Crawford needs to fight ffs

[Spicoli]

Random and it seems to have had little reaction, but Benevidez recently said that Turki aka the Saudi bankroll had mentioned a possible Aug Crawford match and proposed it to David...if he could make 160 . No such request when wanting Bud v Canelo though. And unless I've missed it no one is disputing it? Now with Ortiz v Tszyu on the undercard of Crawford v Madrimov and two belts on the line we may very well see winners meet up!

Did I read that right? Try to make Benavidez come in at 160? Hahaha!

What's crazy is they would even consider it realistic for him. Maybe Turki is learning to play the shifty side of the sport just like all the others because 160 is a nonstarter for a guy already stated he's going the other direction.

let's remember that team david b have been caught lying about offers & signed contracts in the past. if it's true then shouldn't we be calling out bud for trying to drain david b?

It’s not Crawford that wants to drain Benavidez, it’s Turki.

allegedly

Haven't seen anyone affiliated on team-Turki disputing a thing though. I bolieve David on this one. I mean Canelo himself flat said he doesn't see benefit of Crawford and he'd be too small and get zero credit. Yet Turki keeps pitching it.

why would turki even care? just seems strange for david b to say "we never got to that point" then the next second "he did mention one opponent"

Well because he decided to go there and deluge it? Conversations are ebb and flow like that. Shockingly not every discussed detail of hashing out business dealings between top figures has its own press conference. Even though fanboys on twatter act like it. Take it with a grain of salt or flat dismiss it. But I put nothing passed the politics of boxing and the introduction of a outside figure throwing around multi millions like it was party confetti.

[Ivan Zhelezo]

I have only heard the Saudi talk about David Benavidez fighting the winner of Beterbiev & Bivol. Wasn't it the Saudi's suggestion that Benavidez move up to 175? He now wants him to come back down to 160 after? Does this Saudi have any idea about cutting weight?

[Spicoli]

Hey I guess it technically counts as returning to a ring . Shaking off the rust before Madrimov in two weeks. Seriously though it's just using a tried and proven outlet to put out some desperately needed promotion and eyes for that card. Literally the only time I've seen the card, date, names in a prime-time slot since the Aug 3rd ppv was announced . This type of older crossover easy promotion is what boxing is missing now with everything in small 140 character posts and constant keyboard clicks. Corny but effective. The official Riyadh Season trailer for the fight released 8 days ago has 50+k views. At least on youtube. The actual wwe clip and Bud intro has over 330k in less than 1 day.