Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter | ESPN PPV - November 20, 2021

[gregregegg]

First ever PPV Purse Bid.

Streamed live and exclusive via WBO HQ.

Price: $9.99

Fuuk, was really hoping the purse bids wouuld be live and exclusive on DAZN.....

Hearn/DAZN lost the purse bid to hold the purse bid..

I hear purse bid purse bids are frank smiths job. Young protégé will be getting yelled at for that blunder.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[gregregegg]

I wonder if Eddie/dazn will go hard at this. On the one hand it’s a fornicate load of money to spend on a non ppv fight. Buttt, it is a good opportunity to convert people from espn/pbc. Just putting on your own events means your fighters fans have dazn, but if you put this on you can try bring over a few pbc and top rank/espn fans…

Fans don’t want to be fans of networks rather than fighters, but it always ends up that way.

[Enlightened-One]

I wonder if Eddie/dazn will go hard at this. On the one hand it’s a fornicate load of money to spend on a non ppv fight. Buttt, it is a good opportunity to convert people from espn/pbc. Just putting on your own events means your fighters fans have dazn, but if you put this on you can try bring over a few pbc and top rank/espn fans…

Fans don’t want to be fans of networks rather than fighters, but it always ends up that way.

It’s still possible that the winner of the purse bid might not be able to cover the bout if one of the fighters rejects the winning offer.

I’m not saying that’ll definitely happen, but it’s feasible.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Wow!! They avoided a purse bid

[Enlightened-One]

Wow!! They avoided a purse bid

I wonder who's staging it?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Wow!! They avoided a purse bid

I wonder who's staging it?

ESPN+ PPV

[Enlightened-One]

Wow!! They avoided a purse bid

I wonder who's staging it?

ESPN+ PPV

Top Rank must have agreed to fund a total combined purse pot that exceeds $6.6m.

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Enlightened-One]

It’s kind of sad that the pinnacle of Crawford’s career at welterweight is an opponent that has arguably only won one fight within 39 months (i.e. many thought he deserved to lose the Ugas bout and we all know what happened against Spence Jr.).

[Ruthless-RKO]

[Ruthless-RKO]

Sources: Terence Crawford, Shawn Porter strike deal for Nov. 20 welterweight title bout

Terence Crawford and Shawn Porter have struck a deal for a welterweight title fight on Nov. 20 at Las Vegas' Mandalay Bay on ESPN+ PPV, multiple sources tell ESPN, avoiding a purse bid that was scheduled for noon ET where the rights to the fight were slated to be auctioned off.

The pact ends weeks of negotiations between Top Rank, which promotes Crawford, and PBC, which handles Porter. The two sides rarely do business, with a pair of fights between heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder being a rare exception.

Unlike those fights, this will not be a joint pay-per-view with Fox, the network that has a deal with PBC. Top Rank will promote and lead the event in association with PBC.

Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs), the WBO welterweight champion, has one fight left on his deal with Top Rank, sources tell ESPN, and could leave the promotion after this fight.

He last fought in November when he defended his title with a 4th-round TKO of faded contender Kell Brook in Las Vegas.

Porter (31-3-1, 17 KOs), a former welterweight title holder, is known for his relentless pressure style and always delivers exciting scraps.

ESPN's No. 4 welterweight, Porter will represent the toughest challenge of Crawford's career, on paper. The Omaha, Nebraska, native turns 34 next month, and while his impressive ring work earned him the No. 2 ranking on ESPN's pound-for-pound list, it's the result of the eye test more than whom he's beaten.

Crawford's best win came in 2016, a unanimous-decision victory over former champion Viktor Postol. He's long been challenged for his lack of top-flight opposition despite his standing in the sport. A convincing victory over a fighter like Porter would prove he's more than deserving of the recognition he's received all along -- No. 1 in ESPN's welterweight rankings.

[peter barlow]

Great fight, Crawford on points to get the win I reckon.

[apollo creed]

Imo Crawford should've already fought Porter, Spence, Garcia or Ugas if he really wanted to. Its smart and cozy to get those M's fighting guys like a washed up China-chin Khan and a washed up-drained Brook.

Atm Porter is not in his peak anymore and even so I'd be surprised if this fight will take place.

[Onetimeonly]

No doubt Porter will be shot the day after. Everyone is after they fight bud.

[Ruthless-RKO]

No doubt Porter will be shot the day after. Everyone is after they fight bud.

You think Bud stops him?

[apollo creed]

Porter didn't fight since 2020-08 where he UD'ed Sebastian Formella. Brook, Spence, Thurman and even Ugas beat Porter.

Porter is on a slide but still a top ww.

[Onetimeonly]

No doubt Porter will be shot the day after. Everyone is after they fight bud.

You think Bud stops him?

Don't know, he'll beat him more handily than anyone else. Not that I'll see it.

[margaret thatcher]

f@ck ya

[Enlightened-One]

No doubt Porter will be shot the day after. Everyone is after they fight bud.

It’s kind of sad that the pinnacle of Crawford’s career at welterweight is an opponent that has arguably only won one fight within 39 months (i.e. many thought he deserved to lose the Ugas bout and we all know what happened against Spence Jr.).

[margaret thatcher]

ya a split decision happened with errol didnt it

[lazboy]

Typical EO spin.

[gregregegg]

The old “don’t credit close wins, but also don’t credit close losses” trick. I must admit I can be guilty of the same tactics when trying to be bias.

[margaret thatcher]

The heat is on TC, can he do better than a split vs Porter?

[KiwiRider]

I will be so gutted if either of these guys have slipped.