Comments Thread For: Pacquiao: Crawford is Scared, Top Rank Prevented The Fight

[umop-ap!sdn]

No Manny.. just no. Bud wanted all the smoke but YOUR team was not feelin it. Many articles with Roach expressing his displeasure with Manny Fighting Crawford. Roach wanted ALL the Mayweather smoke so him saying he doesnt want Manny to fight Crawford speaks volumes.

[True That]

Thats the purpose of PPV......they will decide and if people support their decision they PAY/ THEY (FANS) WILL DECIDE.

The casuals can do as they please. Hardcores know the truth. It's the Joshua, Canelo era now. Myself, I ain't going to waste my time watching 40 year olds cane fighting in the ring.

[MisanthropicNY]

I said this many times already. Crawford only fights bums at 140 and 147. Arum rigged the Horn fight to set up Crawford v. Horn. Crawford = 31 with no key wins at 140 or 147. Worse resume than GGG at the same point.

[MisanthropicNY]

No Manny.. just no. Bud wanted all the smoke but YOUR team was not feelin it. Many articles with Roach expressing his displeasure with Manny Fighting Crawford. Roach wanted ALL the Mayweather smoke so him saying he doesnt want Manny to fight Crawford speaks volumes.

LOL @ going by Roach. Roach is erratic and became unhinged many years ago.

[rickJen]

Crawford is singing the same tune Pac has been singing when he was with Arum.
Crawford in his last post fight interview when asked about Spence or where to go next:

"It ain't my job to get the fights done, it's my job to win the fights....so that's up to Bob and Top Rank."

Therefore, it's not hard to conclude Pac vs Crawford didn't happen because Bob didn't want it yet.

[bigdunny1]

This is just plain ****** you can tell Manny is dumb as rocks and tried to scramble and say anything he could on the fly to explain not fighting Crawford. And sorry it ain't work. Arum is a dirty ruthless scum bag that has been trying to trick and force Manny to fighting Crawford. He wanted nothing better then to sacrifice Manny and set Crawford up with a passing the torch type of win to launch Crawford into a PPV star. The idea Top Rank prevented this is ridiculous. And we have tons of statements over the years from Roach and Manny old manager saying they didn't want to be fed to lions and sacrificed to Crawford. Manny didnt want that fight he wanted higher paying or less risk fights which I actually agree with because of his age and what he's accomplished he doesn't need to be forced into that fight with a young lion. But don't lie and pretend you wanted that fight and only reason it didn't happen is because Top Rank prevented it. Bytch please LMAO

[rickJen]

Bob Arum had been playing like over-protective grandpa to Crawford. Which is why he left HBO in anger. Nelson wanted Crawford vs Matthysse. Arum said no. And HBO ended up with making Postol vs Matthysse reluctantly. Just imagine two foreign fighters who everyone hardly knew headlining a card. Of course, it flopped.

HBO then wanted Crawford vs Pacquiao. Arum said no again, and made Vargas vs Pacquiao, instead.

This video says it all:

That pretty much explains everything.

[yankees7448]

tell bobby we coming fo that neck.

Word!!!

[JWHardin]

It was actually Freddie Roach that didn't want Pac to fight Crawford, and Pac wanted a guaranteed $20 million if he did.

[FLY TY]

Say it ain't so! Rob Arum intentionally keeping guys apart, to build a fight...