Comments Thread For: Arum: If Crawford Wants 3-4 Fights a Year - We Have The Dates

[Zaryu]

I'm already paying for espn +, so i'm hoping eventually we get fights on a weekly basis. I would love see Crawford fight 3-4 times a year

[Butch.McRae]

What Arum means is that he already has 3-4 bums lined up from Crawford.

People need to be honest about these opponents. We just saw Indongo get blasted by Prograis like he was a prop up fight. Postol's best wins were Matthysse and Lundy. Diaz went life and death with a guy (Peterson) people claim is a marginal fighter (which I disagree with). And Horn shouldn't have been in the ring (we know Arum resorted to his old tricks to get that belt from Manny).

I like Bud and how he handles his business but there needs to be some scrutiny on these opponents. The quality is very similar to Danny Garcia's comp prior to Thurman and people called him a cherry picker (rod salka was unacceptable though) lol

[Eff Pandas]

Does TR got the quality opponents to pay him what he's worth & have it all make sense if he fights 3-4 times a year. I mean if you pay me the same for 2 medium caliber fights as you do for 3-4 low caliber fights I think just cuz of all the fight training/prep stuff I just fight the 2 times a year. But idk thats just me. Maybe Bud feels differently.

[MDPopescu]

Arum: "... if he wants to fight three times a year, if he wants to fight four times a year, we’ve got the dates for him. So it’s up to him, as to how busy he wants to be.”

Arum has the dates, the venue (MGM Grand, with big gate money, right?)... but does he have the required opponents for those 3-4 fights per year?... I doubt...

[Prince Madison]

yeah and 4 in house trash top rank opponents to fill them with

[Motorcity Cobra]

I'm not buying it. I've been watching his career closely. This guy still isn't selling tickets. In his last 4 fights outside of Nebraska he's done very modest at the live gate. Attendance yesterday was 8.1k. And that was at MGM Grand Garden. (Lundy - 5k attendance at MSG; Postol - 7k attendance at MGM; Diaz - 8k attendance at MSG)

Meanwhile Spence just had 12k in attendance at Barclays against Peterson and is expected to have 12 - 15k for Ocampo. (After pulling only 7.6k attendance against Algeri at Barclays)

I know Crawford averages around 11-12k attendance in Omaha, but he's still not connecting nationally.

We won't even have a "ratings" number for this fight because of the app. He's not anything close to a "household name" imo. I think he's right in the bunch with guys like Garcia and Thurman.

Crawford-Diaz averaged 961,000 viewers on HBO, peaking at over 1M.

The Crawford-Molina fight drew an average of 806,000 viewers (peaking at 871,000 viewers)

Crawford-Gamboa ratings a hit Crawford's first pro fight in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska (and the first world title fight there in 42 years), attracted an average audience of 1.208 million viewers to HBO for the live, first-time airing. The fight peaked at 1.286 million viewers.

According to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research, an average of 965,000 viewers tuned in to watch an ESPN telecast Saturday night that featured Terence Crawford’s demolition of previously unbeaten Julius Indongo.

[Butch.McRae]

Crawford-Diaz averaged 961,000 viewers on HBO, peaking at over 1M.

The Crawford-Molina fight drew an average of 806,000 viewers (peaking at 871,000 viewers)

Crawford-Gamboa ratings a hit Crawford's first pro fight in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska (and the first world title fight there in 42 years), attracted an average audience of 1.208 million viewers to HBO for the live, first-time airing. The fight peaked at 1.286 million viewers.

According to ratings released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research, an average of 965,000 viewers tuned in to watch an ESPN telecast Saturday night that featured Terence Crawford’s demolition of previously unbeaten Julius Indongo.

This data doesn't refute a thing in my post lol I obviously know the TV ratings, but that's not translating to people coming out to see him.

And those numbers definiteky don't mean "household name" lol I think we both know that

[Motorcity Cobra]

This data doesn't refute a thing in my post lol I obviously know the TV ratings, but that's not translating to people coming out to see him.

And those numbers definiteky don't mean "household name" lol I think we both know that

Bob puts him in Vegas because Crawford gets paid so much and the casino money subsidizes the card. What other fighters are doing 8k in Vegas?

And Omaha is not a major metro area like Dallas. Of course he's not gonna get 15k like Spence. I doubt they have a venue that holds 15k

[killakali]

Does TR got the quality opponents to pay him what he's worth & have it all make sense if he fights 3-4 times a year. I mean if you pay me the same for 2 medium caliber fights as you do for 3-4 low caliber fights I think just cuz of all the fight training/prep stuff I just fight the 2 times a year. But idk thats just me. Maybe Bud feels differently.

what are u talking about? Crawford is the highest paid welter in the game:

Purses from Las Vegas per the Nevada State Athletic Commission: Terence Crawford’s official contract is for $1.75 million though his guarantee from Top Rank is $3 million. Jeff Horn’s official purse is $500,000 but he is guaranteed $1.25 million. Jose... espn.com/espn/now?nowId…

[TreJac]

If Bud fights a couple times on ESPN he will be a household name.
He has the goods as far as boxing goes and Arum knows how to milk it.

Maybe Bud should move over to PBC and fight once every 10-12 months! Stop making it seem as if things would be better at PBC. Spence can't get a big name under the Haymon banner.