By Craig Page: Terence Crawford could get an unbelievable 8-figure payday for his December 10th fight against David Avanesyan BLK Prime pay-per-view. If the money is for real, more power to Crawford, but it sounds too unbelievable to be true.
The price of the PPV is only $39.99, making it difficult to believe that Crawford is getting an eight-figure payday for this fight. An eight-figure payday would be believable if Crawford were facing Errol Spence Jr but NOT David Avanesyan.
It won’t be surprising if Crawford’s payday for the fight is less than eight figures because how will the organizers keep from losing big on this card?
With that kind of money being paid to Crawford, the organizers could have used some of it to get a higher-ranked opponent, such as Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis or Vergil Ortiz Jr.
Of course, perhaps Crawford would have rejected the idea of fighting those guys because they would be too much of a step up for him from the guys he’s been fighting at 147.
It isn’t easy to imagine the event organizers making their money back in PPV & ticket sales with the cash Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) is said to be getting.
Unless the undercard is out of this world good, it’s easy to imagine the organizers taking a financial bath, losing money on this fight.
ESPN is reporting that Crawford, who isn’t a household name with casual boxing fans, will be getting a massive payday against Avanesyan (29-3-1, 17 KOs) at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Crawford “will earn a career-high eight-figure payday, sources said,” reported by Mike Coppinger.
ESPN may have got it wrong with the eight-figure information for Crawford’s fight because that’s too much money for a fighter who has never proven himself to be a pay-per-view attraction or even a big-ticket seller.
If Crawford is getting eight figures for his fight with Avaneysan, he’s likely going to want a king’s ransom for a fight with Errol Spence Jr early next year.
It might mess things up entirely for the Spence-Crawford fight, making it impossible to negotiate. Assuming Crawford will be asking for similar money against Spence, it could prevent the contest from taking place.
If Crawford is going to be getting the kind of money that is being reported for his fight with Avanesyan, why does he need to fight Spence?
As long as the organizers for the Crawford-Avanesyan event can keep paying Crawford similar money against regular contenders, you don’t need Spence.