Recently, there was extremely unpleasant news in the professional boxing community, and the negotiations for the merger of the four major groups - Spence vs Crawford - that had lasted for several months - eventually broke down due to the failure of the two parties to reach an agreement. Next, Crawford is confirmed to face David Avanyan in December, while Spence's opponent may be Emmentas Stanios.
It should be said that the failure of the pinnacle duel between the two sides to achieve is extremely frustrating for fans, after all, both are top players with high knockout rates, and this quadruple crown merger is no less valuable than Mayweather vs Pacquiao, who has passed his peak that year. However, there are many insiders in the professional boxing industry that outsiders can never touch, and many times only boxers and team members are the most clear, but they are also people in the rivers and lakes, involuntarily, some core sensitive issues, they can't say.
The old boxing fans who still pay attention to boxing are no longer the immature boxing fans who knew boxing in the early 90s, today's boxing is too utilitarian, everything is thinking about your money. Think of the 1999 angel fight, a good example, two of the most valuable and powerful 147-pound fighters at their peak can be matched successfully, this is for the sake of fans. A few years ago, Leonard in the 80s and Ali in the 70s fought tirelessly to promote the boxing career, but today's boxing world, everyone has seen how much the final benefits have been upgraded after 5 years of postponing the Mepa fight. So now, with such an example, everyone will follow suit.
Because even postponed big battles will become the greatest value match in history because of continuous accumulation, so who cares if it is a classic duel of the peak fighter? This may only be when boxing has reached a tipping point that these agents and fighters will wake up, and the future of professional boxing is indeed worrying.
Compared with Spence, Crawford's situation is still relatively poor, after all, he has no promoter support, and the appearance fee is relatively low, he should go to the British market in the future, sign with Hearn, there are still many good players around 147 pounds in the UK, only Crawford plays a few more excellent games, in order to whet the appetite of fans and people other than boxing fans who are willing to pay for them, Crawford can also earn a lot of money.