Why Spend $50 Million on Terence Crawford?

An opinion piece criticizes proposals to spend fifty million dollars on comeback fights for Terence Crawford as he turns 39 years old. The article responds to potential matchmaking lists featuring Jaron Ennis, Canelo Alvarez, Vergil Ortiz, Sebastian Fundora, and Ryan Garcia, arguing that Crawford's low-risk fighting style fails to justify such massive financial guarantees for promoters.

The piece highlights Crawford's previous contests against Canelo and Israil Madrimov, labeling them safety-first performances that deter investors seeking high-energy entertainment. It argues that younger fighters like Ennis and Ortiz lack pay-per-view drawing power, while weight discrepancies and limited box-office appeal undermine proposed bouts with Garcia and Fundora.