Is Top Rank setting Crawford up for failure?

[Bjl12]

the postol fight was perfect for crawford! that was suppose to be his break out fight. he just couldnt ko a lanky postol. maybe bob should have put crawford in with old man manny to make it easier on crawford.

Dominating a guy can be more impressive than the KO sometimes. This was the case in that fight

[N/A]

1. The Postol fight should've been in Nebraska on regular TV instead of Vegas.

Nobody wanted that fight on PPV, including Bob. Everyone knew the PPV would flop. And yes, it did damage Crawford's career. But what choice did Bob have? HBO was refusing to buy the fight.

3. Crawford should've gotten the Manny fight instead of Horn.

Manny turned down the Crawford fight.

[killakali]

Bob has proven to be an expert at building a fighter. IMO he made several moves which I think really hurt Crawford's value/worth:

1. The Postol fight should've been in Nebraska on regular TV instead of Vegas.
2 The Postol fight definitely should not have been Crawford's debut fight on PPV.
3. Crawford should've gotten the Manny fight instead of Horn.
4. The fight should've been his PPV debut.
5. The Horn fight should be on regular ESPN, not PPV.

Postol already said he wouldnt defend his title vs Crawford in Nebraska and it was on ppv because HBO only had two dates for Crawford and he wanted to fight 3 times that year so Arum lost money on the Postol fight by giving him a ppv so that he could get three fights in.

The Horn fight won't be on ppv if Manny isn't on the card and Freddie Roach and Michael Koncz have already said on more than one occasion that they will never fight Crawford.

[killakali]

Hahah so much this.

Bradley a feather-fisted dude who NEVER would have gotten a tenth of the wealth he has today if not for Top Rank.

Bradley is likely worth close to 15 million dollars easily.

And now has a cushy six-figure job as a commentator.

lol set up for failure. hahahahah

Bradley made over 20 million off the pacquiao and marquez fights alone and that doesnt include the provo, rios, vargas, chaves, casamayor fights. He made close to 30 million with Top Rank alone

[TonyGe]

I personally think it is a racial issue. Loma receives way more promotion than Crawford.

Lomo has been with Crawford for over 4 years. Crawford for well under 1 year. Crawford is about to fight the guy who defeated PAC an all time great. Get real...

[bwilson]

Usually fighters keep moving up in weight until they are no longer effective or competitive. Then they can't move back down.

[brettWall]

TR setting up TC for failure?! Are you kidding me?!

Arum has been like a real, overprotective grandpa to TC. HBO Nelson wanted TC to fight Matthysse. Bob said no. Nelson had no choice but to stomach making Postol vs Matthysse, two foreign fighters with meager fanbases.

Then Nelson wanted Pac vs TC. Bob said no again and thought TC was not ready yet.

What a joke!