Eddie Hearn To Make Purse Bid For Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter Fight

Should Terence Crawford vs. Shawn Porter be open to purse bids again, Eddie Hearn will certainly be making one.

The WBO ordered a title bout between the pair and would later order a purse bid in late August after negotiations failed to move forward between the two sides.

However, both sides requested an extension on September 1 — one day before the initial deadline — and will now have a new deadline of September 14 to get a deal done.

So is DAZN and Matchroom still interested?

Hearn already had a representative present for the initial purse bid and will be doing so again should PBC and Top Rank fail to agree to terms.

“I was supposed to [bid on Sept. 2],” Hearn said on DAZN (via Boxing Scene). “I send someone to Puerto Rico to bid for that fight and then they canceled the purse bids. They extended the negotiations period. Look, there’s a lot of players in the market at the moment that could be bidding a lot of money for that fight, and we’re one of them.

“Whether our bid is sufficient enough I guess we may or may not find out. But it’s interesting in that dynamic because you have a fighter in the PBC and a fighter at Top Rank. They don’t really want it to go to a purse bid. When you extend a negotiations period, both sides have to agree to that extension … The fighters on the other hand are probably secretly thinking, ‘a purse bid won’t be the end of the world, will it?’ … the fighters might even say, ‘OK. Let’s see who bids what. It’s quite a time for purse bids.”

Given that PBC and Top Rank don’t always see eye-to-eye as far as negotiations go, it’s certainly worth keeping an eye on for Hearn.