WBO welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) and WBO #6 contender David Avanesyan (29-3-1, 17 KOs) held a media workout in Omaha, Nebraska ahead of their BLK Prime Pay-Per-View event taking place at the CHI Health Center on Saturday
Terence Crawford: “My thing is to keep doing what I’ve been doing, which is winning in a tremendous fashion, and everything else will fall into place. I’m getting restless thinking about Saturday, it’s a job that I’ve done for a long time and as used to it as I am, I’m still really excited about this one in my hometown.”
David Avanesyan: “I’m going into this fight with a lot to prove as no one is giving me a chance to win, but he has a lot on his plate. He’s got a lot of distractions, and none of the interviewers ask him about me. It is always about the fight that didn’t happen or other stuff. I am more focused than ever, and coming in as a massive underdog, is just the way I like it. I was in camp already and got to extend my camp for a month or so, which was perfect. I will be the mentally stronger fighter on December 10th.”
Crawford TKO. Avanesyan will have trouble trying to catch Crawford moving at angles. Crawford will batter Avanesyan into submission in the later rounds.
Not sure how this card is going to sell. Crawford is pound for pound #1, but with the other fights on this weekend, along with the UFC PPV, I don’t see this PPV doing well at all. Picked the perfect weekend, BLK PRIME. You Ding Dongs.
What a joke PPV. This caliber fight used to be shown on a Saturday afternoon wide world of sports. I don’t see this selling at all. Anyone who is interested in this is from Nebraska, and they will be going to the fight.
Wide World of Sports was a generation ago. This would have been an HBO fight easy. Streaming is the future for this stuff but these outfits are doing their best to kill the market with bad price points
All around bad business. And I hear they will have paulie malignaggi calling the fight. Plenty of factors why the numbers will be down and he will lose even more leverage with Spence negotiations. Crawford will be on the B- side after this.
Crawford is linked with Daniel Kinahan is why he likely getting paid so much money. This event is likely just a money landering event for Kinahan
I don’t remember the last time I saw a p4p fighter selling a $40 PPV lol
Businesswise this fight will prove to work against TC in the long run. It will prove that he is not marketable despite being an elite talent. We will definitely not get the Spence vs TC fight now.
Spence-Crawford might already be past the shelf life of people caring. Neither fights enough to keep people interested in them-they may end up pounding each other from wheelchairs in a retirement community.
what a joke, not wasting my money on this fight. Crawford will stop him within 6 rounds. It used to be in the past , whoever is the top contender gets a crack at the title. Not no more its whoever puts up the most money or the public demands. Sad to see that boxing is not what it use to be.