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

[SchoolTheseCats]

He is defending against a guy who called him out. Thats what ppl say is ok for spence. So be it

Best argument you have? He will be defending that belt for years against bums no unifications in sight the same way pac did at ww

[j.razor]

Why did you do it Bud? I don't want to hear any of these cornballs talk about any fighters not from top rank avoiding Bud cuz its bob who won't make the fights happen. Smmfh

[Boxing Logic]

Why do I feel like I've seen this movie before...floyd, oscar, pac, to name a few

What movie is that? Pac and Oscar fought everyone, gave fans all the fights they wanted to see, and the closest Floyd ever came to fighting top prime opponents was when he was with Top Rank. Floyd didn't like that though so he left and the rest of his career was awful from a competitive sporting standpoint.

So, what's your beef? I'm not defending Arum but compared to Haymon, he makes way better fights, with way less corrupt judges and referees. The A-side Lomachenko got screwed over on a Top Rank card, that never happens in Al Haymon fights.

[Boxing Logic]

Here goes the haters talking crap on Bud Crawford. I don't see why hate on the man??
He's a great fighter, he has an exciting style, and he always comes to fight.
The only reason I can see they hate on him is cause he fights for Top Rank and not Al Haymon....
At the end who gives a fucc??
People are quick to blame Bob Arum for some of the best fights not being made but Bob has shown he's willing to work with any promoter to make the best fights.
Maybe All the fighters under PBC should leave Al Haymon and go fight under Top Rank ???
NOW I'M GONNA HEAR SOME CRAP FOR SAYING THAT.. 🤣
But on the real, IDK why some people even care who a fighter fights for..... ? They aren't getting any money for a fighter being under PBC.
And I don't even like that old punk motherfuccer Bob Arum!

They care because of this whole black consciousness movement that's been going on online the last few years, or whatever it's called, combined with the promotion of anti-white racism in the mainstream media, combined with the lie that Donald Trump is a white supremacist and white supremacists elected him and blacks are being systematically discriminated against and hated by a large portion of the country. All these lies have created an "it's us against the world" mentality among many black Americans, and that's just carried over to boxing where these people support Floyd, Ward, Haymon, Spence, Wilder, etc, no matter what, because of their skin color. The same way they view Trump relative to America, that's how they view Arum, HBO,Hearn, Kathy Duva, etc, relative to boxing. Trump represents white supremacy in America to them, and every white promoter and boxer, or any TV channel that promotes white boxers, represents white supremacy in boxing to them.

Is it crazy? Yes. Is it really that surprising that it's come to this in boxing after how effectively they were brainwashed about race regarding the nation at large? No, it's not. One follows the other. They've been taught that the media and social structures at large in the country are run by white supremacists, so if you believe that, why wouldn't they also believe that the boxing media, and the power promoters in boxing like Arum, are also run by white supremacists? I mean, you can even find videos on youtube claiming that the reason HBO is not picking up Kovalev-Alvarez II is not because Kovalev is past his prime and HBO's boxing budget is dying, but rather because HBO was only in the Kovalev business in the first place because they wanted to push white supremacism by hyping a white fighter, but now that he lost to a black fighter, and they, the video posits, know that the black fighter will beat him again in the rematch, they have no interest in promoting the black fighter, Alvarez, and that's why they're not going to pay to air the rematch.

This isn't just one video, by the way. This **** is absolutely rampant within boxing social media. This is really the way many of these people think, so obviously, Floyd, Haymon, Showtime, etc are absolute heroes to these people because Haymon is the one who *****ed HBO over, Floyd is the one who left HBO, and Showtime in concert with Haymon and Floyd is HBO's direct competition. If HBO is white supremacist, and Showtime is HBO's rival, then Showtime must be anti-white supremacist, right? Showtime must be fighting the evil empire, right? That's how most members of this subculture among black boxing fans think.

[SkillspayBills]

Spence-Crawford is going to be the new May-Pac. Sometimes I CAN'T STAND MY SPORT.

[pillowfists98]

Why do people automatically blame Arum for not making fights when Haymon does just as many, if not more in house fights then Bob does? Is it a racial thing or what?

[Eff Pandas]

No he wasnt. Had 2 yrs left on,his existing contract

LOL yea see wtf. Boxers are so bad at this business sh^t its damn shame.

MMA guys, often with a college education if not 4yr degrees in many more cases than boxers, have been getting much better with that lately. Lotsa guys fight til free agents in the UFC right now. Its a gamble for sure, but it can pay off too.

I wish college boxing was more of a thing. Probably be much smarter boxers out there & with more options if the boxing thing doesn't work out.

[SkillspayBills]

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.

Bingo. Arum is willing to make fights.......when he is in control. Linares-Loma was on ESPN. Rigo-Loma was on ESPN. Crawford isn't going to go to CBS-Showtime and if he isn't going then THOSE FIGHTS WON'T HAPPEN.

[Eff Pandas]

Ehh getting paid 3.5mil a fight to defend against bums who wouldn’t take that deal

A guy who knows he can make 5M-7M fighting bums in 2yrs if he tested his value.

[SkillspayBills]

Why do people automatically blame Arum for not making fights when Haymon does just as many, if not more in house fights then Bob does? Is it a racial thing or what?

Are you an idiot? The main issue here is ALL THE GOOD WELTERWEIGHTS ARE ON THE PBC SIDE. They can all fight each other and have some great matchups. Who the **** is Bud going to fight? Benavidez in a trilogy?