“He Couldn’t Sell 5000 Tickets”: Mike Tyson Gives Terence Crawford a Grim Reality Check

The fight between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. may finally happen this year, and the talks are currently in progress for a possible collision on June 17th. The fight has been anticipated for a long time now, and many fans had even lost hope that it’ll ever happen. But it seems that the fighters will finally step inside the ring against each other. Recently, Mike Tyson talked about this awaited fight with his guest, UFC fighter Kamaru Usman on his podcast Hotboxin’ with Mike Tyson. During that conversation, he also made a bold statement about Terence Crawford.

Mike Tyson holds Crawford in high regard and even agreed with Joe Rogan when he talked about Marvin Hagler. When Rogan came on Tyson’s podcast, he talked about the might of Marvin Hagler and even compared the legend with Terence Crawford and how he’s one of the best boxers of this era. At that time, Mike Tyson agreed with Rogan’s comparison.

Mike Tyson sends out a reality check for Terence Crawford

Kamaru Usman made an appearance on Hotboxin’ for the first time. He talked about how much he loves and respects Terence Crawford as a fighter. And he stated that it wouldn’t matter if his fight against Errol Spence Jr, is for 150 dollars, he’ll gladly pay for it. Tyson intercepted him at this point and gave out his views on Crawford.

Tyson said, “One moment, I wanna talk about- but the problem with that fight is he wants money but he can’t- he couldn’t sell 5000 tickets, you gotta be a ticket seller. That’s why Conor McGregor was so well, he’s a ticket seller. See that’s what the problem is, I don’t think they could get 5000 seats.”

Usman agreed to this, witnessing Crawford’s past record, but then also spoke about what he thinks the reason was for Crawford’s failure in selling tickets. Tyson heard Usman’s defense and couldn’t stop himself from agreeing with him.

Kamaru Usman defends Terence Crawford

Usman heard Tyson’s argument and expressed his thoughts on the matter. He said, “I think you’re right. But don’t you, Mike don’t you also think that it’s the dance partner as well? It has to be, you can be as dominant as you want to be but if you don’t have the right dance partner, you know people won’t want to watch and I think, this is it for him.”

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Mike Tyson nodded throughout the whole monologue and even said that he agrees with what Usman’s saying. Then Usman stated that his ticket-selling numbers will definitely change with Errol Spence Jr. as everybody knows his opponent, and most of the fans care about this fight. What are your thoughts on a possible Crawford vs. Spence Jr. fight? Tell us in the comments below.

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