Crawford vs Spence would not be mega fight.

[Scipio2009]

The tracks are different

The two of them facing off won't be the cause of any "mega fight" but let's take a step back here.

6.5m homes watched Errol Spence Jr stop Leonard Bundu on NBC. Spence Jr then went to Sheffield, in front of 20000+ people, and beat an A-fighter in Kell Brook for the IBF 147lb belt (matinee fight did 300k homes in the US, but Spence fighting there was such an event that they doubled the building size and Brook likely did alright on Box Office too). Spence then fights Lamont Peterson at Barclays Center, in front of 13000+ (formal TV rating was only 650k homes in the US, but the take on the gate was such that Lou DiBella was at the press conference, drink in hand, talking up everything).

Errol Spence Jr is about to fight in front of 15000 at home this weekend, and a fight with Danny Garcia to close out the year (likely on CBS, tbh) isn't far-fetched either.

Keith Thurman isn't rushing in to fight Spence, so let's just have Spence Jr settle a mandatory at home early in the year, before having the Thurman fight in the summer (August on PPV would make sense).

Spence Jr wins and he's KoTM, drawing well in a bunch of markets, with good fights that can make great events still in hand.

By 2020, Errol Spence Jr may be a PPV fighter in his own right.

[RULE]

i dont think it would do huge numbers but its a fight that most actual boxing fans want to see. i think it would be a good one & a 50/50 fight. wasnt Postal/Crawford a PPV & the main event?

[kej718]

It would be 2 undefeated fighters fighting to possibly unify the division. It could be built up to a PPV fight in 2019. Crawford's next fight will be at home on regular ESPN in October. Spence is fighting this week and sold 14,000 seats or close to that, has a huge following in NY (saw 3 of his fights there). By itself I think it can do 500K buys, with a good under card and promotion I think it could do 1 million. Boxing doesn't have a lot of PPV throughout the year so people will have money to spend.

[Sheldon312]

Talent, Skills, Records, Championships and Intrigue.

The two best welters at this time whats not to like?

Might not be a huge ppv but maybe in two years it is!

Two very good talents.

Ray

Spence will provably have outgrown the division

[pillowfists98]

It would be similar to Ward vs Kovalev. Two elite P4P fighters but would flop on PPV.

[Wolfie*]

That fight is a good measuring stick of what American PPV is actually made out of, particularly in the black community.