Comments Thread For: Terence Crawford Inks New Multi-Year Deal With Top Rank

[BigStomps]

nobody even knows how much he will make per fight, how many fights per year etc.

Just assuming it’s a bad deal without any facts. Just a bunch of sheep

Yeah exactly my point. But I'm sure if he resigned with them it's cause he felt it was a great deal.

[BigStomps]

Of course. I mean legacy wise

Well we'll just have to wait and see how that plays out..

[pugil1st]

ESPN has the worst production value. When a big fight comes on Sho or HBO, it feels big, goose bumps and all. ESPN? Not so much. I like Tim tho. He's grown into the job. I could do without Tessitor and the other dude.

[BigStomps]

No one is dissing Crawford's ability to fight; folks are simply stating that we've all seen this story before and we know how it ends. Bob Arum will never willingly be part of an event where he's the B-side promoter on a fight, and that's basically the case with every major welterweight fight that can be made right now.

Crawford is going to fight Jose Benevidez, likely fight whatever welterweight Frank Warren has, look at fighting some no-name no hoper, and then will likely fight Jose Ramirez (so that Ramirez can avoid Regis Prograis), which will magically become a trilogy. By then, Arum will hope against hope that one of his other guys is ready to fight.

He's going to be Tim Bradley, a good fighter who fought whomever was put in front of him, and never said **** because the guaranteed money was more than what Bradley could draw on his own name.

Lol, damn that don't sound too bad at all! Can you blame him for that??

[PapaBricks]

No one is dissing Crawford's ability to fight; folks are simply stating that we've all seen this story before and we know how it ends. Bob Arum will never willingly be part of an event where he's the B-side promoter on a fight, and that's basically the case with every major welterweight fight that can be made right now.

Crawford is going to fight Jose Benevidez, likely fight whatever welterweight Frank Warren has, look at fighting some no-name no hoper, and then will likely fight Jose Ramirez (so that Ramirez can avoid Regis Prograis), which will magically become a trilogy. By then, Arum will hope against hope that one of his other guys is ready to fight.

He's going to be Tim Bradley, a good fighter who fought whomever was put in front of him, and never said **** because the guaranteed money was more than what Bradley could draw on his own name.

Exactly!!!
Every knows Bud can fight. Clearly!!
That's why we are all upset.
We want to see him more active and fighting the best in the division.
Being under contract with Top Rank leaves everyone to believe he will only be fighting against other Top Rank fighters.

[killakali]

No one is dissing Crawford's ability to fight; folks are simply stating that we've all seen this story before and we know how it ends. Bob Arum will never willingly be part of an event where he's the B-side promoter on a fight, and that's basically the case with every major welterweight fight that can be made right now.

Crawford is going to fight Jose Benevidez, likely fight whatever welterweight Frank Warren has, look at fighting some no-name no hoper, and then will likely fight Jose Ramirez (so that Ramirez can avoid Regis Prograis), which will magically become a trilogy. By then, Arum will hope against hope that one of his other guys is ready to fight.

He's going to be Tim Bradley, a good fighter who fought whomever was put in front of him, and never said **** because the guaranteed money was more than what Bradley could draw on his own name.

the only difference is Crawford wouldn’t be the b side. He’s A side vs Porter Garcia Berto etc. He’s co A side with Spence now. Thurman would have been the a side but he’s been out too long.

[Scipio2009]

Crawford will look really bad if he doesn’t fight Spence, Pacquiao, Thurman, Garcia or Porter by the end of 2019. He needs to fight at least one of them next year. It’s going to be difficult to make these fights happen now though.

The only one of those fights that has any chance is Porter, and that's only if he gets beat clean by Danny Garcia, if that.

[BIG GUNZ]

The only one of those fights that has any chance is Porter, and that's only if he gets beat clean by Danny Garcia, if that.

And possibly Pacquiao if Pacquiao would be willing to take the fight. If the Thurman fight happens it won’t be for at least another 3 years at the earliest. Thurman needs a tune-up or two & faces Spence & a rematch against Garcia or Porter first before he ever fights Crawford. The Garcia fight will never happen since Garcia only fights top fighters when he’s put into a corner. He never willingly fights anyone good. And the Spence fight is years away & only happens if Spence & Crawford both keep winning. Arum already said that fight only happens on PPV & wants the fight to get bigger as time goes on.

[Scipio2009]

I'm critical of Arum myself, but I think you gotta be reasonable in your criticism to. Cuz I mean which promoter is letting there big name guy be promoted by the opposing promoter?

I can't think of that happening unless its a HUGE fight really off the top of my head. And Arum did allow that with Floyd vs Manny cuz it was a HUGE fight. So til Bud vs Spence is HUGE Arum won't be letting him be promoted by some other promoter on some other platform, but who thinks Haymon is gonna let some non-PBC promoter fight Spence on some non-PBC platform for the most obvious example of a fight we won't be seeing anytime soon cuz of all this promoter bs?

Yvon Michel, Lou DiBella, Floyd Mayweather, heck even Eddie Hearn and Frank Warren have sent their fighters wherever the best fight can be made.

Unless I'm mistaken, in the last 10 years we're talking about GRJ-Loma and the upcoming Stevenson-Gvozdyk fights as the only two times where Arum was B-side promoter on an event outside of for Floyd-Pacquiao.

That can't be normal.

[GlassJoey]

Cuz I mean which promoter is letting there big name guy be promoted by the opposing promoter?

Frank Warren doesn’t seem to mind that Eddie Hearn is promoting BJS.