A two-fight deal, one struggle to happen below boxing guidelines, the opposite to happen within the cage, below MMA guidelines. And reigning pound-for-pound king (within the opinion of many) Terence Crawford stated, “hell, no,” despite the fact that there have been stated to be “lots of of tens of millions” on the desk for him to twice dance (and grapple) with Conor McGregor.
Crawford, talking with Bernie Tha Boxer on YouTube, defined why he took a go on the large cash supply that was introduced to each he and McGregor by Saudi cash man, Turki Alalshikh.
“I informed Conor, ‘Hell, no,’” Crawford stated. “I informed him, ‘Man, I ain’t stepping into no f*****g Octagon with you so that you may be kicking me and elbowing me and s**t. He began laughing, and he stated, ‘Man, I respect it. You respect my sport similar to I respect your sport, and also you perceive that for those who get in an Octagon, you’re going to be at an obstacle. Identical to if I get into the boxing ring with you, I’m going to be at an obstacle.’ However he was like, ‘We’ll make a s**t ton of cash.’ I stated, ‘Yeah, generally it ain’t concerning the cash. I can earn cash, however you ain’t about to be kicking me, dude. Kicks and elbows, man, that s**t ain’t no joke.”
Credit score to Crawford for saying no when being tempted with one large money carrot. Crawford’s legacy is safe and he could effectively exit boxing as an unbeaten fighter. Okay, so a loss to McGregor within the cage wouldn’t have counted on his boxing report, however we all know Crawford would have misplaced in an MMA struggle with McGregor, the identical means we all know McGregor would have misplaced, and badly, to Crawford in a boxing match. Sure, the hype might need been enjoyable, however would both of the 2 fights have been value watching, certainly value paying to look at?
We’ve seen too many crossover fights now, and they’re getting outdated. Heck, it was overs seven years in the past when McGregor was effectively overwhelmed by Floyd Mayweather of their hyped however in the end and expectedly one-sided bout. Crawford’s subsequent transfer might be one in all curiosity, and he could not even struggle once more. However for certain, even the promise of many tens of millions of {dollars} just isn’t sufficient to see Crawford danger sullying his good identify, embarrassing himself, or danger getting harm.
Once more, credit score to Crawford for refusing to be tempted by the mighty greenback.
