Comments Thread For: Crawford vs. Broner: Bob Arum is Open To Making The Fight

[Sweet Jones]

this is a ppv fight lets be honest ya crawford is the obvious favorite but broner style is one that could give him trouble. i honestly would love to see this fight

Agree with this. Could see Broner speed and ability to crack providing success similar to Hank Lundy's 1st round.

[BrometheusBob.]

Of course Bob is open to making the fight, his fighter would be the favorite.

I remember one video when discussing making fights with Haymon he said something like "Give me Crawford vs Broner and I'll give you Danny Garcia vs Jessie Vargas [when Jessie was champ]". Now that is a paraphrasing, but I think in the way he said it he made it clear that he believes Crawford would beat Broner and that Garcia would beat Vargas, or at least that agreeing to both fights is a good deal since both promoters would have about the same amount of risk.

[HanzGruber]

of course he is lol.. doesnt want crawford vs pac doe or thurman or diaz

[dsomonster]

Crawford should be fighting Pacquiao next! Hopefully Pacquiao doesn't duck him! If he does though, I would love to see Crawford vs. Broner! The problem for Crawford is Burns wants Broner too, and so does Burns' promoter. I can see Broner choosing to fight Burns first, get the belt, and then negotiate with Arum. In a perfect world, we get Pacquiao vs. Crawford, Broner vs. Burns, and then hopefully, both Crawford and Broner move up to 147!

Bronx, Pac ain't ducking Bud. Pac will want the fight at WW and Bud already stated he will fight Pac at JWW. Bud is going to have to give in and fight Manny at WW if this is going down.

Now, if Bud agrees to fight Manny at WW and Team Pacquiao come up with other excuses, then YES, Team Pac is ducking.

I think Bud fights at JWW at least a few more times before moving up to WW. It all depends on how difficult it will be for Bud to make 140 in the future.

Bud>>>Broner, but if AB comes in motivated and his team gets him in really good shape, this could be an upset in the making.

[WesternChamp]

Crawford should be fighting Pacquiao next! Hopefully Pacquiao doesn't duck him! If he does though, I would love to see Crawford vs. Broner! The problem for Crawford is Burns wants Broner too, and so does Burns' promoter. I can see Broner choosing to fight Burns first, get the belt, and then negotiate with Arum. In a perfect world, we get Pacquiao vs. Crawford, Broner vs. Burns, and then hopefully, both Crawford and Broner move up to 147!

hopefully crawford move up to 147 so we can get pac in with him. hopefully he doesnt duck moving up.

[koolbreez12]

It's a good move if Pac doesn't fight him. First of all, Pac is an old fighter, secondly he is a part time fighter, and lastly TC is in his prime, he's tall, kinda big, very powerful, and doesn't have a type of style that an old ATG should be looking for. Pac should fight some one like Lomachenko. Hear me out, I know Lomachenko is not a big name either, but unlike TC he is not big, he is not that powerful like he will not KO you. The Walters fight is fresh on people's memories, but also look at the Salido and Russell Jr fights, he couldn't drop them, he hurt Russell but he hit him very hard and could not drop him. It's also a good win to have because Lomachenko is the best amateur boxer of his generation and he has made a good name for himself as a pro. In other words, yes i'm saying Pac should fight Loma because it's the easier fight, both in terms of the punishment and the ease of selling it and because he's a part time fighter, he can't prepare properly for TC, he'll get KO'ed. Loma is no walk in the park boxing-wise, but if Pac does not train properly, worst case scenario is he gets thoroughly outboxed rather than stopped. Fans clearly love the smaller guy moving up to fight the bigger guy, so this will get fans attention

Crawford should be fighting guys like Spence, try making a name for himself. The Postol win was good, but he shouldn't follow that up with Molina and then Broner. He took his gimme fight in Molina, time to fight another good fighter. TC-Broner will gain attention for sure, but it won't do much for his resume, and TC is a great fighter who should be fighting other young great fighters

I disagree. I think Lomachenko is all wrong for Manny. Ya he might not knock him out, but he has a high probability of just schooling Pac and making him look bad. Pac doesn't do well against boxers with movement and Lomachenko arguably has the best movement in the game. Pacquiao would gain zero from fighting him. He'd be
bringing up a much smaller guy and outside of real boxing fans, no one knows Loma.

TC fighting Molina was jus to a stay busy fight, yes. But a fight with Broner is actually a good fight. I'm no fan of Broner but he isn't just some bum. The kid has talent, just lacks the mindset. He was the most intriguing fight for TC at the moment besides Pacquiao. I think writing him off would be a huge mistake. I still have TC coming out with the W, mainly because of the difference in footwork and activity, but I don't think it'll be a walk in the park at all. If Broner prepares right then that'll fight has the potential for fireworks.

[JASON SHAW]

Spence needs to man up and fight spence..... Broner already got xposed by maidana and porter.....

[GMAN SUPREME]

broner wont take the fight crawford would embarrass him once again. broner will duck crawford he will never fight another threat again after being exposed by maidana and porter.

[koolbreez12]

Sounds like everybody is a possibility for Pac and Crawford besides each other. Pac can go as high in weight as Canelo and as low as Loma. Crawford should fight Spence or Broner or unify. However, having them fight each other just isn't the fight to make. I don't know if this is "let it marinate" BS, but it's turning off boxing fans.... With that being said, Broner-Bud would be an awesome fight IF Broner takes it seriously. If he doesn't get his head on straight, he will be blowing massive amounts of potential...

Why fight Spencer? Spence is at 147 and a really big one at that. Besides their both just coming into their own right now. A fight like that needs to be built up

[jqSide]

Seems clear Bob Arum still feels Crawford is not yet ready for Pac.




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