I’m picking Crawford against Spence

[TitoFan]

Wow... that's too bad. I like Crawford and enjoy watching him fight. But nothing anyone can say in Bud's defense can erase the fact that it is HE who is putting the final nail on the coffin regarding a showdown with Spence.

Unless of course, this is just more "boxing double talk", and Crawford's just trying to go through every page of the Negotiations Playbook in order to get the money he wants.

Seems ridiculous though, especially when he says Spence needs him more than he needs Spence.

Last I checked, Spence has the better resume at welter and... if Crawford is going to continue to claim superiority at welter... it's a long-known fact he's not engaging the opponents to back up that claim.

History will say Crawford ducked Spence... and the onus will be on Bud fans to try and argue otherwise.

[Jambo]

To be honest, I really can’t see why this Isn’t a simple 50/50 split. Ok people will say Spence is the A side and he’s worth more.
But is he the same Boxer as before the accident?
And anyway if Spence is confident he’s worth a 70% share, why not have the winner gets 70%?
It used to be called Prizefighting for a reason didn’t it?

[Spicoli]

I've lost a few things regarding these two namely hope that they will ever meet and honestly a little fanfare for Crawford. He is in real danger of letting some others in the division pass him by in terms of big match ups and one comparative glance at the record of Spence tells me Erroll has already done so. He's spent the last couple of years in hype type name showcases with Brook and Khan where let's be honest the outcome and fashion were fairly well known before the opening bells. Sandwiched in between those he fought a bit bored v Kavaliauskas and was rocked and took a unofficial knockdown for his trouble. Time is now Bud, shit or get off the pot as they say.

[Kirkland Laing]

If you're asking for seventy percent of this fight you're really saying you don't want the fight. Maybe it's just a negotiating tactic and maybe Crawford saying the fight won't happen is the same thing but if Spence is insisting on that kind of share and won't budge then he's dodging the fight.

[TitoFan]

I've lost a few things regarding these two namely hope that they will ever meet and honestly a little fanfare for Crawford. He is in real danger of letting some others in the division pass him by in terms of big match ups and one comparative glance at the record of Spence tells me Erroll has already done so. He's spent the last couple of years in hype type name showcases with Brook and Khan where let's be honest the outcome and fashion were fairly well known before the opening bells. Sandwiched in between those he fought a bit bored v Kavaliauskas and was rocked and took a unofficial knockdown for his trouble. Time is now Bud, shit or get off the pot as they say.

Exactly. If looking at it objectively, Crawford's the one who recently came up to welter and let's face it... his resume at 147 isn't anything to write home about. In a division as stacked as 147 there is no reason for that to still be the case.

Bud didn't want 60/40. Now it appears Spence has made it even tougher. No matter. Crawford is the ultimate loser in this back-and-forth.

Spence has fought Porter and Garcia. Who has Crawford fought?

[TonnnnUK]

Lose interest in the fight and the fighters when it gets to a stage like this. Same when Josh/Wilder were dancing around for ages and never got close to making a fight.

Sick of fights not being made for the sake of ego and money splits.

Fuck um!

[imp]

Crawford has done nothing at 147 and beat x2 past it fighters in Khan and Brook.

Crawford is the reason why this fight will never take place.

Remove him from the P4P list as he is already in retirement mode talking about hall of fame etc.

He could have snatched the P4P torch from Ward after his retirement and ran with it..instead he stayed submissive and content under Bob Arum even after Bobs various rants about him.

Crawford is treating Spence like Haney..avoid at all costs.