Comments Thread For: Arum Hopes To Announce Crawford vs. Khan Next Week

[Bronx2245]

That's because Bob is a smart man, with Pac there was a reasonable chance of an upset given his age an all. So he didn't want it (only thing acceptable was in house or out of house "no hoper"). With Bud, he has got talentwise the top dog in the division, but Bud is no cash cow. Hence Bob is willing to throw him in there with anyone. But karma is biting him a bit in the ass now, because now the other guys are freezing his fighter out with the exact same logic (except for Khan that is, who has his own reasons)

I thought Khan was an out-of-house "no-hoper" for Pacquiao! And even though Khan beat Collazo, honestly I think Collazo is more dangerous than Khan at this point! However, Collazo won't sell like Khan. Why, I have no idea? I guess Brits still have a lot of love for Khan?

[angkag]

Will they make Crawford fight with one hand behind his back and a blindfold to make it fair?

Was thinking maybe if Crawford took on Khan and Brook at the same time it might even up a bit - but then Khan and Brook would end up hand-bagging each other in the first round and Crawford could just sit back, sip a cup of tea and decide which of them to polax first.

[TheSlickster]

Am I missing something???? I know Khan gets alot of hate but if he that bad of an opponent for Crawford??? I feel he has the attributes to give Bud trouble. He did surprise people by giving canelo issues before the KO

[GlassJoey]

Khan with early Lo Greco style stoppage.

It’s unlikely but it would be funny

[Bronx2245]

"The fight would give Crawford, a three-division world champion and No. 2 on the ESPN.com pound-for-pound list, his highest-profile opponent to date. For Khan, a former unified junior welterweight world titleholder and longtime welterweight contender, it would be an opportunity to again fight for a world title and make at least $5 million.

Crawford (34-0, 25 KOs), 31, of Omaha, Nebraska, vacated the undisputed junior welterweight world title and moved up to welterweight, where he knocked out Jeff Horn in the ninth round of a one-sided fight to win a title in his third weight class on June 9. Crawford made his first defense by one-sided 12th-round knockout of Jose Benavidez on Oct. 13.

But neither of the opponents were major names, and while Top Rank has a loaded stable of fighters, it has no top welterweight contenders for Crawford to fight. So Arum went after Khan, who is promoted by Matchroom Boxing's Eddie Hearn in his native United Kingdom but is not bound to a promoter for any fights he would do in the United States."

http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...-bob-arum-says

[AdonisCreed]

Wtf definitely not a ppv fight

Same. It should just be on regular @$$ TV lol

[AdonisCreed]

Khan should have the size advantage in this fight being that he's fought as high as 155 and has the speed advantage. Crawford has all the other advantages in this fight lol It should be interesting to see but in no way am I paying to see it, I hope they change their minds about it being a ppv event SMH

[AdonisCreed]

Khan with early Lo Greco style stoppage.

It’s unlikely but it would be funny

If Khan stops Crawford that early or at any point in the fight, the boxing world will go into compete chaos!! Lol

[AdonisCreed]

The fight no-one wants to see.

Will they make Crawford fight with one hand behind his back and a blindfold to make it fair?

Oooooohhhh not blind folded lol That would be the real life "Bird Box" going down lol

[Scary_canary]

Am I missing something???? I know Khan gets alot of hate but if he that bad of an opponent for Crawford??? I feel he has the attributes to give Bud trouble. He did surprise people by giving canelo issues before the KO

It’s a good fight imo especially with most of the other top welters signed up for fights.... it’s just not ppv worthy... this should be a showcase fight on espn to get Crawford’s name out there