Will Terence Crawford leave Top Rank during 2018?

[Enlightened-One]

Top Rank took over the promotional rights of Terence Crawford from TKO Boxing Promotions on the 16th June, 2011.

Terence Crawford then agreed to extend his contract with Bob Arum’s company when he signed a three-year extension on the September 16th 2014, which means it’s due to expire in nine months’ time.

I can’t verify this, since the tweets have been subsequently deleted from his account, but I believe that Crawford was upset about how HBO were not marketing his name as heavily as Lomachenko's, with blame partially falling on Top Rank’s shoulders. A complaint that Bud articulated several times.

Apparently Bob Arum is trying to orchestrate a bout between Terence Crawford and Jeff Horn for the 21st April at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, which will be Bud’s first bout at 147lbs after enduring an eight month period of inactivity, with the American currently being 30lbs overweight.

It seems that the vast majority of the top-ten world-rated, big name and governing body ranked 147lb-ers are aligned with Al Haymon, such as:

• Keith Thurman
• Errol Spence Jr.
• Shawn Porter
• Danny Garcia
• Lamont Peterson
• Jessie Vargas
• Andre Berto
• Luis Collazo
• Devon Alexander
• Adrien Broner
• Amir Khan
• Omar Figueroa Jr.
• Victor Ortiz
• Jamal James
• Fabian Maidana

Bob Arum has stated on several occasions that Haymon’s boxers are overpaid, with the likes of Thurman and Garcia commanding double the purses that Crawford is currently earning, which is one of the reasons why we don’t get to see many of the PBC’s fighters facing those being promoted by Top Rank.

There’s hardly any evidence of fights being staged between Haymon and Top Rank affiliated fighters, which means that Terence Crawford may never get to fulfil his ambition of facing all of the top dogs in the welterweight division.

Therefore, will Terence Crawford consider leaving Top Rank during 2018 if they cannot promise to deliver him the biggest fights at 147lbs?

[Ruthless-RKO]

You put Omar Figueroa Jr. twice.

Also, Arum and Showtime's Epsinoza have said on different occasions that they are willing to work together to make such fights. It is the purses that I think will cause an issue.

[Enlightened-One]

You put Omar Figueroa Jr. twice.

Thanks. It's been addressed now.

[Badhusker]

Arum will tell Crawford he'll get him Pacquiao after Horn if he re-signs.

[KiwiRider]

Gosh I hadn't realised how many 147's they had !
It's not good when a company has that sort of coverage in one division. Grab the belts, and make sure they stay in house.

[Evander]

On one hand I think Terence Crawford needs a couple of warm up type of bouts at 147.
On the other if his name is being touted as top boy at 147 in the short term then he'll have to take a bout against a major opponent.
I go back and forth when it comes to Crawford I'm really not sure, one of the things that has stuck in my mind was him getting clipped against Gamboa who was moving up in weight.
Yes Terence has won a lot of fights since then and looked good I can't deny that but there's that unknown factor of what may happen when he takes on a fully fledged natural Welterweight.

[jamamb]

hes very limited by pbc having so many guys. someone like pererson woukdve been a perfect step into 147.

he did dominate diaz, who beat granados and vasquez and was very competetive with peterson, so thats a good sign.

[Mexi-Box]

Real question is if PBC fighters will even fight in 2018.

[Enlightened-One]

Real question is if PBC fighters will even fight in 2018.

There are more PBC fight cards than the combined totals of ESPN & HBO during 2016 & 2017. Also, PBC fighters appear on numerous fight cards globally.

Here’s a list of almost 200 fighters listed on the PBC website:

• Immanuwel Aleem
• Devon Alexander "Alexander The Great"
• Eleider Alvarez "Storm"
• Alfredo Angulo "Perro"
• Chris Arreola "The Nightmare"
• Mario Barrios "Golden Boy"
• Rances Barthelemy "Kid Blast"
• Leduan Barthelemy
• David Benavidez "El Bandera Roja / Red Flag"
• Andre Berto
• Artur Beterbiev
• Sakio Bika "The Scorpion"
• Kevin Bizier
• Erick Bone
• Jose Miguel Borrego
• Dominic Breazeale "Trouble"
• Adrien Broner "The Problem"
• Marcus Browne "Sir"
• Leonard Bundu "The Lion"
• Lucian Bute "Le Tombeur"
• Wilky Campfort "Silky"
• Walter Castillo
• Hugo Centeno Jr "The Boss"
• Jermall Charlo
• Jermell Charlo "Iron Man"
• Edner Cherry "Cherry Bomb"
• Jamontay Clark "The Quiet Assassin"
• Luis Collazo
• Luis Cruz "El Artesano"
• Miguel Cruz
• Steve Cunningham "USS"
• Gervonta Davis "Tank"
• Kyrone Davis "Shut It Down"
• Chad Dawson "Bad"
• James DeGale "'Chunky'"
• Justin DeLoach "The Chosen One"
• Sergiy Derevyanchenko "The Technician"
• Felix Diaz
• Anthony Dirrell "The Dog"
• Andre Dirrell "The Resurrected"
• Domonique Dolton "3D"
• Juan Dominguez "Baby Tito"
• Omar Douglas "Super O"
• Robert Easter Jr
• Rickey Edwards "The Reborn"
• Ahmed Elbiali
• Joseph Elegele
• Oscar Escandon "El Guerrero"
• Brandon Figueroa "The Heartbreaker"
• Omar Figueroa Jr "Panterita"
• BJ Flores "El Peligroso"
• Miguel Flores
• Moises Flores "Chucky"
• Andrzej Fonfara
• Javier Fortuna "El Abejon"
• Carl Frampton "The Jackal"
• Stephen Fulton
• Frank Galarza "Notorious"
• Dennis Galarza "The Surgeon"
• Danny Garcia "Swift"
• Roberto Garcia "La Amenaza"
• Mikey Garcia
• Terrell Gausha
• Krzysztof Glowacki
• Ivan Golub "The Volk"
• David Grayton "Day-Day"
• Fernando Guerrero
• Robert Guerrero "The Ghost"
• Jonathan Guzman "Salomon King"
• Tony Harrison
• Mark Anthony Hernandez "Madman"
• Jamel Herring "Semper Fi"
• Thomas Hill
• Jarrett Hurd "Swift"
• Kanat Islam "QazaQ"
• John Jackson "Dah Rock"
• Julius Jackson "The Chef"
• Daniel Jacobs "Miracle Man"
• Jamal James "Shango"
• Koki Kameda
• Tomoki Kameda "El Mexicanito"
• Ryan Karl "Cowboy"
• Travis Kauffman "My Time"
• Amir Khan "'King Khan'"
• Ryan Kielczweski "The Polish Prince"
• Adam Kownacki
• Erislandy Lara "The American Dream"
• Jorge Lara "Pilón"
• Sergey Lipinets "Samurai"
• Phil Lo Greco "The Italian Sensation"
• Josesito Lopez "The Riverside Rocky"
• J'Leon Love
• Steve Lovett
• Erickson Lubin "The Hammer"
• Alejandro Luna "El Charro"
• Fabian Andres Maidana "TNT"
• Paul Malignaggi "Magic Man"
• Abner Mares
• Claudio Marrero
• Alex Martin "Chi-Town Heat"
• Charles Martin "Prince Charles"
• Kiko Martinez "La Sensación"
• Roman Martinez "Rocky"
• Vanes Martirosyan "Nightmare"
• Malcolm McAllister
• John Molina Jr
• Sergio Mora "The Latin Snake"
• Earl Newman
• Tugstsogt Nyambayar "King Tug"
• Danny O'Connor "Danny O"
• Wale Omotoso
• Victor Ortiz "Vicious"
• Luis Ortiz "King Kong"
• Juan Carlos Payano
• Jose Pedraza "Sniper"
• Bryant Perrella "Goodfella"
• Lamont Peterson "Havoc"
• Anthony Peterson "Hazardous"
• Caleb Plant "Sweet Hands"
• Shawn Porter "Showtime"
• Darwin Price
• Peter Quillin "Kid Chocolate"
• Siarhei Rabchanka "Sergey Rabchenko"
• Eddie Ramirez "El Escorpion"
• Ivan Redkach
• Haskell Rhodes "Hackman"
• Oscar Rivas "Kaboom"
• Edwin Rodriguez "La Bomba"
• Emmanuel Rodriguez "Manny"
• Hugo Ruiz "Cuatito / Little Twin"
• Gary Russell Jr "Mr."
• Leo Santa Cruz "El Terremoto"
• Umberto Savigne
• Michael Seals
• Lee Selby "'Lightning'"
• Jordan Shimmell
• Beibut Shumenov
• Errol Spence Jr "The Truth"
• Javontae Starks
• Adonis Stevenson "Superman"
• Maciej Sulecki
• Artur Szpilka "Szpila The Pin"
• Patryk Szymanski
• Keith Tapia "Machine Gun"
• Antonio Tarver "Magic Man"
• Isiah Thomas
• Keith Thurman "One Time"
• Austin Trout "No Doubt"
• Caleb Truax "Golden"
• Izuagbe Ugonoh
• Jessie Vargas "Ruthless"
• Sammy Vasquez "The Who Can Mexican"
• Miguel Vazquez "Titere / Puppet"
• Carlos Ivan Velasquez "Twin Dream"
• Rau'shee Warren
• Gerald Washington "El Gallo Negro"
• Kevin Watts "Playboy"
• Deontay Wilder "The Bronze Bomber"
• Julian Williams "J Rock"
• Thomas Williams Jr "Top Dog"

Can you please go through the above list and count the amount of times these men fought during 2016 & 2017? After you’ve done that, can you compare these stats to the amount of times fighters affiliated to Top Rank, Main Events, K2, Roc Nation & GBP fought?

I bet you can’t or won’t, because you know you’re simply perpetuating a myth that you’ve not fact-checked and do not necessarily know to be true!

[Mexi-Box]

Real question is if PBC fighters will even fight in 2018.

There are more PBC fight cards than the combined totals of ESPN & HBO during 2016 & 2017. Also, PBC fighters appear on numerous fight cards globally.

Here’s a list of almost 200 fighters listed on the PBC website:

• Immanuwel Aleem
• Devon Alexander "Alexander The Great"
• Eleider Alvarez "Storm"
• Alfredo Angulo "Perro"
• Chris Arreola "The Nightmare"
• Mario Barrios "Golden Boy"
• Rances Barthelemy "Kid Blast"
• Leduan Barthelemy
• David Benavidez "El Bandera Roja / Red Flag"
• Andre Berto
• Artur Beterbiev
• Sakio Bika "The Scorpion"
• Kevin Bizier
• Erick Bone
• Jose Miguel Borrego
• Dominic Breazeale "Trouble"
• Adrien Broner "The Problem"
• Marcus Browne "Sir"
• Leonard Bundu "The Lion"
• Lucian Bute "Le Tombeur"
• Wilky Campfort "Silky"
• Walter Castillo
• Hugo Centeno Jr "The Boss"
• Jermall Charlo
• Jermell Charlo "Iron Man"
• Edner Cherry "Cherry Bomb"
• Jamontay Clark "The Quiet Assassin"
• Luis Collazo
• Luis Cruz "El Artesano"
• Miguel Cruz
• Steve Cunningham "USS"
• Gervonta Davis "Tank"
• Kyrone Davis "Shut It Down"
• Chad Dawson "Bad"
• James DeGale "'Chunky'"
• Justin DeLoach "The Chosen One"
• Sergiy Derevyanchenko "The Technician"
• Felix Diaz
• Anthony Dirrell "The Dog"
• Andre Dirrell "The Resurrected"
• Domonique Dolton "3D"
• Juan Dominguez "Baby Tito"
• Omar Douglas "Super O"
• Robert Easter Jr
• Rickey Edwards "The Reborn"
• Ahmed Elbiali
• Joseph Elegele
• Oscar Escandon "El Guerrero"
• Brandon Figueroa "The Heartbreaker"
• Omar Figueroa Jr "Panterita"
• BJ Flores "El Peligroso"
• Miguel Flores
• Moises Flores "Chucky"
• Andrzej Fonfara
• Javier Fortuna "El Abejon"
• Carl Frampton "The Jackal"
• Stephen Fulton
• Frank Galarza "Notorious"
• Dennis Galarza "The Surgeon"
• Danny Garcia "Swift"
• Roberto Garcia "La Amenaza"
• Mikey Garcia
• Terrell Gausha
• Krzysztof Glowacki
• Ivan Golub "The Volk"
• David Grayton "Day-Day"
• Fernando Guerrero
• Robert Guerrero "The Ghost"
• Jonathan Guzman "Salomon King"
• Tony Harrison
• Mark Anthony Hernandez "Madman"
• Jamel Herring "Semper Fi"
• Thomas Hill
• Jarrett Hurd "Swift"
• Kanat Islam "QazaQ"
• John Jackson "Dah Rock"
• Julius Jackson "The Chef"
• Daniel Jacobs "Miracle Man"
• Jamal James "Shango"
• Koki Kameda
• Tomoki Kameda "El Mexicanito"
• Ryan Karl "Cowboy"
• Travis Kauffman "My Time"
• Amir Khan "'King Khan'"
• Ryan Kielczweski "The Polish Prince"
• Adam Kownacki
• Erislandy Lara "The American Dream"
• Jorge Lara "Pilón"
• Sergey Lipinets "Samurai"
• Phil Lo Greco "The Italian Sensation"
• Josesito Lopez "The Riverside Rocky"
• J'Leon Love
• Steve Lovett
• Erickson Lubin "The Hammer"
• Alejandro Luna "El Charro"
• Fabian Andres Maidana "TNT"
• Paul Malignaggi "Magic Man"
• Abner Mares
• Claudio Marrero
• Alex Martin "Chi-Town Heat"
• Charles Martin "Prince Charles"
• Kiko Martinez "La Sensación"
• Roman Martinez "Rocky"
• Vanes Martirosyan "Nightmare"
• Malcolm McAllister
• John Molina Jr
• Sergio Mora "The Latin Snake"
• Earl Newman
• Tugstsogt Nyambayar "King Tug"
• Danny O'Connor "Danny O"
• Wale Omotoso
• Victor Ortiz "Vicious"
• Luis Ortiz "King Kong"
• Juan Carlos Payano
• Jose Pedraza "Sniper"
• Bryant Perrella "Goodfella"
• Lamont Peterson "Havoc"
• Anthony Peterson "Hazardous"
• Caleb Plant "Sweet Hands"
• Shawn Porter "Showtime"
• Darwin Price
• Peter Quillin "Kid Chocolate"
• Siarhei Rabchanka "Sergey Rabchenko"
• Eddie Ramirez "El Escorpion"
• Ivan Redkach
• Haskell Rhodes "Hackman"
• Oscar Rivas "Kaboom"
• Edwin Rodriguez "La Bomba"
• Emmanuel Rodriguez "Manny"
• Hugo Ruiz "Cuatito / Little Twin"
• Gary Russell Jr "Mr."
• Leo Santa Cruz "El Terremoto"
• Umberto Savigne
• Michael Seals
• Lee Selby "'Lightning'"
• Jordan Shimmell
• Beibut Shumenov
• Errol Spence Jr "The Truth"
• Javontae Starks
• Adonis Stevenson "Superman"
• Maciej Sulecki
• Artur Szpilka "Szpila The Pin"
• Patryk Szymanski
• Keith Tapia "Machine Gun"
• Antonio Tarver "Magic Man"
• Isiah Thomas
• Keith Thurman "One Time"
• Austin Trout "No Doubt"
• Caleb Truax "Golden"
• Izuagbe Ugonoh
• Jessie Vargas "Ruthless"
• Sammy Vasquez "The Who Can Mexican"
• Miguel Vazquez "Titere / Puppet"
• Carlos Ivan Velasquez "Twin Dream"
• Rau'shee Warren
• Gerald Washington "El Gallo Negro"
• Kevin Watts "Playboy"
• Deontay Wilder "The Bronze Bomber"
• Julian Williams "J Rock"
• Thomas Williams Jr "Top Dog"

Can you please go through the above list and count the amount of times these men fought during 2016 & 2017? After you’ve done that, can you compare these stats to the amount of times fighters affiliated to Top Rank, Main Events, K2, Roc Nation & GBP fought?

I bet you can’t or won’t, because you know you’re simply perpetuating a myth that you’ve not fact-checked and do not necessarily know to be true!

You seriously just asked me to do that?

That's your job since you're so obsessed with being Gaymon's lapdog.

[walter5]

I would bet more than half those fighters only fought once or less in 2017.

[Enlightened-One]

Real question is if PBC fighters will even fight in 2018.

There are more PBC fight cards than the combined totals of ESPN & HBO during 2016 & 2017. Also, PBC fighters appear on numerous fight cards globally.

Here’s a list of almost 200 fighters listed on the PBC website:

• Immanuwel Aleem
• Devon Alexander "Alexander The Great"
• Eleider Alvarez "Storm"
• Alfredo Angulo "Perro"
• Chris Arreola "The Nightmare"
• Mario Barrios "Golden Boy"
• Rances Barthelemy "Kid Blast"
• Leduan Barthelemy
• David Benavidez "El Bandera Roja / Red Flag"
• Andre Berto
• Artur Beterbiev
• Sakio Bika "The Scorpion"
• Kevin Bizier
• Erick Bone
• Jose Miguel Borrego
• Dominic Breazeale "Trouble"
• Adrien Broner "The Problem"
• Marcus Browne "Sir"
• Leonard Bundu "The Lion"
• Lucian Bute "Le Tombeur"
• Wilky Campfort "Silky"
• Walter Castillo
• Hugo Centeno Jr "The Boss"
• Jermall Charlo
• Jermell Charlo "Iron Man"
• Edner Cherry "Cherry Bomb"
• Jamontay Clark "The Quiet Assassin"
• Luis Collazo
• Luis Cruz "El Artesano"
• Miguel Cruz
• Steve Cunningham "USS"
• Gervonta Davis "Tank"
• Kyrone Davis "Shut It Down"
• Chad Dawson "Bad"
• James DeGale "'Chunky'"
• Justin DeLoach "The Chosen One"
• Sergiy Derevyanchenko "The Technician"
• Felix Diaz
• Anthony Dirrell "The Dog"
• Andre Dirrell "The Resurrected"
• Domonique Dolton "3D"
• Juan Dominguez "Baby Tito"
• Omar Douglas "Super O"
• Robert Easter Jr
• Rickey Edwards "The Reborn"
• Ahmed Elbiali
• Joseph Elegele
• Oscar Escandon "El Guerrero"
• Brandon Figueroa "The Heartbreaker"
• Omar Figueroa Jr "Panterita"
• BJ Flores "El Peligroso"
• Miguel Flores
• Moises Flores "Chucky"
• Andrzej Fonfara
• Javier Fortuna "El Abejon"
• Carl Frampton "The Jackal"
• Stephen Fulton
• Frank Galarza "Notorious"
• Dennis Galarza "The Surgeon"
• Danny Garcia "Swift"
• Roberto Garcia "La Amenaza"
• Mikey Garcia
• Terrell Gausha
• Krzysztof Glowacki
• Ivan Golub "The Volk"
• David Grayton "Day-Day"
• Fernando Guerrero
• Robert Guerrero "The Ghost"
• Jonathan Guzman "Salomon King"
• Tony Harrison
• Mark Anthony Hernandez "Madman"
• Jamel Herring "Semper Fi"
• Thomas Hill
• Jarrett Hurd "Swift"
• Kanat Islam "QazaQ"
• John Jackson "Dah Rock"
• Julius Jackson "The Chef"
• Daniel Jacobs "Miracle Man"
• Jamal James "Shango"
• Koki Kameda
• Tomoki Kameda "El Mexicanito"
• Ryan Karl "Cowboy"
• Travis Kauffman "My Time"
• Amir Khan "'King Khan'"
• Ryan Kielczweski "The Polish Prince"
• Adam Kownacki
• Erislandy Lara "The American Dream"
• Jorge Lara "Pilón"
• Sergey Lipinets "Samurai"
• Phil Lo Greco "The Italian Sensation"
• Josesito Lopez "The Riverside Rocky"
• J'Leon Love
• Steve Lovett
• Erickson Lubin "The Hammer"
• Alejandro Luna "El Charro"
• Fabian Andres Maidana "TNT"
• Paul Malignaggi "Magic Man"
• Abner Mares
• Claudio Marrero
• Alex Martin "Chi-Town Heat"
• Charles Martin "Prince Charles"
• Kiko Martinez "La Sensación"
• Roman Martinez "Rocky"
• Vanes Martirosyan "Nightmare"
• Malcolm McAllister
• John Molina Jr
• Sergio Mora "The Latin Snake"
• Earl Newman
• Tugstsogt Nyambayar "King Tug"
• Danny O'Connor "Danny O"
• Wale Omotoso
• Victor Ortiz "Vicious"
• Luis Ortiz "King Kong"
• Juan Carlos Payano
• Jose Pedraza "Sniper"
• Bryant Perrella "Goodfella"
• Lamont Peterson "Havoc"
• Anthony Peterson "Hazardous"
• Caleb Plant "Sweet Hands"
• Shawn Porter "Showtime"
• Darwin Price
• Peter Quillin "Kid Chocolate"
• Siarhei Rabchanka "Sergey Rabchenko"
• Eddie Ramirez "El Escorpion"
• Ivan Redkach
• Haskell Rhodes "Hackman"
• Oscar Rivas "Kaboom"
• Edwin Rodriguez "La Bomba"
• Emmanuel Rodriguez "Manny"
• Hugo Ruiz "Cuatito / Little Twin"
• Gary Russell Jr "Mr."
• Leo Santa Cruz "El Terremoto"
• Umberto Savigne
• Michael Seals
• Lee Selby "'Lightning'"
• Jordan Shimmell
• Beibut Shumenov
• Errol Spence Jr "The Truth"
• Javontae Starks
• Adonis Stevenson "Superman"
• Maciej Sulecki
• Artur Szpilka "Szpila The Pin"
• Patryk Szymanski
• Keith Tapia "Machine Gun"
• Antonio Tarver "Magic Man"
• Isiah Thomas
• Keith Thurman "One Time"
• Austin Trout "No Doubt"
• Caleb Truax "Golden"
• Izuagbe Ugonoh
• Jessie Vargas "Ruthless"
• Sammy Vasquez "The Who Can Mexican"
• Miguel Vazquez "Titere / Puppet"
• Carlos Ivan Velasquez "Twin Dream"
• Rau'shee Warren
• Gerald Washington "El Gallo Negro"
• Kevin Watts "Playboy"
• Deontay Wilder "The Bronze Bomber"
• Julian Williams "J Rock"
• Thomas Williams Jr "Top Dog"

Can you please go through the above list and count the amount of times these men fought during 2016 & 2017? After you’ve done that, can you compare these stats to the amount of times fighters affiliated to Top Rank, Main Events, K2, Roc Nation & GBP fought?

I bet you can’t or won’t, because you know you’re simply perpetuating a myth that you’ve not fact-checked and do not necessarily know to be true!

You seriously just asked me to do that?

That's your job since you're so obsessed with being Gaymon's lapdog.

I tried to ascertain the source of your criticism of the PBC, but it seems you've formulated an opinion without fact-checking it beforehand.

It's your prerogative to feel that way, but you undermine the credibility of your own remarks by admitting to being needlessly derogatory without justification.

[jamamb]

strange how all the criticisms saved for pbc. sure, some pbc fighters dont fight much, but same goes for any other major company. funny how ppl demonize pbc like its the only one doing it

and have you ever wondered why no fighters whove been with haymon go after him?he looks out for them very well. this is a hurtful game and its good he has there backs and pays them well

[IKSRTFO]

strange how all the criticisms saved for pbc. sure, some pbc fighters dont fight much, but same goes for any other major company. funny how ppl demonize pbc like its the only one doing it

and have you ever wondered why no fighters whove been with haymon go after him?he looks out for them very well. this is a hurtful game and its good he has there backs and pays them well

They don't go after him for the same reason Floyd never publically goes after James Prince. They don't want anything to happen to them. Haymon was a big guy in the music business which is nothing but mafia crooks.

[walter5]

strange how all the criticisms saved for pbc. sure, some pbc fighters dont fight much, but same goes for any other major company. funny how ppl demonize pbc like its the only one doing it

and have you ever wondered why no fighters whove been with haymon go after him?he looks out for them very well. this is a hurtful game and its good he has there backs and pays them well

Other major companies are actual promoters with real promotional contracts that GUARANTEE a fighter a minimum pre AGREED upon number of fights per year. If a promoter doesn't keep up their end of the bargain the fighter is free to move on. If Haymon doesn't there's really nothing the fighter can do.

[Mexi-Box]

strange how all the criticisms saved for pbc. sure, some pbc fighters dont fight much, but same goes for any other major company. funny how ppl demonize pbc like its the only one doing it

and have you ever wondered why no fighters whove been with haymon go after him?he looks out for them very well. this is a hurtful game and its good he has there backs and pays them well

http://www.BS.com/miguel-vazqu ... ty--111078

[DrizzyDyer93]

Highly doubt that Terence Crawford will leave Bob Arum and Top Rank. For sure one of the most desirable promoters to work with in American boxing, the deal with ESPN will only give Crawford mass viewing from the wider public, and only invest more eyes on to his career further down the line. With the Jeff Horn fight being signed for April in Vegas, surely Top Rank and Arum plan to match up the winner (highly likely it will be Crawford) with Pacquiao in a winter super-fight.

[jewboypgh]

I think Bob Arum runs the show in boxing.

[Badhusker]

Highly doubt that Terence Crawford will leave Bob Arum and Top Rank. For sure one of the most desirable promoters to work with in American boxing, the deal with ESPN will only give Crawford mass viewing from the wider public, and only invest more eyes on to his career further down the line. With the Jeff Horn fight being signed for April in Vegas, surely Top Rank and Arum plan to match up the winner (highly likely it will be Crawford) with Pacquiao in a winter super-fight.

Then what?