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After he routed Dierry Jean on Oct. 24, Terence Crawford instantly vaulted to the top of a very short list of potential opponents for Manny Pacquiao. Crawford had long been characterized by Top Rank chairman Bob Arum as one of the three finalists for the honor to meet Pacquiao on April 9, along with Timothy Bradley and Amir Khan. Top Rank, though, chose Bradley to face Pacquiao, and put Crawford in an HBO bout at The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday against Hank Lundy.