Bob Arum on Crawford-Khan ticket sales, Jarrell Miller, and sympathy for Eddie Hearn

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Promoter Bob Arum says so far, so good on ticket sales for the Saturday event at Madison Square Garden, the big room, topped by a welterweight title defense by Terence Crawford, who meets Brit vet Amir Khan.

Arum has worked like a demon to hype the scrap, and what is presenting as a compelling undercard.

”It’s early returns, you can’t declare yet. The returns are not good but sensational,” he told Bad Left Hook. “It appears to us that the whole campaign spearheaded by ESPN really kicked in and worked. It’s early but more than satisfying.”

Arum had meetings, one with promoter Lou DiBella, so he didn’t hit the undercard presser today at the Garden. He said he had some forward movement on future fights and maybe a signing or two, but couldn’t part with deets.

We also touched on the recent breaking news about the change in plans with the June 1 Anthony Joshua card at MSG. “Big Baby” Miller is out, as the New York commission decided they’d not license him after an adverse finding in a VADA drug screening test.