They gave it to him because both Terry and Errol held the division up for eons playing the barking dogs either side of the gate game and because none of them wanted to give Super Boots his shot. Stan got screwed over and frozen out too. And because Spence has enacted the rematch because he wants another biblical ass whooping I don't think Crawford is scared to death a such, I think he just knows that Super Boots is different, extremely dangerous, and far too risky a proposition for him. Both Errol and Terry should be ashamed of running from the hungry super dangerous young lion all this time
All the people cheering Ennis a champ now are the fans that are the problem w the sport. Errol won IBF belt in 2017 and, after 6 years, lost definitively to Bud. Now Bud is stripped 4 months later after having a very public contractual rematch required. Its not only a diss to Crawford but also Spence.
If Crawford had Al Haymon paying the organisation to keep the belt, he'd still have it, and would have it till he stepped into the ring at 154. How many mandatories did Spence fight when he had it???
They need yo move to a undisputed #1 contender format instead of having 4 #1 contenders for undisputed champions
Damn I feel old, I remember the days you had to actually win a belt. Now they forward E-belts to guys smdh.
Anybody that thinks Crawford is scared of Boots is truly stuck on stupid. Ain't nothing in Crawford's history supports such a ridiculous assumption. Boxing is nothing like the 70's and 80's. It has become more of a business than a sport. Fighters fight hard to get to that elite level and when they get there, they want to get pald, not thrown back into the trenches. Crawford wants big money fights with big money fighters who like himself have fought their way up to that level. He deserves that. The beauty of it is that they can take all his titles but until one of those freebee belt having fighter beats him, he is still the champ. He is not looking for an easy fight, he is looking for a big money fight. Boots is just a pawn and being used by the IBF. If he were in Crawford's position they would do him the same way. He should have turned down the belt because it don't prove nothing but that he got a free belt. That would have did more for his career than accepting it .
Crawford was on Million Dollaz Worth of Game pre Spence fight, and spoke to Ennis and his father separately on the phone. Crawford put in on them why they changed focus on orgs, when they could have been his mandatory. This content is protected