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Crawford’s accusation ignites new firestorm
JOHN WIGHT writes on intrigue and controversy surrounding the WBO Welterweight champ’s lawsuit against Top Rank promoter Bob Arum
Terence Crawford at a press conference in London in 2019
TERENCE “BUD” CRAWFORD has ignited a firestorm in filing a recent lawsuit against Top Rank’s Bob Arum, accusing him of damaging his career due to “revolting racial bias” and alleging breach of contract and fraudulent and negligent representation in failing to follow through on promises to secure him a unification fight with Errol Spence Jnr.
In going after Arum with such venom, the 34-year-old WBO welterweight champion and pound for pound best in the world contender, is clearly in no mind to take any prisoners.
Further intrigue surrounds the fact that Crawford’s adviser is Dubai-based Dan Kinahan, a man whom the Irish authorities have long claimed sits at the apex of an international drugs cartel and whom they allege has ordered a string of murders in Ireland over the course of a gang war that’s been raging there since 2016.
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