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Manny Pacquiao vs. Errol Spence in advanced negotiations for July

Negotiations are in the advanced stage for a fight between Manny Pacquiao and IBF/WBC welterweight champion Errol Spence for July.

Terence Crawford is no longer an option for the Filipino star.

ESPN Knockout is reporting that Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KOs) is now negotiating with Spence (27-0, 21 KOs) for a fight that will take place in the summer on pay-per-view in the United States.

The negotiations between Spence and Pacquiao are said to be in the “advanced” stage, according to ESPN Knockout.

Spence was recently said to be in negotiations to fight WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas for July in a unification fight.

It’s unclear what happened with the talks between those two fighters. Ugas looks like he’s been living it up, celebrating being elevated to WBA champion outside of the ring after Pacquiao was stripped of the title for sitting inactive for two years.

This post tastes like Crawfords tears.

Assuming the fight is made, which is clearly not certain, then the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Spence Jr. outpoints the veteran Filipino.

But the bigger issue for me, is Top Rank’s persistent failure to orchestrate marquee bouts for Terence Crawford.

If Bud renews his contract with Top Rank again in October, then we may as well forget he even exists, since it doesn’t matter one iota whether he’s a good fighter or not, if the bouts he’s constantly engaging in are meaningless.

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 08:53 Assuming the fight is made, which is clearly not certain, then the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Spence Jr. outpoints the veteran Filipino.

But the bigger issue for me, is Top Rank’s persistent failure to orchestrate marquee bouts for Terence Crawford.

If Bud renews his contract with Top Rank again in October, then we may as well forget he even exists, since it doesn’t matter one iota whether he’s a good fighter or not, if the bouts he’s constantly engaging in are meaningless.

Threads about Manny vs. Spence, and you still have to mention Bud.

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 08:56

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 08:53 Assuming the fight is made, which is clearly not certain, then the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Spence Jr. outpoints the veteran Filipino.

But the bigger issue for me, is Top Rank’s persistent failure to orchestrate marquee bouts for Terence Crawford.

If Bud renews his contract with Top Rank again in October, then we may as well forget he even exists, since it doesn’t matter one iota whether he’s a good fighter or not, if the bouts he’s constantly engaging in are meaningless.

Threads about Manny vs. Spence, and you still have to mention Bud.

I appreciate you're a fan of Crawford, but it's not unreasonable to mention Bud's name in the context of this thread, since Bob Arum has been promising to make the Pacquiao fight since early March and it's only just been confirmed that the bout is all but dead.

And I wasn't the first person in this thread to mention Crawford's name either. So I'm not alone in my way of thinking.

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 08:58

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 08:56

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 08:53 Assuming the fight is made, which is clearly not certain, then the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Spence Jr. outpoints the veteran Filipino.

But the bigger issue for me, is Top Rank’s persistent failure to orchestrate marquee bouts for Terence Crawford.

If Bud renews his contract with Top Rank again in October, then we may as well forget he even exists, since it doesn’t matter one iota whether he’s a good fighter or not, if the bouts he’s constantly engaging in are meaningless.

Threads about Manny vs. Spence, and you still have to mention Bud.

I appreciate you're a fan of Crawford, but it's not unreasonable to mention Bud's name in the context of this thread, since Bob Arum has been promising to make the Pacquiao fight since early March and it's only just been confirmed that the bout is all but dead.

And I wasn't the first person in this thread to mention Crawford's name either. So I'm not alone in my way of thinking.

I'm a fan of a lot of boxers. We're all well aware of you're facts/opinions on the whole Arum/Bud/Manny stuff. You've posted on other threads about the same thing.

TBH, I din't understand the above posters post.

I wouldn't be surprised if Pac gets the win. Errol is really overhyped and the best he could do against that lousy Shawn Porter was a split decision victory. Ofcourse Errol is a clear favorite and if I had to choose on which one of them to place my bet then Errol would be the obvious choice but a Pac win wouldn't be such a big upset.

Actually if I had to put my money anywhere right now I'd bet that this fight never takes place. Errols name isn't big enough to create any big purses around and his people don't have the faith in him to make any type of investment fight for him. Why would Pac fight Errol for peanuts?

Don't want to see pac get hurt, he looks to be outgunned at this stage.
It's a legitimate fight though, no. 1 v no. 3.

H8Usernames wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 12:05 I wouldn't be surprised if Pac gets the win. Errol is really overhyped and the best he could do against that lousy Shawn Porter was a split decision victory. Ofcourse Errol is a clear favorite and if I had to choose on which one of them to place my bet then Errol would be the obvious choice but a Pac win wouldn't be such a big upset.

Actually if I had to put my money anywhere right now I'd bet that this fight never takes place. Errols name isn't big enough to create any big purses around and his people don't have the faith in him to make any type of investment fight for him. Why would Pac fight Errol for peanuts?

lousy Shawn Porter?

emallini wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 21:05
lousy Shawn Porter?

Lousy.

H8Usernames wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 12:05 I wouldn't be surprised if Pac gets the win. Errol is really overhyped and the best he could do against that lousy Shawn Porter was a split decision victory. Ofcourse Errol is a clear favorite and if I had to choose on which one of them to place my bet then Errol would be the obvious choice but a Pac win wouldn't be such a big upset.

Actually if I had to put my money anywhere right now I'd bet that this fight never takes place. Errols name isn't big enough to create any big purses around and his people don't have the faith in him to make any type of investment fight for him. Why would Pac fight Errol for peanuts?

Your post actually made me chuckle a little. Spence is not over-hyped. He fought in my opinion a foolish fight against Porter, who by the way has an ugly style that is painful to watch, but is not lousy ffs. That fight reminded me of SRL wanting to beat Duran in 1980 at his own game in their first fight. Spence beat Mikey Garcia by boxing alone, showing a different dimension of his game. Although I think he cuts too much weight and should move up, perhaps lost a bit after his accident, there is no way Pac could win if Errol fights smart. Crawford is a worse style match-up for Pac. Pac should fight MG and retire. At least that is a winnable fight even though I think MG would outpoint him. Strict random testing makes Pac look ordinary.

pac needs a tue doesnt he then

H8Usernames wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 21:09

emallini wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 21:05
lousy Shawn Porter?

Lousy.

Another clueless mong on a forum

Bandog wrote: ↑03 May 2021, 08:31

H8Usernames wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 12:05 I wouldn't be surprised if Pac gets the win. Errol is really overhyped and the best he could do against that lousy Shawn Porter was a split decision victory. Ofcourse Errol is a clear favorite and if I had to choose on which one of them to place my bet then Errol would be the obvious choice but a Pac win wouldn't be such a big upset.

Actually if I had to put my money anywhere right now I'd bet that this fight never takes place. Errols name isn't big enough to create any big purses around and his people don't have the faith in him to make any type of investment fight for him. Why would Pac fight Errol for peanuts?

Your post actually made me chuckle a little. Spence is not over-hyped. He fought in my opinion a foolish fight against Porter, who by the way has an ugly style that is painful to watch, but is not lousy ffs. That fight reminded me of SRL wanting to beat Duran in 1980 at his own game in their first fight. Spence beat Mikey Garcia by boxing alone, showing a different dimension of his game. Although I think he cuts too much weight and should move up, perhaps lost a bit after his accident, there is no way Pac could win if Errol fights smart. Crawford is a worse style match-up for Pac. Pac should fight MG and retire. At least that is a winnable fight even though I think MG would outpoint him. Strict random testing makes Pac look ordinary.

SRL yes? Remind me how Errol beat Duran, Hearns and Hagler? Oh wait, this Fraud doesnt have any good wins and has systematically avoided his biggest challenge the true welterweight champion Terrence Crawford. And ofcourse if it goes up in weight then it is getting koed by GGG, Tzyu or Canelo. Lol. Do you have a poster of your hero Errol Spence in your room?

What happens if we compare Errol Spence jr now at 31 to Roy Jones jr at 31.

Errol pretty much hasn't beaten anyone so far and avoids the real champion in his division like the plague while hoping to land a fight vs an ancient retired former Flyweight champion.

At 31 RJjr had beat Bernard Hopkins, James Toney and Virgil Hill by ko becoming a 3 division world champion.

It sounds like these great fighters ESjr and RJjr have alot in common. Lol.

H8Usernames wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 01:31 What happens if we compare Errol Spence jr now at 31 to Roy Jones jr at 31.

Errol pretty much hasn't beaten anyone so far and avoids the real champion in his division like the plague while hoping to land a fight vs an ancient retired former Flyweight champion.

At 31 RJjr had beat Bernard Hopkins, James Toney and Virgil Hill by ko becoming a 3 division world champion.

It sounds like these great fighters ESjr and RJjr have alot in common. Lol.

Bud dodged Errol when he signed with top tank and espn. He did it to get big garentees for nothing fights. Bud insists he is 50-50 split worthy bit his best welter win might be Jeff horn.... bud is great but he is the problem, he is commercial less, belts wise less, options less and yet he wants 50-50...

Has bud ever had a big fight commercially? Spence had porter, mikey, Danny.. what’s buds best? 5 years to late Kahn?

gregregegg wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 04:05

H8Usernames wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 01:31 What happens if we compare Errol Spence jr now at 31 to Roy Jones jr at 31.

Errol pretty much hasn't beaten anyone so far and avoids the real champion in his division like the plague while hoping to land a fight vs an ancient retired former Flyweight champion.

At 31 RJjr had beat Bernard Hopkins, James Toney and Virgil Hill by ko becoming a 3 division world champion.

It sounds like these great fighters ESjr and RJjr have alot in common. Lol.

Bud dodged Errol when he signed with top tank and espn. He did it to get big garentees for nothing fights. Bud insists he is 50-50 split worthy bit his best welter win might be Jeff horn.... bud is great but he is the problem, he is commercial less, belts wise less, options less and yet he wants 50-50...

Has bud ever had a big fight commercially? Spence had porter, mikey, Danny.. what’s buds best? 5 years to late Kahn?

Bud dodged the guttless wonder when he signed with Top Rank.......
Lewis dodged Holyfied when he signed with HBO... etc
(Not)

H8Usernames wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 05:45

gregregegg wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 04:05

H8Usernames wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 01:31 What happens if we compare Errol Spence jr now at 31 to Roy Jones jr at 31.

Errol pretty much hasn't beaten anyone so far and avoids the real champion in his division like the plague while hoping to land a fight vs an ancient retired former Flyweight champion.

At 31 RJjr had beat Bernard Hopkins, James Toney and Virgil Hill by ko becoming a 3 division world champion.

It sounds like these great fighters ESjr and RJjr have alot in common. Lol.

Bud dodged Errol when he signed with top tank and espn. He did it to get big garentees for nothing fights. Bud insists he is 50-50 split worthy bit his best welter win might be Jeff horn.... bud is great but he is the problem, he is commercial less, belts wise less, options less and yet he wants 50-50...

Has bud ever had a big fight commercially? Spence had porter, mikey, Danny.. what’s buds best? 5 years to late Kahn?

Bud dodged the guttless wonder when he signed with Top Rank.......
Lewis dodged Holyfied when he signed with HBO... etc
(Not)

He dodged the entire top 5 when he signed with top rank... Crawford hasn’t had a big fight in 5 years... he is the problem, he overvalued himself. He is good, clearly, but how good? Who knows his recent resume is weak as piss.

He was good at 135, He is famous for being undisputed at 140, but he didn’t clear the division, some Namibian picked up 2 of the belts and jogged them over to him. Just like he is a world champ at 147 but has he beat any 147 of true world champ caliber? No

Crawford’s problem is he thinks tallen equals value so he can’t make any deals because he dosent understand basic boxing business principles, as such he basical hasn’t had a good win for 5 years.... if he was P4p guy he should have 10 big wins in that time...

gregregegg wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 05:08 This post tastes like Crawfords tears.

And mine too.

H8Usernames wrote: ↑03 May 2021, 10:57

Bandog wrote: ↑03 May 2021, 08:31

H8Usernames wrote: ↑26 Apr 2021, 12:05 I wouldn't be surprised if Pac gets the win. Errol is really overhyped and the best he could do against that lousy Shawn Porter was a split decision victory. Ofcourse Errol is a clear favorite and if I had to choose on which one of them to place my bet then Errol would be the obvious choice but a Pac win wouldn't be such a big upset.

Actually if I had to put my money anywhere right now I'd bet that this fight never takes place. Errols name isn't big enough to create any big purses around and his people don't have the faith in him to make any type of investment fight for him. Why would Pac fight Errol for peanuts?

Your post actually made me chuckle a little. Spence is not over-hyped. He fought in my opinion a foolish fight against Porter, who by the way has an ugly style that is painful to watch, but is not lousy ffs. That fight reminded me of SRL wanting to beat Duran in 1980 at his own game in their first fight. Spence beat Mikey Garcia by boxing alone, showing a different dimension of his game. Although I think he cuts too much weight and should move up, perhaps lost a bit after his accident, there is no way Pac could win if Errol fights smart. Crawford is a worse style match-up for Pac. Pac should fight MG and retire. At least that is a winnable fight even though I think MG would outpoint him. Strict random testing makes Pac look ordinary.

SRL yes? Remind me how Errol beat Duran, Hearns and Hagler? Oh wait, this Fraud doesnt have any good wins and has systematically avoided his biggest challenge the true welterweight champion Terrence Crawford. And ofcourse if it goes up in weight then it is getting koed by GGG, Tzyu or Canelo. Lol. Do you have a poster of your hero Errol Spence in your room?

I was a big fan of SRL. He was great, but also remember he was beaten in his prime vs Duran, who moved up from lightweight to fight him. and was behind by quite a bit vs Hearns when he got the TKO. If it was a 12 round fight, Hearns would have UD'd him easily. The Hagler fight was VERY controversial, with one semi-blind judge. SRL did what he had to do though.

I've never said Spence is on any of the ATG past guys level, but not recognizing his talent and calling him over-rated is laughable. Same goes for the comment about Porter. I think both Spence and Crawford would have been solid contenders in any era. If RJJ would have retired after his heavyweight fight, he would be my all time great.

gregregegg wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 06:54

H8Usernames wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 05:45

gregregegg wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 04:05

Bud dodged Errol when he signed with top tank and espn. He did it to get big garentees for nothing fights. Bud insists he is 50-50 split worthy bit his best welter win might be Jeff horn.... bud is great but he is the problem, he is commercial less, belts wise less, options less and yet he wants 50-50...

Has bud ever had a big fight commercially? Spence had porter, mikey, Danny.. what’s buds best? 5 years to late Kahn?

Bud dodged the guttless wonder when he signed with Top Rank.......
Lewis dodged Holyfied when he signed with HBO... etc
(Not)

He dodged the entire top 5 when he signed with top rank... Crawford hasn’t had a big fight in 5 years... he is the problem, he overvalued himself. He is good, clearly, but how good? Who knows his recent resume is weak as piss.

He was good at 135, He is famous for being undisputed at 140, but he didn’t clear the division, some Namibian picked up 2 of the belts and jogged them over to him. Just like he is a world champ at 147 but has he beat any 147 of true world champ caliber? No

Crawford’s problem is he thinks tallen equals value so he can’t make any deals because he dosent understand basic boxing business principles, as such he basical hasn’t had a good win for 5 years.... if he was P4p guy he should have 10 big wins in that time...

This clears your hero Spence who has never really fought anyone. Spence's name will surely be there next to RJjr's in the hall of fame. Perhaps suffering trio ko's from Tzuy, GGG and Canelo will up his stock.

H8Usernames wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 09:12

gregregegg wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 06:54

H8Usernames wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 05:45

Bud dodged the guttless wonder when he signed with Top Rank.......
Lewis dodged Holyfied when he signed with HBO... etc
(Not)

He dodged the entire top 5 when he signed with top rank... Crawford hasn’t had a big fight in 5 years... he is the problem, he overvalued himself. He is good, clearly, but how good? Who knows his recent resume is weak as piss.

He was good at 135, He is famous for being undisputed at 140, but he didn’t clear the division, some Namibian picked up 2 of the belts and jogged them over to him. Just like he is a world champ at 147 but has he beat any 147 of true world champ caliber? No

Crawford’s problem is he thinks tallen equals value so he can’t make any deals because he dosent understand basic boxing business principles, as such he basical hasn’t had a good win for 5 years.... if he was P4p guy he should have 10 big wins in that time...

This clears your hero Spence who has never really fought anyone. Spence's name will surely be there next to RJjr's in the hall of fame. Perhaps suffering trio ko's from Tzuy, GGG and Canelo will up his stock.

Out of interest, what are your thoughts about Crawford extending his contract with Top Rank in 2018?

Errol Spence Jr. had nothing to do with Bud’s decision, so why mention his name?

Do you honestly believe that Bud decided to extend his contract with Top Rank, with the assumption that it would actually improve his chances of facing the PBC guys that resided in the other side of the proverbial street?

Manny Pacquiao will imminently announce his next fight with Mikey Garcia. He'll also discuss his retirement plans at the same time he officially announces his next opponent.

The Filipino legend intends to run for President in 2022.

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 16:36

H8Usernames wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 09:12

gregregegg wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 06:54

He dodged the entire top 5 when he signed with top rank... Crawford hasn’t had a big fight in 5 years... he is the problem, he overvalued himself. He is good, clearly, but how good? Who knows his recent resume is weak as piss.

He was good at 135, He is famous for being undisputed at 140, but he didn’t clear the division, some Namibian picked up 2 of the belts and jogged them over to him. Just like he is a world champ at 147 but has he beat any 147 of true world champ caliber? No

Crawford’s problem is he thinks tallen equals value so he can’t make any deals because he dosent understand basic boxing business principles, as such he basical hasn’t had a good win for 5 years.... if he was P4p guy he should have 10 big wins in that time...

This clears your hero Spence who has never really fought anyone. Spence's name will surely be there next to RJjr's in the hall of fame. Perhaps suffering trio ko's from Tzuy, GGG and Canelo will up his stock.

Out of interest, what are your thoughts about Crawford extending his contract with Top Rank in 2018?

Errol Spence Jr. had nothing to do with Bud’s decision, so why mention his name?

Do you honestly believe that Bud decided to extend his contract with Top Rank, with the assumption that it would actually improve his chances of facing the PBC guys that resided in the other side of the proverbial street?

What do you thoughts about Canelo signing with GBP?
Mike Tyson with Don King?
Roy Jones jr with Murad Muhammed?
Lennox Lewis with Main Events?

This is nonsense.

Fact of the matter is that little Spence didn't want to fight big bad Terrence, didn't want to create a legacy for himself etc. Okay he would have lost but so what? Atleast he would have gotten the fight done. At 31 he hasn’t fought anyone, the first loss is lingering somewhere around the corner and the fellow will go down in history as pretty much irrelevant. Beating an ancient former Flyweight champion isn't going to change that.

H8Usernames wrote: ↑05 May 2021, 09:42

Enlightened-One wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 16:36

H8Usernames wrote: ↑04 May 2021, 09:12

This clears your hero Spence who has never really fought anyone. Spence's name will surely be there next to RJjr's in the hall of fame. Perhaps suffering trio ko's from Tzuy, GGG and Canelo will up his stock.

Out of interest, what are your thoughts about Crawford extending his contract with Top Rank in 2018?

Errol Spence Jr. had nothing to do with Bud’s decision, so why mention his name?

Do you honestly believe that Bud decided to extend his contract with Top Rank, with the assumption that it would actually improve his chances of facing the PBC guys that resided in the other side of the proverbial street?

What do you thoughts about Canelo signing with GBP?
Mike Tyson with Don King?
Roy Jones jr with Murad Muhammed?
Lennox Lewis with Main Events?

This is nonsense.

Fact of the matter is that little Spence didn't want to fight big bad Terrence, didn't want to create a legacy for himself etc. Okay he would have lost but so what? Atleast he would have gotten the fight done. At 31 he hasn’t fought anyone, the first loss is lingering somewhere around the corner and the fellow will go down in history as pretty much irrelevant. Beating an ancient former Flyweight champion isn't going to change that.

That’s the second time you’ve dishonestly employed red herring debating tactics.

You’re intentionally doing your upmost to avoid answering a rather simple question.

The nature of your response clearly illustrates your dislike of Crawford's decision-making in 2018.

Anyway, neither Crawford nor Spence Jr. will be facing Manny Pacquiao anytime soon.