Crawford has made many millions, has his health intact and is a world champ

If he is happy with that then more power to him but he is not. He has been vocal about fighting name opponents and being better known. Yet he continues to fight nobodies and purse goes up each time. BLK inflated that ego by giving away 10 million to him at large financial lost. This PPV was suppose to showcase his popularity and PPV power. Well it shows he has none. Also good luck getting 8 figure payday from any other promotion if your next opponent isn't Spence.

 

Awesome all the best to Crawford, he's been amongst the best fighters of the era, & he can do as he likes, it's his career and may he keep good health & make as much $$$ as he desires - it's his prerogative to fight who & when he wants.

Of course, having said that, it's also my prerogative as a fight fan to not rank him with the ATGs, because of level of competition. There have been countless fighters from the past that seemed like they were gonna be the real deal but were ultimately not. They ran into better fighters and the questions about them got answered.

It seems the gulf in ability between the absolute best & lesser top contenders is larger now than ever. The guys at the bottom of the top ten (let alone twenty), are pretty much garbage. They are incapable of giving the true elite a real struggle where they have to dig deep. In the past eras in general, the guys ranked in the lower top ten-twenty where much better-quality fighters, and far more capable of pushing the best so that they shined the way they did.

With Crawford (and also Inoue), I haven't seen anyone really push him. I'm sure he's won a ridiculous % of total rounds, which should seem impressive, but it's not because the quality of competition just isn't there.

 

Al is George Duke out of Rocky 5 'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII tell you who to fight and when to fight'

Spence will be forever a drunk.

 

Tickets were probably $30 for ringside.

 

Worddd.

 

He just fought a guy who lost to two people he defeated. How can you not blame Crawford

 

Besides less boxers being around now, the proliferation of weight divisions dilute each top ten

 

Good insight

 

Crawford is an excellent fighter, but the biggest threats were early in his career, Gamboa and Postol. Everyone else since then Crawford was expected to win.

I think it's just disappointing after we just got done with an era with Pacquiao and Mayweather and Crawford was fighting in the same weight classes. Those are big shoes to fill so it's hard to compare, but unfortunately we never got a passing of the torch fight. There have also been many quality fights that could have happened - Taylor, Pacquiao, Thurman when we was a threat and now Spence Jr. Even the Spence Jr. fight has marinated for a few years now and it just seems to have lost it's shine.

I don't totally blame Crawford, it's also the state of boxing. It's hard to tell who is at fault, but it's a mix of various parties being too greedy to make quality fights happen.

 

I hear you, but there is a huge difference in quality between Floyd's comp & Crawford's comp. So, while Crawford may have the same % of rounds won as Floyd, he's nowhere near as proven. It's not even close.

 

He hasn't beaten the most popular/respected fighter in the weight class he's been at for 4 1/2 years. If he does, I'll agree with you, until then, he needs to step up.

 

How did you come to that conclusion with him on an unknown app?

 

True, a guy can only fight what's out there, I agree. It just so happens that Mayweather's competition was of much higher quality, that's the main reason why Floyd is an ATG & Crawford isn't. Just because there are similarities between the 2 does not mean they are in the same league - they're both undefeated and have generally dominated their competition, but that doesn't mean much if the opponents aren't nearly comparable.

 

Crawford himself. They were expecting big numbers at $40 a pop. On a new promotion streaming service. Failing to do so means he has no negotiation power with Spence.


Fine article on it at eastside

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The fighter that Crawford needs to bring in PPV buys is Errol Spence Jr, but it could be next to impossible to negotiate a fight against him if Bud’s fight against Avanesyan brought in low numbers on BLK Prime PPV.

For Crawford not to be laughed out of the room with PBC during negotiations, he’s got to come to them with some decent buy totals for the Avaneysan fight. If it’s less than 200,000, you can argue that Crawford’s chances of negotiating a favorable deal with PBC will be low."

 

I’m not seeing it. All we heard from Crawford was “I’m gonna go get this bag real quick”, never saw anything about showing the world what a PPV star he is on an unknown app, against David Avanesyan.