Comments Thread For: Thurman To Arum: Stop Talking Sh-t! Not My Fault You Can't Afford Fight For Crawford

[Claude Palle]

"You ain’t gonna pay no full price, but you ain’t gonna get no discount"- Keith Thurman.


Hey Keith, not paying full price is a discount! Crawford would fold up "one time" quick fast! Can't blame Keith for trying to keep his name relevant. Too bad his game no longer keeps up with his name!

[factsarenice]

Crawford and Lomachenko have contracts that pay more than anyone else guaranteed. Arum can't pay them and make money bwithout ticket sales. In the end, I suspect both leave Arum when their contracts are up.

BTW, nobody, not even Manny can afford to pay Thurman 10 million guaranteed, Keith is a joke.

I love this! It puts pressure on Bob with the publicity from the public.. Bud needs better opposition period. For me as a fan, it ****** watching Pac being grossly limited with his opposition.. this is what he meant by "it's up to my promoter" not giving us, the fans, the fights we want. So what you gonna do now Bob? Do you attempt to get bud a deserved fight or allow him to leave to make money without you?
Only fight I see for bud is the ortiz fight, at this point he's nobody, that fight would have to be built on ortiz end to make it interesting, that'll be like two years with a massive push from GB, ortiz needs step up fights

In the meantime what does bud do? I hate to see him sitting idle at tr.

Great points Keith

[PRchamp]

Top Rank is just living off their name as a promotional company. Arum is going to kill boxing being on ESPN and I bet the big wigs at ESPN/Disney are pissed they paid so much $$ for a crappy product.

Yea we can all name top Top Rank fighters like Fury,Lopez,Lomochenko,Crawford,Taylor and Ramirez but all those guys only fight once or twice a year and if they do it’s against another WBO tomato can that Top Recycle loves to use and is in bed with the WBO.

I can’t wait till Arum is out of the sport of Boxing. As much praise you guys have for him being in boxing 50+ Years, he’s been more of a cancer to it than savior. Arum been a pimp to these Latin fighters and ripping them off for decades and I can’t respect that.

[Get em up]

At least Thurman got to fight the old man! Crawford still begging! Lol!

You said that right and Crawford wont get that fight until he leaves Bob and TR

[Catch n shoot]

Crawford and Lomachenko have contracts that pay more than anyone else guaranteed. Arum can't pay them and make money bwithout ticket sales. In the end, I suspect both leave Arum when their contracts are up.

BTW, nobody, not even Manny can afford to pay Thurman 10 million guaranteed, Keith is a joke.

Makes sense, I'd imagine loma having the more upside as he can more opponents available to him, n c'mon he's a great white hope here in the states.. easy they can simply push that"white as me" agenda like HBO did with Kovalev and ggg..as far as bud, they better be paying the man. Since they can't deliver him a fight, he rightfully should be compensated. Let's not forget bud is the talent. If he chooses to let his contract expire idk...he's gonna make a decision for himself

[Bronx2245]

You said that right and Crawford wont get that fight until he leaves Bob and TR

It didn't happen when they were both at Top Rank, and that's the sad part! Yet Crawford still signed an extension, so I guess I shouldn't feel bad for him, but I do.

[SplitSecond]

You're making excuses, Haymon is making fights! Joshua's debut in the USA is with a Haymon fighter! Fury's comeback is with a Haymon fighter! GGG needed Jacobs, because he was fighting garbage! Cotto needed Floyd! Floyd didn't need Cotto! Canelo needed Floyd, Floyd didn't need Canelo! Where did Manny go when he left TR? Where did Mikey go when he left TR? Where's Rigo right now? Who is Ryan Garcia calling for right now? Who called Ryan Garcia before his Campbell fight? You're on here protecting a man whose office was raided by the FBI! You're on here protecting a man who is disrespecting his top fighter (Crawford) in the media right now! Why?

He’s not making fights, and that’s the whole point. He couldn’t get Wilder vs Joshua done, Tank vs Lomachenko, Spence vs Crawford, Charlo/plant vs Canelo, the only fights that he makes are those where his fighter’s have the odds stacked towards them with everything to gain and very little if anything to lose.

[coozbee]

Why is Keith Thurman complaining about being cheap. Look around Keith, the Covid has closed up shops ALL OVER! Crawford does deserve the money affiliated with his position and ranking, but Shawn Porter, a loud mouth (Way overrated) boxer, more like a brawler because he certainly can't box. Crawford - Porter fight, no thanks, Porter is Out Classed by Crawford. Nobody is going to pay to watch a lame fight. Arum, is not ******. And Thurman is another has been fighter trying to dictate, how Arum should promote a fight. "One Time" has had his "One time" and Porter is a joke. Don't make the boxing game worse, by insulting the promoter. You're just shooting yourself in the foot, in the long run. Give it a rest "One time", the times have changed. When Covid is gone, then the money circulates again. If you get a fight, be grateful that you're getting paid.

[Mario g]

How many time’s has a PBC hotshot fought a non-PBC fighter? Is what you should be considering here. Arum has worked with the PBC lesser’s (Crawford fought Felix Diaz for example, and Khan who was advised by Haymon), as has everyone else (Hearn/Joshua got Ruiz etc). But what about a champ? A unification? Or even a top tier fighter?

GBP gave Lomachenko a shot at Linares’ titles on his first fight moving up. DAZN/Hearn unified with Ramirez. DAZN and Fury are now reporting a done deal vs Joshua for undisputed. PBC has done this how often? And then wonder who’s holding up the fight. These guy’s might be able to get overpaid in the PBC bubble (We have all noted that Haymon fighter’s have been grossly overpaid since his beginnings), but they should realise that outside the bubble they aren’t going to get that amount of money, which is why you see these guy’s say things like “when it’s Mayweather-Pacquiao big” for simple fights with outsiders.

Your absolutely right

[joseph5620]

Injury riddled Thurman needs to shut his lisp having ass up and actually get in the ring with someone that has a pulse. He talks tough for someone who has been exposed by bums like Lopez, Garcia, and Collazo.

Last time I checked he beat every one of them. He can say whatever he wants. Especially if it's the truth which it is in this case.