Believe it when you see it: Errol Spence and Bud Crawford are reported back to the negotiating table

By: Sean Crose

According to many sources, two middleweight tycoons Errol Spence and Bud Crawford have returned to the negotiating table. Furthermore, it is said that the two men are very close to actually signing a contract that will allow them to finally step into the ring to face each other. This story is certainly remarkable, especially when one considers the fact that it is reported by trusted stores. Still, it’s definitely a case of wait and see – especially for fans of fighting games. After all, we’ve been down this road before. And no one needs to mention how recent negotiations between the two undefeated boxers collapsed a few months ago.

With all that said, there’s no denying this month’s Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia super fight probably served as the driving factor that pushed the top boxers to actually go head-to-head with each other, something that is all too rare. happening in sport today. In addition to Spence and Crawford, top heavyweights Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk have seen their own negotiations for a superfight crumble to ashes not long ago. Advertisers, managers, and sometimes even the boxers themselves are stubbornly unwilling to make big fights a reality. Credit Spence and Crawford at least willing to try.

At least you can’t help but suspect the boxing business has morphed into something like a Terry Gilliam movie, a universe so weighed down by bureaucracy and fine print that it no longer exists. can operate at the highest level. Except, of course, it can. Davis and Garcia proved it. After all, it is the strugglers who have the final say in these matters. And sometimes all that is needed are three words: make – it – happen. That seems to be the case with Garcia and Davis. Two men wanted to fight and so the fight happened.

It’s worth noting, of course, that both Davis and Garcia are younger than Crawford and Spence – the two men are now in their thirties. To be fair, although they make a lot of money, money can be spent very quickly and the career prospects of former boxers are not always promising. In other words, people like Spence and Crawford have good reason to want to get all they can out of an event they really couldn’t survive. Both men have children to support. However, it should also be noted that boxing is a sport, and the sport requires competitions between the best trainers if they want the least amount of fun.

There’s reason to hope one of the most exciting potential wars in a generation might actually be signed – but don’t believe it until you see it.