WHY is crawford still unpopular?

[baconCrunch]

Crawford’s recent fight against Israil Madrimov on August 3rd only brought in 200,000 PPV buys.

those are extremely poor numbers.
aside from hardcore american boxing fans, he has very little to no popularity.

why do you think that?

 

[treelo]

he doesn't promote himself, he seems happy collecting the money he is getting from fights and doesnt want to put the effort in

plus, he doesnt fucking fight, seems happy in his lifestyle fighting once every now and again and picking up his money, dont know who he has a deal with, but just one big fight can set a sensible person up for life

 

[Misery Signals]

He was annoying people more and more until that Spence fight and then blew it. Instead of defending his belts against an interesting challenger he refused, sat out for 13 months and then fought a guy with a low amount of fights most people had never heard of instead.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

He spent years not giving the fans the fights that we've wanted. Then he finally fought Spence, smashed him, and took a year off which killed all of his momentum. It's not surprising that his fight with Madrimov bombed. Bud has never been a draw and probably never will be.

 

[Zyklon R]

In my opinion he may not have the type of "star-power" or marketability people are most interested in he also needs better promoting and needs to fight a couple household names and beat them impressively like he did with Spence where he showed his potential

 

[jm0b]

Neither him nor his company promote him very well, and tbh he's cursed that he's so good - he's absolutely expected to dominate. But he does that in a quietly violent sort of way that isn't as marketable as a big KO artist.

He's a master technician, but he doesn't pass the eye test for the casual fan.

 

[Blastbeat]

He spent years not giving the fans the fights that we've wanted. Then he finally fought Spence, smashed him, and took a year off which killed all of his momentum. It's not surprising that his fight with Madrimov bombed. Bud has never been a draw and probably never will be.

its surreal that he would let that hype die. that was T H E fight to define his legacy and make him a big star. he finished off Spence like it was no big deal and impressed everyone. thats the time where you stay active and keep your name in the public eye.
instead he just dawdled around for a year not fighting anyone. for fucks sake, at least do a few non-title warm up bouts!

i think he'll go down in boxing history as a case study that not all boxers know the right career and promotional paths for themselves.

 

[MMALOPEZ]

Actually was below the 200k mark … according to the PROBOX owner on an interview yesterday … Bud’s resume until The Spence fight sucks ass…. And he just had a close fight with a 10-0 guy

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

its surreal that he would let that hype die. that was T H E fight to define his legacy and make him a big star. he finished off Spence like it was no big deal and impressed everyone. thats the time where you stay active and keep your name in the public eye.
instead he just dawdled around for a year not fighting anyone. for fucks sake, at least do a few non-title warm up bouts!

i think he'll go down in boxing history as a case study that not all boxers know the right career and promotional paths for themselves.

Yep. That was his big chance and he blew it. Turki is also no longer interested in the Canelo fight so there's no super fight for him in the near future.

 

[Zyklon R]

Yep. That was his big chance and he blew it. Turki is also no longer interested in the Canelo fight so there's no super fight for him in the near future.

Turki no longer wants to make the fight because he can't Canelo priced himself out of the fight and Turki refuses to work with Canelo because of it
I saw a Canelo interview on YT who then said he doesn't want to fight TC because he "moves around too much in the ring" Canelo for reals? Then show good you are and that you can be at him this would have been a huge payday for him and Crawford and I bet somehow people will find a way to blame him for this fight not being able to be made

 

[borntoloseNOT]

Crawford not making the big fights. But boxing bigs up so many jobbers as sacrifices for guys like Crawford to feast on while holding trinkets, it’s no wonder he puts 0 effort in.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Turki no longer wants to make the fight because he can't Canelo priced himself out of the fight and Turki refuses to work with Canelo because of it
I saw a Canelo interview on YT who then said he doesn't want to fight TC because he "moves around too much in the ring" Canelo for reals? Then show good you are and that you can be at him this would have been a huge payday for him and Crawford and I bet somehow people will find a way to blame him for this fight not being able to be made

Prior to that Turki soured on the fight because the Madrimov fight was so close. I think he realized that Bud jumping up in weight that far to fight Canelo wouldn't have been competitive. Canelo is likely just too big and strong. Who really knows though. Bud will fight to his level of opposition sometimes. It's hard to tell how competitive that fight would've been. We'll never know now.

 

[Zyklon R]

Prior to that Turki soured on the fight because the Madrimov fight was so close. I think he realized that Bud jumping up in weight that far to fight Canelo wouldn't have been competitive. Canelo is likely just too big and strong. Who really knows though. Bud will fight to his level of opposition sometimes. It's hard to tell how competitive that fight would've been. We'll never know now.

True that's

 

[Sakuraba'sEar]

Madrimov is a good young talent but it's not what anybody was asking for at this point and he does this all the time

We'll have this same discussion next year

 

[Mujeriego]

Turki no longer wants to make the fight because he can't Canelo priced himself out of the fight and Turki refuses to work with Canelo because of it
I saw a Canelo interview on YT who then said he doesn't want to fight TC because he "moves around too much in the ring" Canelo for reals? Then show good you are and that you can be at him this would have been a huge payday for him and Crawford and I bet somehow people will find a way to blame him for this fight not being able to be made

Canelo never priced himself out. It's because he won't hold Turkeys hand and walk around the mall with him.
And when he said Crawford moves too much, he followed it with, it's not good for the fans, as in he's gonna do a Charlo and try to survive.
He then followed it with, Crawfords good but at 168, come on.

 

[Zyklon R]

Canelo never priced himself out. It's because he won't hold Turkeys hand and walk around the mall with him.
And when he said Crawford moves too much, he followed it with, it's not good for the fans, as in he's gonna do a Charlo and try to survive.
He then followed it with, Crawfords good but at 168, come on.

I don't know about the rest of your post but the reason I think he said Crawford moves too much and this is just my opinion is because he doesn't have the confidence in himself to beat Crawford's style and Crawford is not someone who "moves around too much" in the context he put it

Why would Canelo not want to get paid big, beat the guy he's competing with p4p #1 spot with and then retire if he wants to

My opinion is he's not confident enough in his abilities to be at Terence Crawford

 

[baconCrunch]

I don't know about the rest of your post but the reason I think he said Crawford moves too much and this is just my opinion is because he doesn't have the confidence in himself to beat Crawford's style and Crawford is not someone who "moves around too much" in the context he put it

Why would Canelo not want to get paid big, beat the guy he's competing with p4p #1 spot with and then retire if he wants to

My opinion is he's not confident enough in his abilities to be at Terence Crawford

i completely disagree.
after that close decision to madrimov. you think canelo is fearful of crawford? LOL

canelo just doesn't need anymore money. he refuses to bow down to turki.
besides, beating a guy 2 wgt classes below him does very little for his legacy.

 

[baconCrunch]

bottom line, if you do less than 200,000 ppv, you're not a star.
i'm sure crawford & the promoters thought he was a bigger draw after spence.
he thought he could pull in the numbers alone, vs madrimov.
but facts - it just didn't happen.

in order for crawford to have a big payday, he desperately needs canelo.
canelo doesn't need crawford.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

bottom line, if you do less than 200,000 ppv, you're not a star.
i'm sure crawford & the promoters thought he was a bigger draw after spence.
he thought he could pull in the numbers alone, vs madrimov.
but facts - it just didn't happen.

in order for crawford to have a big payday, he desperately needs canelo.
canelo doesn't need crawford.

You're right Canelo doesn't need Crawford but this is the same logic that he used to duck Benavidez. It's understandable if he doesn't want to fight Crawford because of the size difference. Maybe he feels he wouldn't get much credit for a win. But, he has no legitimate excuse to have avoided Benavidez. It isn't a dealbreaker but it's still a stain on his legacy.

 

[iwannabeadored]

Turki no longer wants to make the fight because he can't Canelo priced himself out of the fight and Turki refuses to work with Canelo because of it
I saw a Canelo interview on YT who then said he doesn't want to fight TC because he "moves around too much in the ring" Canelo for reals? Then show good you are and that you can be at him this would have been a huge payday for him and Crawford and I bet somehow people will find a way to blame him for this fight not being able to be made

Bro you can’t be real. Canelo has also said in multiple interviews that Crawford does nothing for his legacy. He would get no credit for winning that fight. It’s a high risk no reward fight.

Crawford would need a dominating win at 154/160 to get that fight. Going life and death with Madrimov doesn’t work.


Crawford should fight Ortiz/fundora/tzu