Crawford talks possible Porter fight
WBO welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (37-0, 28KOs) knows a potentially huge mandatory fight awaits him if he is unable to secure a high stakes unification bouts with either unified welterweight champion Errol Spence (27-0, 21KOs) or WBA welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39KOs).
Speaking to Therealayeverb Music, Crawford acknowledged that a fight with Porter, who is his mandatory, is possible if he does not get a unification bout next.
“Of course that’s my mandatory. If he exercises his mandatory you know and go to the WBO and say you know I need that fight, then that fight will have to happen unless I other obligations with a unification. The only fight that can trump that is a unification fight. So if I don’t get Errol Spence or Manny Pacquiao then I will have to fight Shawn Porter.”
At this point, it seems as we are likely to see a Crawford v Porter fight before a bout against Spence or Pacquiao. It is no secret that Spence wants the lion’s share of the deal to face Crawford; something which the Omaha native vehemently says will not happen if he wants to fight. As for Pacquiao, negotiations have happened in the past and Bob Arum has stated that talks would resume at some point to try and stage that fight for Crawford. However, not many know the plans of Pacquiao other than he wants to fight again in 2021.
A fight with Porter will likely be easier to make. For one, he is the mandatory and secondly, he is interested in the fight and will probably not come demanding a 50/50 split. Regardless, it seems that Crawford will finally get a big fight at 147 in 2021.
By: Jerrell Fletcher
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