Terence Crawford Could Face Ramirez-Taylor Winner In The Fall According To Bob Arum

Terence Crawford doesn’t have his next fight booked but according to Bob Arum, they have an opponent in mind.

According to the promoter, Crawford has his eyes on WBC and WBO champion Jose Ramirez and IBF, WBA and Ring Magazine titlist Josh Taylor who are set to fight on Saturday. The winner will unify the 140-pound division, which Crawford used to have but vacated in 2017 to move up in weight.

According to Arum, they like the idea of Crawford fighting the winner of that fight after the Manny Pacquiao scrap didn’t come to fruition.

“The winner of this fight has agreed to give [undefeated WBO super lightweight mandatory challenger Jack] Catterall a shot. Hopefully things clear up in the UK and we can do the fight over there. But we’ll see,” Arum told Boxing Social (via BoxingScene). “Certainly I have Terence Crawford available to fight the winner of Taylor vs. Ramirez. That would be a tremendous fight. [Crawford] was going to fight [Manny] Pacquiao in Abu Dhabi, but that didn’t come off, So we’re looking around for a big fight for him with spectators sometime in the fall of this year.”

Although the winner of Ramirez and Taylor would be a unified champion, they would move up in weight to face Crawford. However, making the fight would be easy given all three are under Top Rank. Ramirez is also confident if he moved up to face Crawford he would do very well.

“Right now I am a super lightweight but when I decide to make that move to the welterweight division people need to stop and really think that I am going to be putting on extra weight and I am going to be much stronger,” said Ramirez. “You are definitely going to see a much bigger and stronger Jose Ramirez. Don’t compare me and Crawford as the fighter I am right now. Just wait and compare me when I make that move to see how much stronger I get. From there then you can make more valid points. For now I am looking forward to making that move and facing a guy like Crawford.”

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