Comments Thread For: Arum Expects Better, Stronger Terence Crawford at Welterweight

[megas30]

Why do i get the funny feeling Arum is trying to set up a super fight between Terence and Lomachenko. I have feeling Loma might go to 147 in the near future. Arum, please don't try to do this.

[bobd9842]

The "Gold" medals you reference mean nothing - by 29 years old Pac, May and other greats had beaten Hall of Famers and ATGs. That's head gear and a point system. Not to mention, one was a chinny-blown featherweight who moved down since the fight and is the opening bout on an HBO card triple-header. The other was security guard as a pro. And at 140 his biggest name was Victor Postol who beat a washed up Lucas.

Crawford hasn't fought anyone his size who was a serious threat yet. Postol's entire build up for the fight was from one win over an inactive, fading opponent. Crawford didn't KO Postol and he didn't even KO Prescott at 135, but I'm going to believe he's going to bring power to threaten Thurman, Porter, Garcia, etc. I doubt he'll even KO Horn.

Bottom line is that Crawford is completely unproven and was an HBO and now ESPN over-hype job. He might be great, but his level of competition has been extremely weak and he's 29.

Your opinion obviously is not based in your knowledge of boxing. Anyone can see that Bud has the tools to beat any once a year fighter at PBC. Your statement elsewhere that Bud is avoiding Spence is also ridiculous as he hasn't even arrived at WW yet, much less been there long enough to avoid anyone. You know perfectly well that he wants ALL the belts, and Thurman having two of them makes for the quickest path to 2 belts for him. Does he recognize that Spence is probably the best at WW right now? Of course he does. Unless Arum is lying (which he could be) he has indicated that he wants all of Haymon's belts. His strategy being...he puts more pressure on Haymon to make these fights, then...he can more easily blame Haymon when the inevitable obstacle of money comes up. Its a dirty business. What I would like to see happen is for fans on either side of the Haymon/Arum divide, be able to unite and see through all their B.S. in order to pressure these promoters to make fights. I.E...don't give either side any sympathy for whatever B.S. excuse they come up with. Thats what I would like to see. I want to see the standard operating procedures of these promoters be ripped away from them for the sake of the fans that want to see these fights. Social media has changed things and I think it's a tool that fans can use to keep the pressure on.

[megas30]

If Crawford is 5'8" Floyd is about 5'5"-5'6". I saw both of them standing together and Crawford towers over Floyd.

[bobd9842]

Why do i get the funny feeling Arum is trying to set up a super fight between Terence and Lomachenko. I have feeling Loma might go to 147 in the near future. Arum, please don't try to do this.

If that's the case then I am really hoping that Rigo quite literally "beats" that idea out of Loma and/or Arum.

[REYESdelBOXEO]

140 pound World Champion , JOSE BENAVIDEZ Jr. @ Bob Arum & Terrence Crawford : "I wanted Crawford at 140 lbs. , they turned down a fight with me on several occasions. Bob Arum can't protect you from me forever Terrence , I'm coming to take you out at 147 pounds now!"

When that young highly skilled & physically gifted young savage beast JOSE BENAVIDEZ Jr. , challenged Crawford to a Wild Wild West showdown , Crawford's "trigger fingers" turned to "twitter fingers".

[aboutfkntime]

Until he makes a career move that doesn’t involve arum then he is a cherry picking coward.

he unified the entire division

who do you think he ducked ?

[aboutfkntime]

140 pound World Champion , JOSE BENAVIDEZ Jr. @ Bob Arum & Terrence Crawford : "I wanted Crawford at 140 lbs. , they turned down a fight with me on several occasions. Bob Arum can't protect you from me forever Terrence , I'm coming to take you out at 147 pounds now!"

When that young highly skilled & physically gifted young savage beast JOSE BENAVIDEZ Jr. , challenged Crawford to a Wild Wild West showdown , Crawford's "trigger fingers" turned to "twitter fingers".

interesting

[10lbs]

Crawford will not fight the top WW, he'll get the WBO title and fight mandatories with top rank and golden boy fighters for vountary defenses! Arum will follow the same blueprint he did with Pacquiao and Bradley with the WBO title. Crawford has talent but fought guys who were better amateurs than pros or too small for him. He fought nobody at 140, Garcia who's been cherry picking at 147 has a better 140 resume.

[Lopez_Boxing]

he unified the entire division

who do you think he ducked ?

I Must have worded it wrong because a lot of guys are taking as it’s my opinion. I was playing off of what arum said. You know, he always talks super highly of his guys until they leave then be bashed them. I have no complaints on Crawford. No one should

[Lopez_Boxing]

If Crawford is 5'8" Floyd is about 5'5"-5'6". I saw both of them standing together and Crawford towers over Floyd.

Yeah Floyd is small as ****. I’m 5’8 and I look down on him.