Terence Crawford: record, next fight and profile →
Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford will fondly look back at all that he has accomplished whenever he decides to call it a career. That statement will ring true for the unbeaten three-division champion even if he were to do after this weekend.
Kell Brook has stopped 27 of the 41 opponents he’s faced via knockout, and he strongly believes he has the muscle to pull off the upset against Terence Crawford. “I can surprise him with the power,” Brook told Brian Campbell on the CBS Sports show “Morning Kombat.” “I’ve got great balance, great accuracy, great jab, and he knows this is a real fight. He knows that.”
Terence Crawford recognizes that some boxing observers believe Egidijus Kavaliauskas knocked him down during the third round of their welterweight title fight last December 14 at Madison Square Garden. Crawford definitely disagrees with that viewpoint. The WBO 147-pound champion proudly points out, too, that what he did to Kavaliauskas thereafter is indisputable.
There are too many factors working against Kell Brook for Errol Spence Jr. to give him a legitimate chance to upset Terence Crawford. Brook’s fight with Spence was competitive before Spence began breaking him down on his way to an 11th-round knockout victory in May 2017. Spence suspects Crawford will have an even easier time beating Brook because Brook hasn’t boxed at the 147-pound limit since Spence stopped him almost 3½ years ago in Sheffield, England, Brook’s hometown.
LAS VEGAS – Terence Crawford commended Kell Brook for the courage the former IBF welterweight champ demonstrated when he jumped up two weight classes to challenge Gennadiy Golovkin.
Terence Crawford admits that he hasn’t had the types of unforgettable battles against great opponents that transform fighters into legends historically. Crawford is still confident that he would be elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame if he retired without facing the elite welterweights boxing fans want him to fight. The three-division champion also is ranked either first or toward the top of most mythical pound-for-pound lists, yet the unbeaten WBO 147-pound champion feels underappreciated after winning world titles at lightweight, junior welterweight and welterweight.
Kell Brook is not bothered with any concerns pound-for-pound frontrunner Terence Crawford might present ahead of their fight Saturday night on ESPN. The former IBF welterweight champion Brook (39-2, 27 KOs) will look to regain a portion of 147-pound supremacy against the WBO welterweight champion Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs), and he believes the stress solely falls on the shoulders of the Nebraska native.
By Tris Dixon - Kell Brook’s former trainer Dominic Ingle admits his old charge is up against it when he takes on Terence Crawford in Las Vegas this weekend. The Sheffield fighter, a former welterweight titleholder, is a huge underdog against one of the pound-for-pound best and Brook did a lot of his preparation with Carlos Formento in Spain before flying out to finish cam...
LAS VEGAS – Now that they’ve both satisfied their contractual obligations at Friday’s weigh-in, Kell Brook is free to add however many pounds he sees fit before he steps into the ring to face Terence Crawford.
LAS VEGAS – A shredded Kell Brook looked confident Friday once the numbers 147 flashed across the official scale. Before Friday, the former IBF welterweight champion hadn’t squeezed down to that division’s 147-pound limit in nearly 3½ years. Now that he has made weight for his shot at Terence Crawford’s WBO welterweight title, the 34-year-old Brook can pack on as much weight as he wants before he enters the ring Saturday night at MGM Grand Conference Center.