Errol Spence Jr.: record, next fight and profile →
Floyd Mayweather Jr. apparently feels that Errol Spence Jr. has completely outgrown the division in which he has fought his entire career. What’s more, the Hall of Fame fighter thinks that it is in Spence’s best interests to jump up not one, but possibly two or three weight classes in order to perform at optimal strength.
The undisputed welterweight championship required concessions from both of its participants to become a reality. But perhaps one fighter deserves a bit more credit than the other. Newly crowned undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford stated in a recent interview that his ballyhooed fight with Errol Spence Jr. would not have happened if it were not for the latter’s initiative.
Anthony Joshua is confident that Errol Spence Jr. is a much better fighter than what he showed in the ring against Terence Crawford. Spence, of Desoto, Texas, suffered a colossal beatdown from Crawford last Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Omaha, Nebraska’s Crawford dropped Spence three times before referee Harvey Dock waved off the bout in the ninth. Crawford, who turns 36 next month, is now the undisputed welterweight champion. It is the second time he has cleaned out a division, having done so previously in the 140-pound weight class.
Terence Crawford didn’t simply make it to the top of virtually everyone’s pound-for-pound list by using just his physical traits alone. Of course, the speed, quickness, timing, and his overall boxing ability matters but it’s what’s in between Crawford’s ears that’s seemingly his best weapon.
Despite his once undefeated record, Errol Spence Jr. hasn’t always run through his competition. At times, the former unified welterweight champ has flat-out struggled. With that said, he’s never quite looked the way he did this past Saturday night.
Terence Crawford says he never carried any animus toward Errol Spence Jr. The top two welterweights in the world squared off last Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in a high-profile match to determine the undisputed champion in the division. In the end, Crawford came out on top, stopping Spence in the ninth round of a fight that was never really competitive. The win cemented Crawford, in the eyes of many, as the top fighter in the world.
Heading into their mega clash, the general consensus was that Terence Crawford might have the higher ring IQ but Errol Spence Jr. had the edge in terms of physical strength and power.
Errol Spence Jr. might be down, but he doesn't believe that he’s quite out. For the first time in his career, the Dallas native knows what it feels like to come out on the losing end of a boxing match.
After five often-frustrating years, Terence Crawford could finally say he told you so. Crawford wasn’t about to waste that opportunity in the immediate aftermath of his career-defining performance Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena. The 35-year-old Crawford surprised plenty of persistent skeptics by beating Errol Spence Jr. with such ease in their welterweight title unification fight, but the newly crowned undisputed 147-pound champion reminded those that didn’t believe in him that he always promised them that he would eventually emerge as the best fighter in one of the sport’s glamour divisions.
On paper, it was hyped as the fight of the century, a clash between two pound-for-pound stars, and about as 50/50 a matchup as you could ever find. In the ring, however, there was nothing competitive about Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr.