Via Craig Page: Terence Crawford could receive an unbelievable eight-figure payday for his December 10 game against David Avanesyan BLK Prime pay-per-view. If the money were real, Crawford would have more power, but that sounds too hard to believe to be true.
The price of PPV is just $39.95, it’s hard to believe that Crawford is getting a single day eight figure salary for this fight. An eight-figure payday would be believable if Crawford faced Errol Spence Jr NOT David Avanesyan.
Wouldn’t it be surprising if Crawford’s payday for the match was in less than eight figures because how are the organizers going to avoid big losses on this card?
With that money paid to Crawford, the organizers could have used some of the money to get a higher ranked opponent, such as Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis or Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Of course, perhaps Crawford would reject the idea of fighting those guys as they would be too big of a step for him compared to the people he’s fighting at 147.
It’s not easy to imagine event organizers making their money back in PPV & selling tickets for the money Crawford (38-0.29 KO) was supposed to receive.
Unless the undercard is good out of this world, it’s easy to imagine the organizers taking a financial bath, at a loss in this fight.
ESPN is reporting that Crawford, who isn’t a household name to casual boxing fans, will have a big payday against Avanesyan (29-3-1, 17 KOs) at the Medical Center CHI in Omaha, Nebraska.
Crawford”sources say will earn one day high salary eight figures in career“Reporting by Mike Coppinger.
ESPN may have mistaken the eight-figure information for Crawford’s fight because that’s way too much money for a boxer who has never proven himself to be a pay-per-view attractor or even one. big ticket sales.
If Crawford gets eight figures for his fight with Avaneysan, he will likely want a ransom king for his fight with Errol Spence Jr early next year.
It could completely mess things up for the Spence-Crawford war, making negotiation impossible. Assuming Crawford will claim the same amount against Spence, that could prevent the contest from going ahead.
If Crawford is going to get the reported currency for his fight with Avanesyan, why does he need to fight Spence?
As long as the organizers for the Crawford-Avanesyan event can continue to pay Crawford the same amount as the regular candidates, you don’t need Spence.
