Is Bob Arum protecting his fighters, south of 147?

While I have my tinfoil hat on, I have to say that it looks awfully suspicious the way that Bob is treating Crawford. He appears to be laying a landscape whereby he will refuse to work with him.

Anyhow, everyone knows that the easiest fights to make are in-house fights. Crawford has indicated that he’ll go back down to 135. Crawford also wants the biggest fights. Now if I were a betting man, I’d wager that TopRank are hoping for a lucrative future with Teofimo, who’s also a unified champion, and self proclaimed undisputed champion. This leaves no room for excuses. On top of that his dad has claimed that Teofimo beats everyone from 135 to 147.

And so here we are. Crawford going down to 135 could and likely would be disastrous for project Teofimo. Not to mention that on his way down he could take Taylor and Loma as well. It would seem that there’s nothing in the way. That was until Bob essentially cast Crawford out. Thoughts...

 

Personally I consider him a small welterweight. Well, certainly not a big welterweight. For that I look to Brook, Spence, Porter etc.

If he can comfortably make the weight, I can see him going down. He’s not getting the desired fights at 147.

Let’s take what he’s said at face value. He’s moving down to 135 (apparently) Should that be the case, I personally see him being avoided. Especially now.