Published April 30, 2021, 3:29 PM
Manny Pacquiao and Terrence Crawford (File photos from Wendell Alinea and AP)
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum bared that the proposed mega-bout between Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford did not materialize due to money woes.
Arum revealed that the terms had already been reached but the money intended to push the fight was nowhere to find.
“Look, what happened to us in Abu Dhabi was we had signed contracts and everything and they were supposed to put up the money,” Arum told boxingscene.com. “Well, I’ve been waiting two weeks for the money. Nobody put up the money after promising they would.
“He (Kenny) came to our office about two weeks ago to talk about a Crawford-Porter fight. And then out of nowhere, the idea of a tremendous site fee, the possibility of doing Pacquiao-Crawford came up,” said Arum.
“Obviously, it’s more money for Terence and Terence would prefer a Pacquiao fight against anybody else,” the legendary 89-year-old promoter added.
Pacquiao, the only eight-division world champion and the WBA (Super) welterweight title holder before getting declared as “champion in recess“, reportedly wants to face the younger, three-division titlist Crawford at a price.
The 42-year-old fighting senator is eyeing to pocket $40 million from a $50 million purse in his possible fight versus the 33-year-old American boxer.
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford personally prefers to fight Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao over Shawn Porter.
“We just have to wait and see. Both of them are great fights. But yeah, I prefer that Manny Pacquiao fight over Shawn Porter,” Crawford recently told FightHype.com at the ringside during the match between Richard Commey and Jackson Marinez. “But Shawn Porter is a great fighter of his own right. And I’ll be ready for whichever comes into fruition.”
Crawford is just one of the boxers projected to face the eight-division world champion on his much-awaited comeback. Several reports also disclosed that Pacquiao, 42, is leaning more toward the Crawford bout.
Published December 13, 2020, 4:26 PM
Manny Pacquiao and Terrence Crawford (File photos from Wendell Alinea and AP)
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford reportedly wants to take on Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao first before testing his gears against unified welterweight titleholder Errol Spence Jr.
After a fourth-round knockout of Kell Brook last November, Crawford expressed desire to set up a match against Pacquiao, who hasn’t fought since beating Keith Thurman in July 2019 for the WBA super welterweight belt.
As reported by Bad Left Hook, a boxing blog under independent US sports network SB Nation, Crawford reiterated to Los Angeles-based journalist and commentator Bernardo Osuna Jr. in ESPN’s backstage interview during the Stevenson-Clary bout that he wanted to lock horns with the eight-division world champion.