By Chris Williams: Terence Crawford doesn’t like that WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn is trash talking him for pulling out of their April 14th fight due to an injury. Horn said this week that Crawford should have stuck with the April 14th fight date and fought him with one good hand if he’s as talented as his team says he is.
Horn vs. Crawford
Terence Crawford injured, Jeff Horn fight postponed until May 19 or June
By Chris Williams: Terence Crawford suffered an injury to his right hand training for his April 14th fight against WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs). The injury will cause the fight to be delayed until May 19 or June, according to Crawford’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank.
Pacquiao WON’T be fighting on Horn-Crawford card on April 14
By Chris Williams: The Jeff Horn vs. Terence Crawford card on April 14th WON’T have former 8 division world champion Manny Pacquiao on the card, according to RingTV. Pacquiao (59-7-2, 28 KOs) won’t be accepting the undercard assignment offered to him by his long-time promoters at Top Rank.
Horn-Crawford & Pacquiao-Alvarado on April 14 in Las Vegas, NV
By Chris Williams: Top Rank’s April 14th card on ESPN pay-per-view headlined by WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn vs. Terence Crawford has been moved from Madison Square Garden in New York to the Mandalay Bay Event Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Superstar Manny Pacquiao will be fighting in the co-feature bout against Mike Alvarado (38-4, 26 KOs).
Pacquiao’s April 14th fight expected to be finalized this week
By Stanley White: Manny Pacquiao’s next fight on April 14th is said to be close to being finalized this week by his promoter Bob Arum. According to the LA Times, the leading candidate to face the 39-year-old Pacquiao is the ring warn and badly faded Mike Alvarado, a fighter that is the downside of his career at 37. However, Alvarado is promoted by the same promoter as Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) in Bob Arum of Top Rank, so it makes him a good choice for an in house fight. Pacquiao fighting Alvarado is a terrible match if the idea is to put on an exciting fight for the fans. It would have been a good fight 6 years ago before Alvarado started losing repeatedly, but it’s horrible fight now. Pacquiao doesn’t need tune-ups against journeyman fighters like Alvarado.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Mike Alvarado in the works for April.14
By Chris Williams: A fight between Manny Pacquiao and Mike Alvarado is reportedly being considered for the co-feature on the Jeff Horn vs. Terence Crawford card on ESPN at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Terence Crawford meets with Arum this Sat. to finalize Jeff Horn fight
By Chris Williams: Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) will be having a meeting this Saturday with his promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank for him to finalize his title shot against WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) for April 14 on ESPN at Madison Square Garden, New York.
Jeff Horn faces Terence Crawford on April.14 at MSG, NY
By Chris Williams: Jeff ‘The Hornet’ Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) will be defending his WBO welterweight title against American Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) on April 14 on ESPN at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Arum planning Pacquiao to fight on Horn-Crawford card on April 14 or 21st
By Chris Williams: Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is planning on having him fight on the undercard of the Jeff Horn vs. Terence Crawford card on April 14th or April 21st. The potential venue for the fight card is New York or Las Vegas, Nevada.
Horn’s trainer likes his chances against Crawford
By Chris Williams: It’s thought that WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn has little chance of successfully defending his title against unbeaten challenger Terence Crawford in their fight on April 21 at a still to be determined venue in the U.S, but the Australian’s trainer Glenn Rushton believes he has a good chance of winning the fight.