Anthony Crolla and Terry Flanagan.

[W1LL]

Went to the same high school. One is a Man Utd fan, the other Man City. Crolla is with Eddie Hearn and Flanagan is with Frank Warren. One southpaw one orthodox. This fight has all the ingredients for a great rivalry, but was never hyped. Why? Would have made perfect sense for these two to have unified the WBA World and WBO. As it stands Flanagan is chasing the Jorge Linares fight and we may never get a "Battle of Manchester".

[GMAN SUPREME]

Went to the same high school. One is a Man Utd fan, the other Man City. Crolla is with Eddie Hearn and Flanagan is with Frank Warren. One southpaw one orthodox. This fight has all the ingredients for a great rivalry, but was never hyped. Why? Would have made perfect sense for these two to have unified the WBA World and WBO. As it stands Flanagan is chasing the Jorge Linares fight and we may never get a "Battle of Manchester".

jorge linares that's why! he'll school that other brit flanagan too

[W1LL]

jorge linares that's why! he'll school that other brit flanagan too

He will. Terry Flanagan's resume is spottier than Anthony Crolla's.

[Tom Cruise]

It was hyped when both were champs. It would be big now tbf.

Just the usual boxing ****e with both asking fir too much money/control over the promotion and it ends with everyone losing out.

In fairness to Crolla he has had thr much tougher run through this period with a proper world champ to beat and then defending against a decent mando before losing to a very good fighter in Linares. Flanagan hasnt pushed himself at all since Magdeleno

[W1LL]

Terry Flanagan's title run so far:

Jose Zepeda: Weight-drained Welterweight
Diego Magdaleno: Super Featherweight
Derry Mathews: Well out-of-date
Mzonke Fana: 42 years old
Orlando Cruz: Featherweight/Super Featherweight midget

Petr Petrov is the first opponent with a few decent fights behind him at Lightweight. The Frank Warren matchmaking approach has me looking for the catch though.

[FinitoxDinamita]

Sht fight between two C level fighters.

[W1LL]

Sht fight between two C level fighters.

Maybe for you fat Yanks who like to fill the market with foreign imports. But in northwest England this fight sells out a big arena. Makes a lot of financial sense for everyone involved, and could lead to a series of quality fights.

[Scipio2009]

Went to the same high school. One is a Man Utd fan, the other Man City. Crolla is with Eddie Hearn and Flanagan is with Frank Warren. One southpaw one orthodox. This fight has all the ingredients for a great rivalry, but was never hyped. Why? Would have made perfect sense for these two to have unified the WBA World and WBO. As it stands Flanagan is chasing the Jorge Linares fight and we may never get a "Battle of Manchester".

how do you split the pot?

Flanagan has the belt, Crolla has the platform, the competition they've faced is comparable (though I think Crolla has been in with the better opposition), and the showdown should easily sellout the 21k-seat Manchester Arena (something that Flanagan hasn't even come jokingly close to doing).

Is Flanagan willing to split the pop 50/50, for a fight with Anthony Crolla, at a soldout Manchester Arena and on BoxNation/BT Sport (Flanagan-Crolla isn't a Box Office event, so I see Eddie Hearn being willing to put the fight on BoxNation if it'd deliver the fight for Crolla)? we shall see

[The Akbar One]

Went to the same high school. One is a Man Utd fan, the other Man City. Crolla is with Eddie Hearn and Flanagan is with Frank Warren. One southpaw one orthodox. This fight has all the ingredients for a great rivalry, but was never hyped. Why? Would have made perfect sense for these two to have unified the WBA World and WBO. As it stands Flanagan is chasing the Jorge Linares fight and we may never get a "Battle of Manchester".

Two over rated UK domestic level guys.

[W1LL]

how do you split the pot?

Flanagan has the belt, Crolla has the platform, the competition they've faced is comparable (though I think Crolla has been in with the better opposition), and the showdown should easily sellout the 21k-seat Manchester Arena (something that Flanagan hasn't even come jokingly close to doing).

Is Flanagan willing to split the pop 50/50, for a fight with Anthony Crolla, at a soldout Manchester Arena and on BoxNation/BT Sport (Flanagan-Crolla isn't a Box Office event, so I see Eddie Hearn being willing to put the fight on BoxNation if it'd deliver the fight for Crolla)? we shall see

50/50 I feel would be fair but Frank Warren wouldn't see it that way. That's likely what would stop the fight happening.

The reality is, and Frank does have a point, Crolla can't realistically go straight into a title fight after 2 clear losses in a row. Crolla could do with a couple of quick fringe wins.