Well, look who is firmly in the driving seat as far as being able to lay down terms ahead of a possible return fight \u2013 Terence Crawford, that\u2019s who. With Crawford still riding high off the back of his historic win over Mexican star Canelo Alvarez, \u201cBud\u201d has apparently made one thing clear before a rematch can happen \u2013 and the word is, Canelo is reported to very much want one. Crawford says he must be paid a cool $100 million!<\/p>\n
According to Crawford\u2019s buddy, Bernie Tha Boxer, multi-weight world champion Crawford will not grant Canelo a shot at revenge unless he is guaranteed the gargantuan sum.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he doesn\u2019t get $100 million, it ain\u2019t happening. Thems Crawford\u2019s words,\u201d Bernie Tha Boxer put out on social media.<\/p>\n
Is Crawford\u2019s $100M Demand Realistic or Posturing?<\/p>\n
So, is this an at all reasonable and realistic demand from Crawford, or is the future Hall of Famer being far too greedy and unreasonable? The first fight between Crawford and Canelo, in September, was a huge hit, but was Crawford\u2019s payday anything like what he is asking for; what he is demanding now?<\/p>\n
It used to be Canelo who regularly called the shots in pre-fight negotiations, but after being humbled by Crawford and now being the man who needs Crawford, not the other way around, things sure do seem to have changed quite a bit.<\/p>\n
Will Canelo Swallow His Pride for the Sequel?<\/p>\n
Is there massive fan interest in a Crawford Vs. Canelo II? Does Canelo want the return fight bad enough to be able to swallow his pride and be the financial B-side in a sequel? Will Crawford sit down at the table and be willing to move some on his monstrous cash figure?<\/p>\n
Crawford could simply retire, his legacy and financial status secure. So too could Canelo, unless he is aching for a shot at redemption over the man who at times befuddled him and outboxed him over two months ago.<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s see how Canelo and his team react to Crawford\u2019s terms for a return fight.<\/p>\n
Will we see Crawford and Canelo do it again next year some time?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well, look who is firmly in the driving seat as far as being able to lay down terms…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-292329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}