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,” although there have been stated to be “tons of of hundreds of thousands” 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 massive cash provide that was offered to each he and McGregor by Saudi cash man, Turki Alalshikh.
“I advised Conor, ‘Hell, no,’” Crawford stated. “I advised him, ‘Man, I ain’t stepping into no f*****g Octagon with you so that you might 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 should you get in an Octagon, you’re going to be at a drawback. Similar to if I get into the boxing ring with you, I’m going to be at a drawback.’ However he was like, ‘We’ll make a s**t ton of cash.’ I stated, ‘Yeah, typically it ain’t in regards to the cash. I can become profitable, 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 enormous money carrot. Crawford’s legacy is safe and he could properly 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 method we all know McGregor would have misplaced, and badly, to Crawford in a boxing match. Sure, the hype may need been enjoyable, however would both of the 2 fights have been price watching, certainly price paying to look at?
We’ve seen too many crossover fights now, and they’re getting previous. Heck, it was overs seven years in the past when McGregor was properly overwhelmed by Floyd Mayweather of their hyped however in the end and expectedly one-sided bout. Crawford’s subsequent transfer can be one in all curiosity, and he could not even struggle once more. However for positive, even the promise of many hundreds of thousands of {dollars} will not be sufficient to see Crawford danger sullying his good title, embarrassing himself, or danger getting damage.
Once more, credit score to Crawford for refusing to be tempted by the mighty greenback.
