Comments Thread For: Porter: WBC Mandatory Orders Derailed Immediate Spence Bout

[TheCell8]

This is the most obvious duck you'll ever see.

Unification fights supersede mandatory fights. Judging by the WBC, they absolutely would've allowed Porter to fight Spence before a mandatory.

Also, Ugas was not a mandatory challenger he was ranked 6th by the WBC.

[JakeTheBoxer]

You don't deserve to talk about something you don't know like boxing.

So you like Spence fighting a 135 guy?

[Bardamu]

I don't see anything ideal about that. Look how quickly Fury Wilder got made and even Spence Garcia is happening within 6 months of it first being mentioned. PBC is all about kicking the can down the road and making money for all concerned. It's only when easy fights can't be made that the odd great fight gets made. When 2 fighters want to fight the fight normally gets made but with PBC AL is more about the money than the legacy. Spence should have fought at least one of Thurman/Porter/D.Garcia since his Brook win which was how many months ago now? Plus he was calling out Thurman 3 years ago.
So when does Crawford get a look in? 2021 or 2022 when he is past his prime?

When does Crawford get a look in? Whenever he leaves Arum. Anyone that has followed boxing at all over the past 10-20 years, knows that Arum is notorious for not letting his best fighters fight anyone they might lose to that isn't signed with TR. On top of that, TR has a contract with espn, that prevents all TR fighters from appearing on other networks. Thus, the only way for Crawford to fight any of the top guys, in his own division, is if the other guys go to fight on espn. Or, the only realistic way, is for a joint ppv. Crawford has had one ppv, and it did less than 50k buys.

Crawford's toughest opponent to date is Postol. He literally just fought the 30th ranked ww, who only has one leg that works properly. He got paid over $3 million for beating a cripple. And so he resigned with Arum. Crawford is not mentally ******ed. He knows damn well, that as long as he is with Arum, he isn't going to fight anyone with a chance. He is 31 and his toughest opponent is freaking Postol. It is Crawford that made a conscious decision to stay with Arum and make millions fighting nobodies. That is 100% on Crawford.

When he signed the deal and was asked about this, he repeatedly said, its no problem Arum will get him fights with all the top ww's. And literally a day or two later, Arum is publicly saying he can't get Bud fights with any PBC fighter. Remember Arum saying that he doesn't believe Haymon is even a real person, because apparently Arum has no idea how to get ahold of the advisor of over 200 professional boxers??? Yea, that was days after Bud re-signed with TR and told everyone, Arum is going to make those fights. lol.

Crawford made a decision. He chose easy money over legacy. That is on him.

Thurman has already fought Porter and Danny. Porter has fought Broner, Thurman, Brook, and Danny. Danny fought the #1 guy at 140 multiple times and has already faced both Thurman and Porter at 147. Spence broke Brook's face. And Brook fought Porter, Spence, and g.

And Bummed has fought Postol, Indongo, and the one-legged Benadryl.

[SteveM]

When does Crawford get a look in? Whenever he leaves Arum. Anyone that has followed boxing at all over the past 10-20 years, knows that Arum is notorious for not letting his best fighters fight anyone they might lose to that isn't signed with TR. On top of that, TR has a contract with espn, that prevents all TR fighters from appearing on other networks. Thus, the only way for Crawford to fight any of the top guys, in his own division, is if the other guys go to fight on espn. Or, the only realistic way, is for a joint ppv. Crawford has had one ppv, and it did less than 50k buys.

Crawford's toughest opponent to date is Postol. He literally just fought the 30th ranked ww, who only has one leg that works properly. He got paid over $3 million for beating a cripple. And so he resigned with Arum. Crawford is not mentally ******ed. He knows damn well, that as long as he is with Arum, he isn't going to fight anyone with a chance. He is 31 and his toughest opponent is freaking Postol. It is Crawford that made a conscious decision to stay with Arum and make millions fighting nobodies. That is 100% on Crawford.

When he signed the deal and was asked about this, he repeatedly said, its no problem Arum will get him fights with all the top ww's. And literally a day or two later, Arum is publicly saying he can't get Bud fights with any PBC fighter. Remember Arum saying that he doesn't believe Haymon is even a real person, because apparently Arum has no idea how to get ahold of the advisor of over 200 professional boxers??? Yea, that was days after Bud re-signed with TR and told everyone, Arum is going to make those fights. lol.

Crawford made a decision. He chose easy money over legacy. That is on him.

Thurman has already fought Porter and Danny. Porter has fought Broner, Thurman, Brook, and Danny. Danny fought the #1 guy at 140 multiple times and has already faced both Thurman and Porter at 147. Spence broke Brook's face. And Brook fought Porter, Spence, and g.

And Bummed has fought Postol, Indongo, and the one-legged Benadryl.

Well that was a rant against Arum and T.R and Crawford. There's some truth in what you are saying but Arum has said they can do a joint ppv for Spence - Crawford. It won't do huge numbers because neither has crossed over. But it's doable. If you take Arum at his word you are a fool. Of course he knows how to get in touch with Haymon, he's just a wind-up merchant.