BREAKING: Al Haymon Green Lights Porter to fight Crawford. Crawford's response...?

[NC Uppercut]

Mountains made from mole hills here

[MONGOOSE66]

Since Spence is on the shelf Crawford's next best option should be the Pac fight. I don't think Pac's people will want it though. Crawford is still the closet thing to Floyd at WW, as far as technique, but with more power.

I love Crawford but he ain’t close to being a Mayweather. This generation of welterweights doesn’t come close to the last.

[NaijaD]

I have to ask. You guys just refuse to criticize this and you keep coming back to Spence.

CRAWFORD HAS NOT FOUGHT ANYBODY. HE NEEDS A NAME. You don't jump to Errol Spence (who IS at the top of the division with two belts, IBF and WBC) without earned it. Shawn Porter is the best possible test besides Ugas. He needs to pass AT LEAST ONE (I say two) tests before he has any sort of case for Spence. And he needs to pass those tests without asterisks.

Or are you still saying that his beating Jeff Horn entitles him to a Spence fight?

Crawford should absolutely take the Porter fight because its way better than any options he has at Top Rank BUT PLEASE do not push the narrative that he needs to earn the Spence fight cause that is fan boy nonsense. He has been a consensus P4P fighter long before Spence even won his first title, ideally they should be fighting each other straight away. A win over Crawford probably takes Spence into the P4P top 3.

If Crawford doesn't make the fight then thats a black mark against him but this notion that he has to fight his way to Spence smells like PBC shilling at its finest (worst).

[Combat Talk Radio]

Crawford should absolutely take the Porter fight because its way better than any options he has at Top Rank BUT PLEASE do not push the narrative that he needs to earn the Spence fight cause that is fan boy nonsense. He has been a consensus P4P fighter long before Spence even won his first title, ideally they should be fighting each other straight away. A win over Crawford probably takes Spence into the P4P top 3.

If Crawford doesn't make the fight then thats a black mark against him but this notion that he has to fight his way to Spence smells like PBC shilling at its finest (worst).

"consensus"? You mean Crawford and Bob Arum over beating Jeff Horn? Or ESPN pushing it despite Crawford getting dropped by Kavaliauskas?

Or maybe it's that signature low blow against Khan that convinced the "consensus"?

I mean WHICH OPPONENT put Crawford P4P? I keep asking and don't get an answer.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Crawford's response to a Porter fight was a little concerning. Sounded very noncommittal.

Crawford's response was strange indeed. He usually asks for "all the top guys" but not last night.

This is the right answer. People are overlooking that and overly defending Crawford. We need to ask - why did Crawford not tout his usual "ALL THE TOP" line when directly asked? Because maybe...just MAYBE...that's not what he wants now that it's open door, or as Spence would say, #StrapSeason. Wouldn't want Shawn Porter to be the guy that basically brings that last title to PBC.

Exactly. The flip side is why wouldn't Spence want to fight Crawford who many consider P4P #1? The king of the jungle is supposed to want to kill any one who could be a challenge to their reign.

I'm going to ask again.

WHO DID CRAWFORD BEAT THAT MAKES HIM P4P #1????

Meanwhile you got Spence over there with TWO BELTS. Last I checked, when you got two belts, YOU call the shots. Not some guy who has one belt that was won from another guy that "many" thought stole it.

[STREET CLEANER]

Not sure why Crawford would fight Porter unless there is a contract in place to fight Spence or someone better after.
Uncle Al see’s Porter in a rebuild mode so losing to Crawford doesn’t hurt him much and best case scenario he beats Crawford and all the welterweight titles go to PBC.

Nobody really knows the condition of Porter. He might fight late spring or early Summer next year. That might be a tune up fight, soft touch and if he is good a faith in the second half of the year.

unrealistic to include him in contract

[NaijaD]

"consensus"? You mean Crawford and Bob Arum over beating Jeff Horn? Or ESPN pushing it despite Crawford getting dropped by Kavaliauskas?

Or maybe it's that signature low blow against Khan that convinced the "consensus"?

I mean WHICH OPPONENT put Crawford P4P? I keep asking and don't get an answer.

Probably beating Gamboa did, the fact is he's higher than Spence on just about any P4P list you can find so the narrative that Crawford needs to earn a fight with Spence is just silly sounding.

Have Crawford and Arum paid off ESPN, Ring TV, BoxRec, TBRB?? cause they all have Crawford above Spence. If you think Crawford is a fraud then you should want Spence to fight him instead of coming up with excuses why the fight shouldn't happen.

[a.rihn]

Porter would be a great test for Crawford, he's an underestimated monster. That makes Spence an even more intriguing opponent for Crawford - if Bud can beat the brawler, can he beat the boxer? Now that'd be a set of fights I'd be down for PPV on.

[Combat Talk Radio]

Probably beating Gamboa did, the fact is he's higher than Spence on just about any P4P list you can find so the narrative that Crawford needs to earn a fight with Spence is just silly sounding.

Have Crawford and Arum paid off ESPN, Ring TV, BoxRec, TBRB?? cause they all have Crawford above Spence. If you think Crawford is a fraud then you should want Spence to fight him instead of coming up with excuses why the fight shouldn't happen.

All those orgs you named (minus ESPN who corrected course recently) are 'eye test' and you know it.

RESUME. Who did you beat, who did that guy beat?

EVERYONE with any credibility knows that's Carnelo. Whether you put Loma #2 or Spence #2 doesn't matter. What we DO know is that there's no way BASED ON RESUME that Crawford is anywhere in the Top 5. They're marketing their guy - which is why I'm half glad he gave a half ass answer to fighting Porter. Let him expose himself.

Crawford is the B-side. He holds ONE belt. He's fresh off an unimpressive win, just before that a low blow win. He needs to get back momentum. He needs NAMES.

Ugas (only a big name because of his performance against Porter)
Thurman
Porter
Danny


THEN he can fight Spence if he beats even one of that list. Spence is the A-side. Period. You don't get to jump to the A-side when you're pulling B-side resumes.

[MDPopescu]

Update from Steve Kim (who we all know is inside):

So I juuuust spoke to Kenny Porter, he says that their side has been given the green light to try and make a deal for a fight with Terence Crawford. So that's the first step, right there... #boxing

— Steve Kim (@StevESPNKim) December 21, 2019

And, if you didn't watch DAZN last night Crawford was there supporting Hooker and he was interviewed and asked about fighting Porter.

You Crawford fans on NSB, right...the ones that say Crawford's being ducked by PBC. Dissect his response and explain to me again how Crawford is (according to Bradley) "begging" for the fight...?

OK... I see now...