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

[Pigeons]

Pacquiao, Kavaliauskas and Jose Benavidez... all top rank fighters at the weight

Someone also brought up Carlos Adames today. He's ranked #7 at WW by TBRB.

[Scipio2009]

Pacquiao, Kavaliauskas and Jose Benavidez... all top rank fighters at the weight

Pacquiao is fighting Lucas Matthysse, in Malaysia, for the WBA regular belt, took that fight instead of the Horn rematch, and had that spat where his company was talking about his being a promotional free agent before Top Rank got the US rights to the fight.

[deanrw]

I think Crawford has a solid fanbase and a good casual crossover fanbase. I'm the fight guy in my circle of friends. People were asking me about Crawford this weekend.

Exactly. Crawford attracts casino money. They pay for him to fight there.

[Scipio2009]

why?

Say what you will in the end what we means nothing BUT NOTE THIS: Chickenweathermayshlt would have DUCKED BUD ! Shaw ,,, he done ducked Spence !

Crawford's not a giant guy at welterweight, Floyd's longer than Crawford, both walk into the ring with sharp boxing brains, and Crawford may have a good punch but his power isn't really anything overwhelming at 147.

Floyd is old, but I still don't think that Arum/Crawford would even want any smoke from the Floyd that fought Pacquiao and Berto.

Spence is a different conversation; frame to potentially get to being a small middleweight, a heavy and sharp puncher (destructive power at 147), southpaw, a smart boxer/puncher, nasty throwing to the body, and can mix things up.

Never going to bet against Floyd, but you don't want that work when you're on your way out.

[deanrw]

So many say Bud has no options at Welter and to go to pbc. Please explain to me how pbc is so on fire with welters. Poor Spence cannot get a live pbc fighter to get in the ring with him. Bud going there would probably get the Spence fight and that's it.

Bud is doing fine. I think the Spence fight will happen next year. There will be demand for it.

As for Thurman, Garcia and Porter, well we don't know if they will ever be willing to fight Bud or Spence.

[Old//Bones]

My respect to Crawford, he can fight 3 times a year and win but most of all make alot of money.I feel he is going to make 20M by early next year if he keeps it up.

[TexasCowBoy]

No effing way did Leonard defeat Hagler.....Hagler is The Best MiddleWeight Of All Time.....Leonard was Great too though.....The eighties is when My Old Man turned me on to Boxing

[killakali]

My understanding was that those numbers were the disclosed figures similar to that 1.75 million disclosed figure for Crawford. Idk I could be wrong though. They broke the attendance record at Barclays that night.

I mean we just saw Gary Russell get $1.4 million plus % of the gate.

wrong. Thurman-garcia figures were disclosed at 2 mil each. They both actually got 2.5 mill. Less than the welter cash cow crawford.

[killakali]

I mentioned Dallas to highlight the lack of a significant difference between the Brooklyn crowd and his expected Dallas crowd.

Crawford, in comparison, has not done well in NYC was my point. I know he's large at home. As he should be.

a lot of pbc cards at Barclays give away hella tickets

[killakali]

Crawford has the Benevidez fight, and the Ponomarev fight, before he's looking at fighting guys like Bradley Skeete, lol.

Activity for activity may be something that you'd prefer; I'd just rather not watch **** matchups.

Step into the ring for meaningful fights, or stay home, is how I look at it.

exactly bro. Keith thurman too. That’s why he fights every 365 days. Same with Adonis Stevenson