Dallas' 4 Eva
Superstar
Y'all really gotta stop explaining the 'strategic ducking' that Crawford and Top Rank been doing. I don't think he scared, but he definitely has been very willing to milk that lucrative contract with them very generous guarantees out to the very end. During all this Crawford has taken very minimal risks and they have gotten a ton of free publicity amd promo from all of this. It's low key genius, only problem is Bob sees the writing on the wall, he don't have anybody in his stable that he is confident enough in to beat Crawford, he has some guys that can beat him sure but the risk of them losing is also too great. Crawford is gonna take that WBO belt and bounce to the PBC and make a fight with Spence and cut Bob out completely and leave Bob assed out holding the bag and maximize how much he ends up getting, because Crawford is using the Spence fight as a cash out fight, he said he would of retired from boxing a while ago if he didn't have so many mouths to feed bro the writing is on the wall.
Don't get me wrong Spence and them haven't been in a hurry for this fight either. They been making a lot of money off him these past few fights, granted the risks are slightly higher(some would argue he isn't taking any risks at all). What I'm trying to say is nobody has been in a hurry to make this fight. If anything Shawn Porter would be the wrench in the plan for both sides which is why Bob is insisting on a lowball offer and the PBC aint really pushing Porter to go after the WBO belt. Porter low key could potentially fukk up everyones bag because he does have the ability to beat Crawford even though I have said before I think Crawford wins the fight on points cause styles make fights.
Basically what I'm saying is nobody was ever in a hurry to make this fight and they dragged it on so long because they knew people would still buy the fight no matter when it happens because that's how boxing works. They starve you for so long on matchups you really want to see until they finally give you one and everyone will flock and buy it even though they made you wait. That is about 50% of the reason boxings popularity is shyt now compared to the past, this business model is not sustainable for the social media popcorn microwave food era generation which is a huge reason why so many people started following UFC. Dana White has a lot of flaws, but he keeps the UFC moving, he knows how to build fighters fast and he never puts an emphasis on being 'undefeated' or 'a multiple weight champion' or attaching a gimmick to a fighter to sell them, he just puts them in the ring and let's their fighting sell them.
Don't get me wrong Spence and them haven't been in a hurry for this fight either. They been making a lot of money off him these past few fights, granted the risks are slightly higher(some would argue he isn't taking any risks at all). What I'm trying to say is nobody has been in a hurry to make this fight. If anything Shawn Porter would be the wrench in the plan for both sides which is why Bob is insisting on a lowball offer and the PBC aint really pushing Porter to go after the WBO belt. Porter low key could potentially fukk up everyones bag because he does have the ability to beat Crawford even though I have said before I think Crawford wins the fight on points cause styles make fights.
Basically what I'm saying is nobody was ever in a hurry to make this fight and they dragged it on so long because they knew people would still buy the fight no matter when it happens because that's how boxing works. They starve you for so long on matchups you really want to see until they finally give you one and everyone will flock and buy it even though they made you wait. That is about 50% of the reason boxings popularity is shyt now compared to the past, this business model is not sustainable for the social media popcorn microwave food era generation which is a huge reason why so many people started following UFC. Dana White has a lot of flaws, but he keeps the UFC moving, he knows how to build fighters fast and he never puts an emphasis on being 'undefeated' or 'a multiple weight champion' or attaching a gimmick to a fighter to sell them, he just puts them in the ring and let's their fighting sell them.