By: Sean Crose
Legendary promoter Bob Arum spoke to FightHype and let people know where he stands on the Errol Spence-Terence Crawford disaster that has disappointed much – if not all – of the boxing fandom. It had been hoped that the two heavy kingpins, both undefeated, would be knocked out before 2023. Arguably, the fight wouldn’t happen – at least not anytime soon. “I just think it got tough,” Arum said of the talks, “because the PBC (Top Boxing Champion) did a great job promoting Errol Spence, and Terence Crawford was actually dropped. fell without a promoter, and so it became difficult for (PBC honcho) Al Haymon to carry out that fight. ”
Crawford was once promoted by Arum, who was said to be the reason why the fight with Spence didn’t come to fruition. “What if the fight had been done earlier,” said Arum, “and if we had promoted Crawford, we would have sat down with Al like we did with Pacquiao-Mayweather and how we did it. do with Wilder-Fury and work the actual promotional deals that must be made to promote a war of that magnitude. I don’t blame Al, I don’t blame Errol spence, I don’t blame Terrence. It is difficult when one person has a promoter and the other does not. “
Arum, who some felt disrespected Crawford while promoting him, made it clear to Against the hype that he feels no one is particularly at fault in this regard. “There is simply no effective way for the two sides to negotiate,” he said. “He (Crawford) was really left in limbo without a promoter, so it was very difficult for Al to have both fighters on the same card, on the same track, and thus The war is broken.” Arum went on to add that the fight can be done with or without the support of Top Rank, the promotional skin he runs and Crawford has been a part of it. “Don’t blame anyone,” he said. “Terence chose not to continue his relationship with Top Rated, and if he had gone with another major promoter who sat down with Al to try to make the fight go, it could have happen.”
And where does Arum feel things will go from here?
“Spence and Crawford are going to go their merry way,” he said, “and maybe when the fight is over, they’ll get together and do it the same way we did with Mayweather. and Pacquiao after all.”
