The official Spence-Crawford announcement just dropped.
Who: Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. vs. Terence “Bud” Crawford
What: Undisputed welterweight championship
When: Saturday, July 29
Where: T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas
How: Showtime PPV, price is TBA.
– Tickets: Pre-sale tickets are available tomorrow, Thursday, June 1 from 10 a.m. PT until 10 p.m. PT through AXS.com by using the code: BOXING
– Public on-sale begins Friday, June 2 at 10 a.m. PT with tickets available through AXS.com.
– The event is promoted by Man Down Promotions, TBC Promotions and TGB Promotions.
I had respect for Errol before his car crash, he could have killed himself or someone’s family member. He was a humble fighter, now he’s enjoying the fame and money. His resume is better than Crawford’s. His skills are not. This will be a close fight until Crawford figures how to pick Errol apart. I like Crawford by decision
Was he intoxicated? Or was it reckless driving?
Intoxicated
Every time I see an update about this fight I get nervous.. hoping it’s not a postponement or injury
This fight has passed its expiration date for me. Just like pac mayweather, I refuse to watch because they waited too long.
Spence used the canelo strategy of waiting for his most difficult opponent to hit mid 30’s before he finally fights him.
Well… as long as you win don’t matter what age you win
Real fight fans know the truth. Canelo had flashbacks from his sparring session with GGG years before so instead of fighting the man for real he just gave up his belts like a chump. His excuse was that he wasn’t a true middleweight even though he fought at that weight for like a year and beat Cotto to take his title. but then in his very next fight after giving up his belts he goes and fights at 168!! He waits until GGG is like 35 or so and showed signs of slowing, Canelo then roided up and got busted for PED’s twice and after all that he still needed crooked judges in the first fight. But you’re right that don’t matter to his fanboys.
Yeah dude. How old was Canelo when he fought TBE maywather? Haters gunna hate no mater what! Canelo record was padded then and apparently it still is now.
Canelo never fought Sugar Ray Robinson. That’s the Best EVER!
“Canelo never fought Sugar Ray Robinson. That’s the Best EVER!”
– Spot on.
Julio Cesar Chavez is the GREATEST OF ALL TIME… Sugar Ray Robinson would have got KO’d by Chavez!!! Mexican power
And Ali never fought Marciano
Marciano, while tough, was lucky to fight in an era where his best opponents were waaay past their primes.
Marciano was also an undersized plodder.
Ali would have busted him up with cuts and got the stoppage because he understood how to utilize distance and he was significantly larger, longer, faster and better on his feet.
Watch Canelo against Bivol fora similar example, but then multiply the damage canelo absorbed by about 25!
Canelo was very close to getting stopped in that fight because he was an undersized straight ahead plodder and Bivol controlled the distance and the pace with speed and size.
SteveG, While the fight didn’t take place in their mid to late 20’s the way Leonard-HEARNS and even De la Hoya-TRINIDAD did, I don’t feel like it’s too late! Both fighters are still undefeated, haven’t been in life and death fights and are coming off of KO wins!! ITS ON!!! May the best man (Crawford) win!!
I get it, i really do, it’s a matchup of top tier talent. but the problem is that 35 is significantly different than 32. I had one read that the prime age of an Olympic sprinter was 29. That may have changed with more modern training, nutrition, PED’s, etc. but the point is that physically you start to decline after 29.
Michael Jordan was significantly different at 35 than he was at 32 or 33. He had to have a lot more breaks, and they got clever by pulling him towards the end of the quarter in order to get extended rests.
In boxing you have to really pick your moments to rest in order to conserve energy since you don’t get that 2nd and 3rd wind as easily as you used to .
I think crawford is the sharper puncher and i would have leaned toward him 2 years ago and maybe even last year.
But at 35 and already being the naturally smaller guy (even though he probably has the reach advantage) I think the fans missed out on what could have been an amazing fight with both guys far closer to their physical primes.
speed and stamina go first as you age. The last thing to go is power which is why heavyweights can fight on longer.
If Crawford doesnt get Spence out in the first half of the fight then i think Spence wears him down and stops him late.
Yes!
Yeah right, it’s on the Fury/ Joshua undercard too right?
So I used the code and went on the presale to see the jacked up third party prices….. Nose bleed seats for over a thousand dollars a seat? It’s really too bad for the true boxing fan. I will get the PPV. I will support the fighters but not the greedy third party scalpers.
I’ll believe this fight is happening once both fighters are in the ring, bell sounds for round one, and at least 30 seconds of the first round have passed. Then, it’ll probably end in a no-contest within two rounds after a clash of heads.
“Spence-Crawford: Prices For Pre-Sale Tickets Thursday Ranged In Price From $1,505-$8,500”
– Ouch….