postol fight is close to being made.

“We’re discussing it with both of them and trying to get the numbers right,” Arum said. “Negotiations are going on and we’re getting very close.”

Arum said one of the conditions Postol asked for was that the fight not be in Omaha, Nebraska, Crawford’s hometown. Arum said agreeing to that was no problem.

Arum said the undercard of the pay-per-view would include at least one other world title fight, perhaps Gilberto Ramirez (33-0, 24 KOs) in his first defense should he win a super middleweight belt from Arthur Abraham (44-4, 29 KOs) on the Pacquiao-Bradley III undercard or newly crowned welterweight titleholder Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs) in his first defense since winning the vacant belt by ninth-round knockout against Sadam Ali on March 5.

http://espn.go.com/blog/dan-rafael/p...rawford-postol



Now let's get ready to on those impatient fans and their ducking accusations.

[IMDAZED]

Good fight but PPV? WTF is going on??

[-PBP-]

Good fight but PPV? WTF is going on??

HBO can't afford it. This will likely be the case for a lot more fights.

[HanzGruber]

Nice if true. Sucks it has to be ppv

[IMDAZED]

HBO can't afford it. This will likely be the case for a lot more fights.

If HBO can't afford it, how are the fans expected to afford the PPV? Sounds like they're really leaving the sport. Putting this on PPV is absurd.

[Vasyl’s dad]

If HBO can't afford it, how are the fans expected to afford the PPV? Sounds like they're really leaving the sport. Putting this on PPV is absurd.

lmao, this is grand. For all the years you and others have been big on "boxing is a business",

Now, PPV is absurd?

"Boxing is a business".

[IMDAZED]

lmao, this is grand. For all the years you and others have been big on "boxing is a business".

Now, PPV is absurd?

"Boxing is a business".

Hello, my world is black and white.

[-DSG-]

Hell yeah! I've been hard on TC lately but if he takes this fight nobody can hate now.

[Cogitation7]

Good fight but PPV? WTF is going on??

I believe Arum is trying to groom Crawford into a PPV Star

[Eff Pandas]

Good to hear. This is one of the fights I'm most looking forward to right now in boxing.