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Quote from: inthelongrun on July 12, 2022, 10:42:30 AM

Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on July 12, 2022, 02:06:30 AM

Well, it is no secret to anyone that Spence is gaining sympathy and more fans, which is a very favorable move for him, especially for the entire business model that can be developed based on it, but following this logic we see that Crawford He doesn't have a promoter yet, I don't know how good he is at representing himself, the scopes as a businessman and as an athlete are standards that can be very demanding, and he may neglect one of the two roles, I know there is a lot of speculation about it In my personal opinion, I say that a good promo is needed to get good fights with many chances of success so that it is done as quickly as possible.

Terrence Crawford's manager will be one making the negotiations with Errol Spence's team. In this scenario, Bud without a promoter is more beneficial in making this fight becoming a reality since it avoids conflict in the networks. His former promoter Bob Arum is locked with ESPN while Al Haymon's PBC, Spence's handler is with Showtime and Fox. So there will be no more negotiations as to who will promote the fight or who will be the lead promoter or which network will televise the fight.

I believe PPV sharing is probably the main reason why they haven't come up with a deal yet. Spence's previous PPV buys are a little better than Crawford's. Spence also has more belts to offer in the division but Crawford is the only ATG of the two.

If this fight is going to happen in October then a deal needs to materialize within this month or early August since they need at least 2 months to prepare.

Well I think that right now everything is moving more towards Fox, they have more resources and I think they are very well into the business, in fact the fights that have been televised by Fox are very good, if the fight takes place for October, I think it will be one of the best fights for this 2022, I know that the fans ask for more action and if they manage to give it they would be giving that gift to everyone, I also know that the bets would be managed with an unprecedented large number, we would be doing story because I have seen some news where both fighters are taking more followers, they have more interaction with the public and this is a good thing.

We shall see. What is sure if the fight happens is PBC will be the one to promote the fight. And PBC will talk with Showtime and Fox. I believe Showtime who's more experienced in big fights will televise this fight. And were hearing and seeing Stephen Espinoza the head of Showtime talking and giving updates about this fight. And both networks working with PBC have the same boxing budget afaik. So this is about who's network is willing to risk since they will be guaranteeing millions of dollars in this fight without assurances of returns. This is one of the main reasons why HBO left boxing. It's becoming riskier with little returns.

Quote from: LUCKMCFLY on Today at 03:06:28 AM

Quote from: harizen on July 25, 2022, 11:56:53 PM

Quote from: wheelz1200 on July 25, 2022, 11:16:52 PM

Agreed he hasn't lost yet so why mess with his style at this point.

Well, changing styles is not appropriate to do now. There's no need for it and not even a necessary thing to do just to have an advantage. Both boxers reached their respective status because of their usual styles. What they do is enhance and improve it.

In any strategy, the right timing plays a key role. That's what both will try to avoid.

If at some point they found the hole on defense, that might be the "turning point".

It is very difficult to change the style in boxing, something like this is usually done when you do not know what strategy to apply, some fighters do it during the course of the fight, the bad thing is that the body does not respond adequately because the muscles are not used to that kind of stress, although as they say, the mind does everything, when a weakness is found in a boxer, I think that is the best of all strategies.

I agree with both of you. It is difficult for a fighter to make a major change in his fighting style especially when Bud is already 34 years old. Although he can add some new tricks to his arsenal, it should not affect his main fighting style. I saw a lot of fighters that lost when they made major changes in their fighting styles. Jerwin Ancajas for example lost his belt this year when he tried to brawl in order to entertain the fans and probably wanted to tell the world that he is an exciting fighter when fundamentally he was a technician in the first place. One of my favorites is Acelino Freitas a knockout artist who tried to dance in the ring and outbox the late Diego Corrales. Frietas ended up getting tired in the late rounds and Corrales knocked him out. Anthony Joshua too, he should've let his hands go against Usyk. AJ probably thought that he was already a technician when he outpointed an extremely super fat Andy Ruiz in their rematch. Cheesy