Via Chris Williams: Teofimo Lopez says Terence Crawford’s pride has tampered with how much money he could have made by battling Errol Spence Jr for the undisputed welterweight championship.
Instead of picking up a pile of cash and the chance to be the undisputed 147-place champion against the IBF, WBA & WBC 147-lb Spence champion, Crawford pulled out of the talks without warning and posted sign battle David Avanesyan on December 10.
Now, Crawford thinks he’ll start over where he left off in negotiations with Spence after he faced Avanesyan, but that’s highly unlikely.
Crawford made Spence look bad and wasted his time by not telling him he was secretly negotiating for the Avanesyan war and then walking away.
While Crawford (38-0.29 KOs) was well paid by BLK Prime for his pay-per-view match against Avanesyan (29-3-1, 17 KOs) at CHI Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska , then it could be a one-time only for him with that company.
It’s not likely that BLK Prime will pour a ton of money on Crawford for his next game, especially if they lose heavily against Avanesyan.
Crawford’s pride messed everything up
“There are too many egos. These guys have too much ego, Teofimo Lopez said to fight when asked who is responsible for Errol Spence Jr’s fight with Terence Crawford did not happen.
“I don’t know who has more ego in this. I don’t know if it’s Spence or Crawford. Crawford, I think he has too much pride. I think he’s ruining his own bag doing that.
“I think he had an interview with Kate [Abdo]. I haven’t heard it or read it. All I did was read the title at the bottom, saying that he didn’t need to argue at 147 because he basically made it at 140.
“I just slapped myself in the face, ‘I don’t think you get it. It is not doing it once. It’s about doing it over and over again so no one else can do it.’
“Look at Claressa Shields. Three-time world champion in three different divisions, and the girl kept going. That’s the mentality.
“So you know what? I also don’t care because these people won’t fight, obviously because they have their own reasons, their own pride, their egos and once I get to 147 you won’t make that mistake. Teofimo said.
