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This is the same Al that sent Molina and Diaz to HBO to fight Crawford. The same Al that sent Jacobs to HBO to fight GGG. The same Al that sent Ruiz to fight Joshua on DAZN. The same Al that just did a co-promo with TR/ESPN for Wilder vs. Fury II. Now as far as Arum goes...
December 12, 2019:
Shawn Porter caught off-guard by Bob Arum's apparent opinion change
Former two-time welterweight titleholder Shawn Porter says he is trying to understand why Top Rank promoter Bob Arum now considers him a potential fight option for Terence Crawford following previous comments that Porter wasn't a very good boxer.
"Within the last year, Bob has said I'm not a good boxer and has said that Errol Spence Jr. would be a much better, competitive and entertaining fight [for Crawford] than I could give," Porter told ESPN. "And now he has reneged on those previous statements and has declared me the best fighter PBC has..."
May 1, 2020:
Arum: Even If Crawford & Porter Want It, How In The Hell Do You Afford The Fight?
Bob Arum wouldn’t mind matching Terence Crawford against Shawn Porter.
Crawford’s promoter admittedly is more interested in putting together a more lucrative Crawford-Errol Spence Jr. fight, but Crawford-Porter is more intriguing to Arum than it was this time a year ago. Arum’s opinion of Porter completely changed once the former IBF and WBC welterweight champion tested Spence like no previous opponent in a split-decision defeat seven months ago at Staples Center in Los Angeles...
Porter would become the most accomplished opponent of Crawford’s career if they were to square off. The durable, rugged Porter would be a more appealing opponent than England’s Kell Brook, at least among American boxing fans, despite that Brook beat Porter by majority decision 5½ years ago to win the IBF 147-pound crown...
Brook (39-2, 27 KOs) is the supposed front-runner to face Crawford next. Arum has had conversations with Brook’s representatives about Brook boxing Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) in the Omaha, Nebraska, native’s first fight following the COVID-19 pandemic...
Arum’s primary problem with Crawford-Porter is that it’ll likely be more expensive to make than the fight is worth, particularly in a post-pandemic economy within which cost-conscious consumers will be more reluctant than usual to pay $70 or $80 to watch it.
“I’m happy that Shawn and Terence wanna sit and talk about a fight,” Arum told BoxingScene.com. “But, you know, that’s the first step. The second step is how in the hell do you afford the fight? And how do you put it on?”
You just never know with Arum! He says Crawford vs. Porter won't sell, but he thinks Crawford vs. Brook will?
December 12, 2019:
Shawn Porter caught off-guard by Bob Arum's apparent opinion change
Former two-time welterweight titleholder Shawn Porter says he is trying to understand why Top Rank promoter Bob Arum now considers him a potential fight option for Terence Crawford following previous comments that Porter wasn't a very good boxer.
"Within the last year, Bob has said I'm not a good boxer and has said that Errol Spence Jr. would be a much better, competitive and entertaining fight [for Crawford] than I could give," Porter told ESPN. "And now he has reneged on those previous statements and has declared me the best fighter PBC has..."
May 1, 2020:
Arum: Even If Crawford & Porter Want It, How In The Hell Do You Afford The Fight?
Bob Arum wouldn’t mind matching Terence Crawford against Shawn Porter.
Crawford’s promoter admittedly is more interested in putting together a more lucrative Crawford-Errol Spence Jr. fight, but Crawford-Porter is more intriguing to Arum than it was this time a year ago. Arum’s opinion of Porter completely changed once the former IBF and WBC welterweight champion tested Spence like no previous opponent in a split-decision defeat seven months ago at Staples Center in Los Angeles...
Porter would become the most accomplished opponent of Crawford’s career if they were to square off. The durable, rugged Porter would be a more appealing opponent than England’s Kell Brook, at least among American boxing fans, despite that Brook beat Porter by majority decision 5½ years ago to win the IBF 147-pound crown...
Brook (39-2, 27 KOs) is the supposed front-runner to face Crawford next. Arum has had conversations with Brook’s representatives about Brook boxing Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) in the Omaha, Nebraska, native’s first fight following the COVID-19 pandemic...
Arum’s primary problem with Crawford-Porter is that it’ll likely be more expensive to make than the fight is worth, particularly in a post-pandemic economy within which cost-conscious consumers will be more reluctant than usual to pay $70 or $80 to watch it.
“I’m happy that Shawn and Terence wanna sit and talk about a fight,” Arum told BoxingScene.com. “But, you know, that’s the first step. The second step is how in the hell do you afford the fight? And how do you put it on?”
You just never know with Arum! He says Crawford vs. Porter won't sell, but he thinks Crawford vs. Brook will?
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