Pacquiao-Crawford Was Close To Being Finalized...

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  1. JOKER

    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Both Arum and Crawford confirmed that they were deep into negotiations and that the fight was almost finalized. They just couldn't get a guarantee of approval for crowd attendance.

    Crawford's not one to lie. During the ESPN interview before the Brook fight, Crawford said he had nothing else to say. Max was like that's a problem because he's on live TV.
     
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    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    Y'all must have forgot that Pac is G.

    :deal:
     
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    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    "That was a fight that should’ve happened right now. But being that the pandemic happened, and they weren’t going to allow fans in the Middle East, they had to put a hold to that. Everything was 95 percent done. We had the venue. The money was almost there. It wasn’t quite there. That was the only thing we were waiting on."

    — Crawford
     
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    JOKER Froat rike butterfry, sting rike MFER! banned Full Member

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    "The money was there. The fight was going to take place in the Middle East. Then the minister of health said we can't do it because we can't guarantee that spectators would be allowed."

    — Arum
     
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  5. Bokaj

    Bokaj Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, Pac certainly doesn't back off from challenges.
     
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  6. lepinthehood

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    pacman absolute legend of the game, he will want this.
     
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  7. miniq

    miniq AJ IS A BODYBUILDING BUM Full Member

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    Arum was saving Pac till he got old to feed to Crawford

    Pac didn't get old fast enough

    Pac left Arum

    Now Crawford lives in a cage under his desk whilst Arum parties with Fury
     
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  8. Sammy123

    Sammy123 Money Maker Staff Member

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    The day Arum said that he was telling the truth.
     
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  9. Willie Maeket

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    All I know is that all of PBCs 147 roster besides Porter are a bunch of scared punks hugging Al Haymons ball sack.
     
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  10. kartog

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    I don't know, but I genuinely doubt this.

    There were tons of times Bob also "cited" some mysterious Middle East financiers when he was having difficulties giving Pac his guarantee while running out of big enough names in his stable. The only fights outside the US Bob ever pulled off were Pac-Rios in Macau and Horn IIRC and that was more because the Chinese were in talks with Pac himself I believe and Horn was a setup job so....

    I wonder how Bob managed to pull a fast one on Bud though. Did he hire a voice talent with a heavy enough Middle Eastern accent and put him on speakerphone while Bud was there beside him and talked about the offer and the "situation"? :risas3:
     
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  11. Anima

    Anima Kinetic Link Full Member

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    God damn Pacquiao. This is the fight that everyone would root for him regardless if they think he's gonna win it or not.
     
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  12. kirk

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    Kinda cringe seeing a prime Crawford targeting a worn out 40 year old like this. Pac has like two fights left in the sport and Craw trying to squirm in as one of them. Lame.
     
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    Anima Kinetic Link Full Member

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    We have been saying this last 2 fights for a long time now, lmao ****ing pacquiao. Honestly I'd be ok with him fighting Mcgregor in the middle east and calling it quits but it feels like he wants some smoke. Ridiculous.
     
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    kirk l l l Staff Member

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    Ya but I think hes made it 'official' that hes only fighting two more times.

    But well see I guess.
     
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  15. UniversalPart

    UniversalPart Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    They're all trying to slingshot off off Pacquiao's name. It got Jeff Horn nowhere either. Thurman went back to growing his pony tail..and many others have just disappeared.
     
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