Pacman said yes to fighting Crawford

According to Roach...

"We did say yes to the boy from Omaha (Crawford) and I heard he said yes too, but I think Bob Arum may be protecting him a little bit right now because he may be his next ace in the hole," Roach tells ontheropesboxing.com.

"Crawford is a very good fighter, I like him a lot but I don’t feel that he has the experience to beat Pacquiao right now. We did say yes to that fight but they said it wasn’t available, so we went to Bradley."

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/stor...ght-crawford-but-arum-might-be-protecting-him



I guess Bob Arum gonna Bob Arum.

 

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I think that is what a few of us assumed.

 

A banana?

 

Has Pac ducked anyone? Doesn't seem like the type.

 

I think it would have been too much, too soon for Crawford anyway.

 

But why? Crawford is in his prime, and Pac has maybe one or two fights left. Crawford needs a defining fight, and Pac is his only real shot at getting one, at least as far as name value goes.

 

Pac would have smacked him around I think. Crawford gains more by fans claiming Pac ducked him than from going up in weight and taking a beating.

 

I think Crawford was about as hyped as a laid back guy like him could be about the prospect of fighting an ATG, so I think his chances are a bit better than getting "smacked around".

 

Crawford is already gaining stature by not getting the Pac fight. People are convinced he had a good shot there, but why? Because he beat Gamboa and some guy that Lamont Peterson beat?

 

More like people think Crawford's style in general matches well against Pac.

 

Too hittable. If he was getting hurt by Gamboa, Pac puts him to sleep. I don't believe going from Dierry Jean to Pac is a good career move.

His team knows where he's at, thats why he's fighting Hank Lundy instead of someone with a pulse at 140.

 

Or it could be no one with a pulse at 140 was available for various reasons.

 

Not being good enough to beat somebody does not mean you are not ready, and it does not mean it is too soon.

Crawford is 100% ready and the timing is perfect. He is probably just not good enough, or does not have the style to beat Pac.

 

huh? Of course it does.

Whatever argument over semantics we're about to have, I don't think Crawford was ready for the fight. I think it's too big of a leap both in class and in weight. I honestly didn't see it as a must see fight. Crawford hasn't been tested enough and I really think he had done very little to earn this fight. I'm not prepared to start paying to see Crawford because Pac was looking for a win either.

 

I'm sure thats it.

 

What I mean, is that Crawford is in his prime right now. If he is not ready for old man Pacquiao, then I do not believe he ever will be.

I do not believe Crawford is going to get significantly better moving forward.

 

let crawford fight Postol, I'm more interested in that.

 

I think Crawford/Pacquiao would have made the most sense if they were keen on developing Crawford into a genuine star (if that's even possible). Lundy does absolutely nothing for Crawford except provide a payday and a stay busy fight. Hopefully they're targeting Crawford/Postol, but I'm not overly confident in Arum making that decision. If Bradley can somehow beat Pacquiao (or, even if he loses), that does create the possibility of a Bradley/Crawford fight, I guess. Maybe the Ali/Vargas winner. Other than that, there really aren't a lot of possibilities under the HBO or TR banner.