I mean when Arum said that he didn’t want Pac to fight Crawford (Freddie said same thing to be fair) people just took that excuse like ok. Manny never said he didn’t want that fight tho. Manny usually just sit in the shadows and dnt speak to much about fights. We do know he spoke out wanting the Floyd match and Marquez 5 but other than that Manny dnt petition for fights too much. But the boxing world just let Arum say Pac didn’t want the fight and that he was scared for his health and people just believed it and didn’t question it , when Pac was and is by far the best opponent Crawford could fight in his stable.
I feel like it was a duck by Crawford via Arum. It ain’t a coincidence that Arum “took” the WBO belt from Pac via horn robbery. Then had Crawford fight for it..That was the easiest way to get the TopRank belt to Crawford.
A little long winded but you catch my drift.