Comments Thread For: Crawford-Brook Bout Peaked At 2,078,000 Viewers On ESPN; Averaged 2,029,000

[Oldskoolg]

You positive??? Um....Okay, I'll take your word that you aren't affiliated with Top Rank.

Crawford isn't a great interviewer but he still puts up good ratings and is a bad a$$ fighter. Arum shouldn't be taking shots on him the way he has lately. End of the day Crawford is paying Top Rank big promotional fee so it is on them to help make him a bigger name and get him the right fights...Now, I don't disagree one bit that he should do more and that they haven't treated him well with huge purses in largely mismatches.

This is a strange time to be a boxing fan for someone like myself that has watched the sport since the 70s.....when being a popular boxer means having so many followers on Instagram, or how often they are on world star etc etc. Give me a grand talent over a fancy pants any day.

[markther]

Here is what Arum said “the promoter” about Crawford which is more reason that Bud needs to get away from Top Rank. Top Rank & ESPN did almost nothing to promote this fight with Brook, despite that, Bud still drew good numbers without a strong dance partner.

Arum to Athletic Box, “he’s got to promote like Lopez does, Shakur does, like Mayweather did, Pacquiao did. If he doesn’t, then who the f...needs him? He may be the greatest fighter in the world, but hey, I ain’t going bankrupt promoting him.”

[Fire4231]

They know, they just hate it AND want desperately for it to not be true. Dontaeaboxing nation had an excellent video recently on just why TR wants to make certain fighters stars and Crawford doesn’t fit the mold

That’s real G, Arum has been trying to create a new racial template for boxing. Unfortunately it’s not working. Just creating a bunch of confused people who buy into the lies but keep getting let all the way down my the false reality. Some people just don’t know how to let things be. But the more they lose the more they dig in. It’s a multiplier effect that leads to failure. See HBO Boxing, Goldenboy and DAZN.

[rudy]

they are terrible numbers for a so called p4p number 1 american figher

Canelo is number make no mistake even Fire4321 who is a bit thick says these are great numbers

[QballLobo]

Just anecdotal but a few people I talked to were turned off by the headbutt nonsense in the fight before.
Heard that it seems boxing hasn’t changed and you still get the wrong calls.
2 million viewers on ESPN isn’t a great number. Not PPV and people are by and large staying home.
Guy is not a draw and at this point in his career he’s the B side to the big fights he wants.

[nino brown21]

Crawford should just bounce from tr and promote himself like canelo is doing .

[megas30]

I am not affiliated with anybody. You cannot deny that Crawford is one of the most bland personalities of any boxer. That is not turning on him. I always enjoy watching him fight but can't stand watching him be interviewed.

C'mon, you same one would call him ****** and loud mouth if he becomes outspoken. It is what it is. Not everyone is going to be Ali or Floyd.