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WBC president Maurcio Sulaiman recently told ESPN that with Keith Thurman being out for potentially the rest of the year they want a interim title fight to happen between Shawn Porter and Terence Crawford or Danny Garcia.

“I learned that [Thurman] had the operation and that he will be out of action. We will attend to this matter immediately, we need activity. Shawn Porter is the mandatory challenger – it could be Porter-Crawford, there is also Danny Garcia who lost a close fight. This is important,” said Sulaiman to ESPN Deportes.

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Crawford isn't a welterweight.

Either fight would be terrific. Like Saad alluded to I don't see how the WBC can order a Porter vs Crawford fight when Crawford has never competed in that weight class.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Crawford isn't a welterweight.

I know but he wants to fight welterweights & also called out Pacquiao and Thurman,you know they won't fight him at 140 so where else will he fight.

psychod1986 wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Crawford isn't a welterweight.

I know but he wants to fight welterweights & also called out Pacquiao and Thurman,you know they won't fight him at 140 so where else will he fight.

He's unlikely to compete in an eliminator in a division he doesn't fight in. He has a chance to be the third guy in history to have all 4 belts in a division.