Comments Thread For: Arum: Crawford is Equal if Not Better Than Sugar Ray Leonard

[buddyr]

ok first of all, Arum is an idiot for that comment, but I'm sure no one will agree with him like they did with the Lomanchenko is the best fighter since Ali quote. 2nd, Lomachenko and Crawford need to get the hell away from Arum. Lomachenko is doing amazing things with under 15 fights and he's still on ESPN while not being a star yet and Crawford is fighting on ESPN apps. Wtf is Arum doing. He's destroying these guys. He has 2 of the best fighters in the world(also had De la Hoya and Floyd at the same time as well) and he still hasn't learned his lesson. He's too cheap to make these guys superstars. Pac should have been bigger than he was too. Outside of the great things he did in boxing, the most he was known for by the casual fan was trying to secure a fight with Mayweather. I hate Bob Arum.

[buddyr]

Amen to that, Preacher. The choir is with you. Boxing needs this division to deliver. This group at 147 has the potential to be the group of boxers we talk about in awe if they don't let boxing politics get in the way. They need to fight each other with the mandatory rematches along the way over the next few years. Greatness awaits them all.

Well we know Thurman isn't gonna fight Cawford or Spence. I'm past the point of expecting him to face either of those guys

[buddyr]

NO! This came out 5 days ago:

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum told Randy Gordon and former heavyweight challenger Gerry Cooney on their Rush 93 show on Sirius XM on Monday, that Manny Pacquiao is not interested in a welterweight bout against Terence Crawford, and that he’s eyeing lightweight world titleholder Vasiliy Lomachenko at 135 pounds. Pacquiao hasn’t fought at 135 since a TKO victory over David Diaz in June, 2008.

http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=1-23703036

Manny needs the money and he's cashing out. loamachenko would stop Manny at 135.

[Letmaku]

Crawford/Leonard vs Duran/Pacquiao

[Basco]

Dementia has officially set in!

[Gary Coleman]

So Crawford-Rios next? Or maybe Provodnikov.

[Noelanthony]

I hope he's not going down that road. ............

Lololololol

[daggum]

its true. leonard has several losses. how can he better?

[MDPopescu]

NO! This came out 5 days ago:

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum told Randy Gordon and former heavyweight challenger Gerry Cooney on their Rush 93 show on Sirius XM on Monday, that Manny Pacquiao is not interested in a welterweight bout against Terence Crawford, and that he’s eyeing lightweight world titleholder Vasiliy Lomachenko at 135 pounds. Pacquiao hasn’t fought at 135 since a TKO victory over David Diaz in June, 2008.

http://www.espn.com/espn/now?nowId=1-23703036

... I know this news... But Arum rally was planning to make Pac face Bud... and the fact that Pacquiao now states that he would go down to face Loma, rather means that he doesn't want to fight or make a fool of himself any longer...

[The plunger man]

... but isn't Arum planning to give Bud a HOF in Pacquiao?...

Yes but a HOF is still in the prime of his career..or near it and seeing how horn roughed pacquiao up I really see no point in making this fight...a bit like terry Norris when he beat Leonard