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Bud, don't be petty! You didn't get the Pacquiao fight, and you know who is at fault! Yet and still...
September 6, 2018:
Welterweight world titlist Terence Crawford, one of boxing's pound-for-pound elite fighters, signed a contract extension with promoter Top Rank on Thursday, the same day the company announced details of his first defense...
The 30-year-old Crawford (33-0, 24 KOs), who has been with Top Rank since 2011, still had about two years remaining on his deal with Top Rank but both sides were happy to do a new one.
Crawford's new contract comes a month after the announcement of the agreement between Top Rank and ESPN on a new seven-year rights deal that runs until August 2025.
Crawford said the alliance between the promotional company and network was a key reason for his decision to re-sign well before he would have become a free agent.
"I am the best fighter in the world, hands down. ESPN is the biggest brand in sports and Top Rank is the biggest promotional company in boxing," Crawford said. "This was a no-brainer for me and my team. All of the super fights that the world wants to see will happen. Mark my words. Like I've said before, I want all of the champions in the welterweight division."
That is likely complicated given that those fighters, such as titleholders Errol Spence Jr. and Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter, who fight for a vacant belt on Saturday night, are aligned with Al Haymon's Premier Boxing Champions, which has deals with Showtime and Fox.
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...e-benavidez-jr
Horn, Benavidez, and now Amir Khan! Hindsight is 20/20! Just go whoop Khan's azz! Represent us well! Make this $70 well worth it!
September 6, 2018:
Welterweight world titlist Terence Crawford, one of boxing's pound-for-pound elite fighters, signed a contract extension with promoter Top Rank on Thursday, the same day the company announced details of his first defense...
The 30-year-old Crawford (33-0, 24 KOs), who has been with Top Rank since 2011, still had about two years remaining on his deal with Top Rank but both sides were happy to do a new one.
Crawford's new contract comes a month after the announcement of the agreement between Top Rank and ESPN on a new seven-year rights deal that runs until August 2025.
Crawford said the alliance between the promotional company and network was a key reason for his decision to re-sign well before he would have become a free agent.
"I am the best fighter in the world, hands down. ESPN is the biggest brand in sports and Top Rank is the biggest promotional company in boxing," Crawford said. "This was a no-brainer for me and my team. All of the super fights that the world wants to see will happen. Mark my words. Like I've said before, I want all of the champions in the welterweight division."
That is likely complicated given that those fighters, such as titleholders Errol Spence Jr. and Keith Thurman and Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter, who fight for a vacant belt on Saturday night, are aligned with Al Haymon's Premier Boxing Champions, which has deals with Showtime and Fox.
http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/i...e-benavidez-jr
Horn, Benavidez, and now Amir Khan! Hindsight is 20/20! Just go whoop Khan's azz! Represent us well! Make this $70 well worth it!
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