You can, unfortunately, count @budcrawford402 out of the Pacquiao race. Told he'll defend his title in late Feb. at MSG Theater. #boxing
— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) December 17, 2015
Pacquiao is taking his sweet time deciding who he is going to fight, but young fighters like Crawford need to stay active or they lose their momentum, so he had to move on.
This almost guarantees that Pacquiao will fight Tim Bradley for a third time.