Josh Taylor targets fight with USA superstar Terence Crawford

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Crawford is a joke at 147.

He is ruining his legacy.

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Crawford is a joke at 147.

He is ruining his legacy.

I kinda wondered that too, but after seeing what just happened to Crawford vs Spence - IMO was not Bud's fault, nor Spence's causing.

Pac a former Arum fighter just --prevented us from seeing it.

Whereas when Pac was with Arum -we started to see a trend in no particular order, Rios loses to Alvarado in rematch & his reward? A Pac fight. Horn,really Arum? Bradley, Mattyhse why? Broner why? Bradley why again... I think this is where Bud is at now....with a promoter whose stable has run its course.

I can't see why else Crawford vs Spence wasn't made- taking into account Errol's time off from playing evil knievel with cars.

Fighters got too comfortable with Arum having the entire stable, but add in GBP, DAZN and others.... Arum's sizzle is about to fizzle and it seems as if all his fighters are in a kind of rut- getting continuous high profile fights.

I agree Bud is rotting like a fresh vegatable in the sun, but I can't say yet he has messed it up, rather Arum IMO has & unless Arum can restock his shelves, Bud better try a Floyd move & buy his contract out.


And what is the worst to me- got to say this- How Arum craps over his own fighter saying Bud can't sell, when he packs the arena in a state most people dont know blacks lives in, let alone has a following of tens of thousands regardless of race to see their Omaha fighter.

* Crawford hometown crowd of 11,270, after all

*in front of his largest crowd to date, 13,323 at the CHI Health Center in Crawford’s hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, the card drew the largest viewership for any boxing or MMA event on broadcast or cable television so far in 2018.


https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/make...wer/vi-AAKnmHC
How can a promoter crap over his own fighter? Not sure what PPV event he failed in -got to be the B side before the A side like Pac, Floyd, Oscar, they all started at B side.

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Teofimo Lopez claims Josh Taylor is running scared from him

Teofimo Lopez has responded to Josh Taylor saying that 'he's got unfinished business' as their rivalry continues to boil over ahead of a potential super-fight at some point later this year.

In October, Lopez (16-0, 12 KO's) outpointed former three-weight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko as he handed the Ukrainian his second loss in the squared circle.

Last month Taylor, 30, took a swipe at the unified lightweight world champion during a recent interview with talkSPORT.

The Tartan Tornado accused the American of incorrectly calling himself the undisputed champion as he claimed Lopez still needs to beat WBC lightweight champion Devin Haney, who fights Jorge Linares in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Taylor said: "He’s saying he’s undisputed champion and he’s not – he’s still got the other belt to win.

"He’s got to beat Devin Haney to win the other belt, so he’s got unfinished business at lightweight to do."

Lopez Jr has retaliated by saying that Taylor is running 'scared' from him as the Scotsman is targeting a mega clash with Terence Crawford instead.

"They’re scared, that’s how I look at it," Lopez said (via East Side Boxing)."They know that I’m too fast, too smart, too sharp and I’m too strong.

"He’d rather go up to 147 because he’ll be the lighter guy, he’ll be quicker on his feet, and he’ll be able to handle himself more at 147."

"I ain’t stupid, I see how the game go," he added. "But eventually, they’re going to have to feel that pressure, and I’m going to come at them too.

"'Loma' [Vasyl Lomachenko] was the most technical fighter and I outboxed him.

"What does Josh Taylor bring to the table? He brings my belts, that’s all he does."

Taylor recently became Britain's first undisputed world champion in the four-belt era by defeating Jose Ramirez by unanimous decision in a thrilling back-and-forth unification bout on Sunday at the Virgin Hotel in Las Vegas.

But Lopez wasn't particularly impressed by his performance as he believes he still has holes in his game.

He continued: "Josh came forward too; he did the clinches [with Jose Ramirez].

"Ya’ll [sic] don’t smell it, but I do. I smell fear in all of those guys. I can see it in their face, and I can see it in their teams. They feel that pressure. I’m young, but I’m ready.

"Yeah, he’s over here saying I’ve got unfinished business at 135 when in reality I cleaned up the whole division."

However, Lopez did admit that boxing fans may have to wait a while before the two go toe-to-toe in the ring.

"I see it like this," he concluded. "I can’t go out with [George] Kambosos and move up to 140.

"Even if I did, that would be with Taylor, but he has his mandatory with this guy [Jack] Catterall, and that’s it.
"I’ve got to finish with somebody at 135 clean."

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/boxi...rtan-ntp-feeds