Bob Arum doesn’t see the fight between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence can be done this year.
The head of Top Rank said the undisputed weight contest would be too difficult to facilitate due to the purse requirements.
Spence (28-0.22 KOs) won the IBF, WBA and WBC belts at £147 with WBO champion Crawford (38-0.29 KOs) in one of the most anticipated clashes in boxing. world.
But Arum believes the fight will struggle to happen, given the number of pay-per-view purchases it will have to make.
Talking to Fighthype veteran promoter said;
“It gets tremendous interest from boxing followers, but that doesn’t necessarily translate into pay-per-view revenue, which is the biggest source of piracy.”
“The PBC has to look at it and say, ‘Hey, we’re going to put it on, we’re going to give you good guarantees, but you have to really live from the opposite side.’
The idea of Crawford or Spence agreeing to receive their money through pay-per-view is unlikely.
“If we reduce our pay-per-view to $20 or $25, that’s what we started with pay-per-view.
“Will people give up on breaking the signal and pay to watch the game legally?
“Many boxing fans will choose to buy the Spence vs. Crawford on PPV should the price drop to $20, but unfortunately PBC is unlikely to make that move.”
Arum is a legend of fighting games, having promoted fighters since the time of Muhammad Ali. He’s in the corner advertising undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney, Who will rematch with George Kambosos Jr. in Australia later this yearas well as the former king of the light division at Teofimo Lopez.
Vasiliy Lomachenko, a two-time Olympic champion and former world champion in three weight classes, is also on the list and is said to be ready to return from time on the front lines, defending his country Ukraine in the fight. war against Russia.
Arum concludes about Spence-Crawford:
“Unless someone wants to subsidize that war, I don’t know how it’s done.”
