Terence Crawford vs Shawn Porter

[TitoFan]

Terence Crawford finally gets big fight against world class opponent as deal is struck for Shawn Porter title clash on November 20 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

Terence Crawford will face Shawn Porter in a highly anticipated defence of his WBO welterweight world title on November 20 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

The three-weight champion is widely regarded as one of the top three pound-for-pound fighters in the entire sport today, however he is yet to face a fellow world class fighter in their prime who comes close to his level.

Crawford is the WBO welterweight champion and has been waiting a long time to face another top fighter

Following his knockout of Kell Brook last year, it’s been unclear what fight would come next for WBO champion Crawford.

The American became embroiled in spat with his promoter Bob Arum as both were frustrated over his current situation.

The vast majority of the big-name fighters at welterweight today are signed with Al Haymon’s PBC, who rarely do business with Arum’s Top Rank.

The super-fight all boxing fans want to see between Crawford and Errol Spence looks further away than ever for this reason.

With fighters such as Spence and Porter out of his reach, Crawford has had to settle for facing lesser-known opposition and so been unable to generate big PPV numbers – part of the reason for the spat with his own promoter.

Last month though, the WBO threw him a lifeline by ordering the bout with Porter.

It initially looked like no deal would be agreed and the fight would go to purse bids, but now Top Rank’s Carl Moretti has confirmed to Kevin Iole that the sides have struck a deal.

The bout will take place on November 20 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/9...-shawn-porter/

And THIS, my fellow boxing fans... is why the big fights don't always happen, regardless of what the public may or may not want.

I couldn't care less about the intricate business side of boxing. None of us in the real world will ever come close to making the kind of money these elite fighters make. And there's enough to go around to all involved.

But it's the fans who ultimately pay the bills. So if our opinion doesn't mean diddly squat... there's something ultimately wrong with that.

So Haymon rarely does business with Arum.

Do we just leave it at that?? Isn't there some kind of mechanism whereby reasonable arrangements are "encouraged" (I really mean "forced") to make these fights happen??

In the end, we're always left with the "what ifs." I mean... it's ok to throw around barroom conversations about mythical matchups between fighters of different eras. It's not like we have a time machine or something to make them happen.

But when elite fighters exist in the same era... it's inexcusable for some big fights not to happen because... (cough)... Haymon won't deal with Arum (or viceversa).

Yet the patience/tolerance of boxing fans is legendary. Heaven knows we've put up with more than our share of shady decisions, bullshit belts, diva champions, catchweights, cherry-picking, winking at PED violations, yadda yadda yadda.

What's one more CRAP to put on top of the pile of crap?

[TIC]

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