According to Dan Rafael, Crawford had a drafted contract for the Spence fight sitting on his lap since October 6 and completely ghosted the PBC as he had this Avanesyan fight in the works for a while...Welp....
Then do it.....Shakur is a hell of a fighter and potentially a special fighter, but time for him to actually prove it instead of getting all these hypothetical easy wins.
Derrick was asked about Bud being a master of adjusting and he responded with something like "you only make adjustments when you are getting hit and need to change things up. If you are doing what you should be doing, then you don't need to adjust"
Well damn lol.
IF Spence/Crawford ends up taking place in June....then ALL heat and energy need to be placed on both Bivol and Beterbiev to get it on ASAP. They have continued to escape the allegations and fans have let them get away with it. Need that fight badly!!!
SHO is planning for Tank/Garcia to take place on Feb 4, Charlo vs Tszyu to take place on Jan 28, EJ to return possibly in January and then Plant/Benavidez sometime in the first quarter.
But some random bloke name Scott on twitter is telling me the SHO/PBC deal expires in Dec 😂
One of the biggest things Mell took from being with the James camp is take his work ethic and training to another level. He said he had never seen anyone work as hard as EJ and he was going to make sure he worked just as hard...And he's done just that. Never out of shape.
I love Bam, but these excuses are the announcers are making are so unnecessary and embarrassing. Did they not see Gonzalez against Choco and Yafai? He's a solid fighter and while he does not have the name of SSR or Cuadras, he's actually in his prime unlike those two. Gonzalez is
Ryan having to pay DAZN $120,000 of his own money to be able to fight Tank on SHO PPV is wild to me lol. Like how does that even happen and how did GBP allow that to happen?
Errol legit goes to every damn boxing show in the Dallas area, huh? Doesn't matter if it is flyweights headlining or even the Triller card from this past weekend, he will be in the building!
So I've read more than a few people say they hope this Amazon deal allows PBC fighters to fight on other networks....Okay, so just for 2023, how many TR and Matchroom fighters fought on other networks. Go!
Tank/Garcia is absolutely big enough for a joint-PPV. They will be able to fight twice or maybe even three times and make EVERYONE great money. Find a way to get it done.......
This is how Dummy Glaser tries to play to his followers. He said the money was not in the escrow and that the PBC did not have money for Canelo...Even was implying at one pt that Tszyu/Thurman may not take place on Amazon. Just a complete and utter moron.
That's just how the game goes....James was hot for a while, then his top fighters catch L's and then folks think he is overrated...He's just the next in line. Many others have had the same thing happen to them...From Roach to Garcia to Reynoso to now James.
Boots said fight/date announcement coming on Friday...I'ma be honest with you, after hearing the two likely opponents, I'm kind of dreading the reaction to his opponent LOL.
Dude hits the 4M gate or nears it against damn near ANYONE. Doesn't matter how little known the opponent is, he is very consistent. To go along with around ~275k PPVs sold? The second biggest draw stateside behind Canelo.
Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Maurice Hooker gate receipts:
Sold - 4,558
Comps - 430
Gate Revenue - $391,040.00
Not bad for a 23 year old. Definitely a future star in the making.
The fact TR has not been able to develop ANY sort of PPV fighter since Pacquiao with all the talent they have had the last decade is....interesting to say the least.
Not sure if someone has already posted this but:
Jake Paul vs Nate Diaz (08/05/23 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX)
Sold - 16,284
Comps - 1,028
Gate $3,057,473.26
Frank Martin may be fighting on July 15....Boots on July 22.....Spence/Crawford on July 29.....DSG/Lara on Aug 5
SHO will be having a busy four week stretch if all this goes down.
This is why Ishe's tweet is so hilarious. Errol has taken the ass beating on the chin and hasn't made no excuses. Some of his fans obviously are going to take it hard for the most but overall I haven't seen many people wanting to give him a pass. That was such a weird weird tweet
Vasyl Lomachenko on a potential Devin Haney fight: "Now he is the undisputed world champion. He holds four belts. These four belts are what I want, what I've followed all my professional career. So now he's the undisputed world champion, that's why I want this fight." [
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Prograis had a GOLDEN opportunity to be in the mix with Lopez, Taylor, Haney and Ramirez....yet he chose to go to Matchroom L-O-L. And miss me with Haney is a FA after this fight as it makes perfect sense for him to purse the winner of Lopez/Taylor or Shakur over going to MR.
I like clowning Hearn as much as anyone but now the conspiracy theories of him setting Alycia up are crazy 😭😭… like he wants yet ANOTHER failed test controversy that he's part of. Stop it.
So Bud told Al he wanted to meet face to face with him and EJ to finalize the deal? Isn't that the job of your representation? Sounds like he did not trust his lawyers...After not trusting Bob before that....and now not trusting Haymon...Sense the trend here? Lol...
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That tweet was one of the dumbest I've seen lmao. Instead of using what the opponent was ranked WHEN Tank fought him...We are seeing which of his opponents are ranked now...4-5 years after Tank already fought them. Huh???
Arum said Avanesyan's purse is already in his bank account and he suspects most of Crawford's contracted amount is as well....For those that questioned if those two would get paid or not..
I got u so shook.. Regis just told u he not taking that baby money u offering so I’m telling u I’ll take it if u put yo whole purse up - That shouldn’t be no problem since u believe u could beat me right?
Tyson Fury really ruined it for the other fighters. Now whenever someone does test positive for Covid or has a legitimate injury, people think it is BS and they are just postponing the fight because it isn't selling well lol.
According to Dan, basically DAZN was fed up with Canelo fighting these UK dudes and having to put up big guarantees when the PPVs would sell poorly...Hearn did great by his UK fighters but obviously that was going to be a big money loser.
What he's really saying is: Ryder is the only one in my company at 168/175 that Canelo has not already beaten. He's my only hope to keep Canelo for a bit longer!!
Lowered it $15 bucks from majority of the PPVs that take place...Actually almost ALL the PPVs that place now.
Spoiler alert: It's not going to lead in increased interest nor higher buy rate lol.
Haney beats Linares clear and folks come away thinking he is shaky and vulnerable.
Haney beats Diaz clear and folks come away thinking he is vulnerable.
Haney beats Loma and folks come away thinking he is still vulnerable.
It is what it is lol.
Porter said Shakur is a mix of Pretty Boy and Money? Interesting...But he is not nearly as explosive as Floyd was at 130. Shakur is hard to touch and is clearly very talented but Floyd was explosive as hell man.
After Tank does a 20M+ gate vs KingRy....How does Canelo regain his spot as the biggest star in America?? Who does he fight to get his spot back?? Or will it be gone for good?
Errol has the chill demeanor and he's been through worst shit in his life. He will still bounceback and be fine. Some fighters a loss like this on the biggest stage would kill them, but he will brush it off in no time.
It's cool if you are Team Bud and think he will beat or even dominate Spence....That's fine, but don't be stupid and act like the fight only happened b/c EJ was put in some sort of corner. No, that's not what happened at all.
Alright, let's get that Spence/Crawford fight announced in the next few days. Keep the momentum going. Folks still are talking about Tank/Garcia so it would be great timing.
I'm not trying to trash Mayer, but the gate was 30k and her purse was 250k.....Bob would use shit like this to show how much money he lost on Bud's fight but this happens with ALL his fighters....Bob ain't covering off the gate, he covers with the ESPN money....Clown...
Well damn, another fighter that got a "win" over Spence through Bud...Add him to the list with Ishe Smith and Shakur.
Errol unfortunately took four losses on Saturday night....28-4 now...
948k views in less than a day...On pace to surpass the first episode quite easily....Espinoza said they will amp up the social media promotion 7-10 days before the fight....This will surpass 900k buys and I feel confident in that...Likely over a million.
In less than 12 hours, episode 2 has over 670k views. Going to do just as well as the first episode. The 2nd episode usually drops from the first.
Leave it to Bud though to not be pleased with the promotion lol.
I respect Bob because he kept it straight business & so did Oscar he wasn’t tryna act like he was my friend & he cared bout me so much.. Eddie act like that then two faced behind yo back!
The f'n 🧢is unreal...Coppinger essentially said Loma/Crawford have the SAME guarantee. Loma's gates overall haven't touched Crawford's gates...Someone please explain to me how money is being lost on only one of them and not the other.....
This part keeps getting missed from Dan's article. It wasn't just Benavidez or bust for September, but if Bud was willing to fight Crawford, then the Mall fight could have still taken place in May.