Arum: We should negotiate upside. Porter response: I dig it!

[MastaBlasta]

Crawford should sue to be released freom his contract. When your promoter is publicly claiming to not be able to finance your fights successfully ... seems like that would be easy work for a court to free the fighter from the contract. I do believe there is even precedence for that.

Also, Top Rank could pursue a pursue bid approach and allow any promoter who wants to see if they can successfully promote a fight (and work through the monetary demands) the opportunity. They will still get a fee (instead of losing a mansion's worht of money), and the fighter can remain active and competitive.

If they really felt they couldn't promote Crawford per his money demands they should just release him.

[BoxingIsGreat]

There's really not much to argue about in terms of promotions. Crawford says he's the man, A-side. I agree skill wise. But the man usually makes the offers. Bud isn't in a position to do that. Even his promoter says he's a dud, money wise. I like Crawford more than Spence in a boxing match.

Arum doesn't like Crawford. Simple.

[BoxingIsGreat]

Haymon is bringing Crawford to PBC to fight all those guys for years to come. Why should those guys go to Top Rank to fight Crawford for peanuts compared to what they'll make fighting each other or fighting Crawford when he switches sides?

Haymon is a POS. He has close to 300 hundred fighters and almost all are rotting, except for a few select ones. Even Davis is kinda stagnant in that detention camp. Screw Haymon. I don't respect him. I don't know if there's any plan there. Fighters should start leaving him.

Bud should stay away from Haymon.

[rickJen]

Don't even get what these PBC fanboys are arguing about.
Thurman, Porter, Garcia made an average of $1.2 million each fighting each other.
While Crawford was already making that amount fighting the likes of
Lundy, Jean, Molina, Diaz, basically scrubs.
And these fanboys are telling us Haymon is offering more.

And I don't get why they cry lowball and at the same time insult Crawford's PPV numbers.
Where will the money come from then?
What about the opportunity to beat hypejob Crawford?
Doesn't that have any value at all?
Are these PBC fighters all scared to lose?

[Ray*]

Arum paid unknown Egidijus Kavaliauskas 1 million. Brook 2 million when Brook hasn't had a meaningful since since losing to Spence. But he can't guarantee Porter more than a million? TF out of here with that Arum apologist BS.

Doesn't matter what he paid anyone, go out there and negotiate your own deal as the mandatory, no point looking at someone else pay cheque. Mean Machine like Porter are mandatories, if you are NOT happy with the offer then get Haymon to fund the fight on their side....Quite simple, no need to cry about it on here.

[Ray*]

This is extremely racist

The master/slave talk is only used when it comes to black fighters

Yep... agreed.

[Mister Wolf]

Crawford and Arum have already told Porter to exercise the purse bid if he real about it. The moment you read the WBO announcing a mandatory purse bid Porter will tuck his tail and run. Im cool with that since Vergil Ortiz is next in line anyway.