Comments Thread For: Bob Arum 'Still Optimistic' Crawford-Spence Can Be Made Next

[Htown-Finest]

Spence ducking. Crawford would walk into the PBC locker room like. “Which one of y’all welterweights wanna get smacked tonight “

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I got crawford in this fight.

[Lou Cipher]

Bob Arum 'Still Optimistic' About Using Spence's Name To Keep Crawford Relevant As He Sc****s The Toilet Bowl Looking For An Opponent That No One Has Ever Heard Of Before. (Headline fixed)

[giant_king]

I actually think its good for bud and Spence to hold off as long as possible to let them both clean out there division because once one of them loses the welterweight division will be dead unless there's a trilogy fight

[JERMELL_CHARLO_]

Bob will keep feeding that Bum by making Terence Crawford-Egidijus Kavaliauskas next.

[Fire4231]

Classic Arum smokescreen. Act like you're trying to make the best fight out there, so that whenever we end up having to settle for Crawford vs. Collazo Top Rank can act like they *tried* to fight the best opponent/s but no one would take the fight.

Absolutely correct, also a tactic used to pacify Crawford who clearly wanted the fight yesterday.

It’s amazing how these fake reporters never hold old Bob to the fire. Not even a question on who have you been speaking to at PBC? What actions have you taken to secure the fight. It’s just shameful and ridiculous.

[Eff Pandas]

Haven't heard much in regards to Crawford-Brook recently.

Yea I know.

Bob on a recent podcast talked in a very un-Bob-like way that has me thinking there could be something going on behind the scenes.

I mean look at the landscape right now.

Bob has no good options with Bud.

Bud has no new opponent yet & he fought 2 months ago & Bob needs to keep these mfers in rotation these days with this ESPN deal.

The Bud vs Brook talk seems dead & never really got all that live.

Spence & Porter STILL isn't made & Spence fought 3 months ago.

And its questionable if Thurman or Manny will fight Spence when they win. Manny coulda had Spence next already. And Thurman was talking 2021 last I heard.

And Spence isn't gonna be able to make 147 forever.

It sounds crazy to say outloud but I think maybe Haymon & Bob could be working on something next or for late late 2019 or early 2020. They have definitely seemed to have made some sorta deal with Wilder vs Fury II already.

Why not something being up with Spence vs Bud?

It could definitely use marination as I myself as said, but then again you could shoot one early & a sequel right after that is more marinated & when the rivalry is live already.

[Eff Pandas]

I actually think its good for bud and Spence to hold off as long as possible to let them both clean out there division because once one of them loses the welterweight division will be dead unless there's a trilogy fight

In theory I agree with this & have even been pro this or am pro this I guess I should say, BUT I think one element here thats being overlooked is Spence isn't gonna be at 147 forever & Arum needs to make fights with this ESPN deal & there aren't a whole lot of options on the TR side of the street for Bud. Between those two factors I don't think its crazy to think this fight could get made sooner than you or I suspect it could or should if those factors weren't in play.

[Joe shmo]

Bob has multiple good possibly great ww in his stable but he does absolutely zero to promote them, I don't understand it. He's got adames and Bes*****. Both great fighters that just have no name recognition and could use a few step up fights but I think they both could hold they're own with the elite in the division, especially porter, Thurman, Danny, and Manny. Bob should try and get bes***** a fight with someone like Khan to build his profile and get a bigger name on his resume. I think Mikey Garcia would've been the perfect fight honestly. Once he builds bes***** up he's got a potential big fight with Crawford or use him to put pressure on the pbc fighters to force them to fight Crawford. He could feed kavlaskas (however u spell his name) to adames to try get him in a Mando spot for one of the belts then he'd have even more pressure to put on PBC to make the fight. Instead u almost never hear about either one. I have to look up their fights to find out about them, zero advertising, zero hype. It's like Bob uses everything he has on fury, Loma, and then spends the rest of his time complaining about Crawford not having an opponent.

[giant_king]

At EffPandas your spot on with with Spence.He already in most people eyes as seen as 2big for the welterweight division.which gives him an edge on pretty much all his fights