Terence Crawford: record, next fight and profile →
Veteran trainer and ESPN commentator Teddy Atlas is standing his ground regarding last year's comments in the aftermath of Jeff Horn's twelve round decision win over Manny Pacquiao to capture the WBO welterweight title.
LAS VEGAS – Bob Arum has taken plenty of criticism from dissatisfied fight fans that don’t want to pay subscription fees to watch boxing on the new ESPN+ app. Arum reminded them Thursday, however, that if they want to watch the Terence Crawford-Jeff Horn welterweight title fight Saturday night, there’s a way to do it for free (and legally).
LAS VEGAS – Jeff Horn trained Wednesday right next to the MGM Grand sports book as part of a workout that was open to the public. It was impossible for Horn not to notice just how little regard handicappers have for him. Horn is undefeated and the defending WBO welterweight champion, but he is a huge underdog on the big board.
After the months of trash talk, Terence "Bud" Crawford and WBO welterweight champion Jeff "The Hornet" Horn met face to face for the first time. (photos by Mikey Williams).
On Saturday night former interim super lightweight title holder Jose Benavidez Jr. (26-0) will return to the ring for the second time since suffering gun shot wounds that kept him out of the ring for 18 months. The fight will be streamed on the ESPN+ app.
Mikey Garcia will have a keen eye on Saturday's World Title fight featuring Terence Crawford. Garcia currently holds the WBC World Lightweight Title but has discussed moving through the weights, so he could be a future opponent for Crawford. Last summer, Garcia beat Adrien Broner at 140 pounds, then won the IBF crown against Sergey Lipinets in February.
ESPN+ has debuted its newest boxing brand, Camp Life, a series that takes fans inside the training camps of today’s biggest fighters for intimate and penetrating looks at boxers’ lives as they prepare for battle.
Terence Crawford scoffed at Glenn Rushton’s suggestion. Jeff Horn’s trainer has stated during the buildup toward their welterweight title fight that if Yuriorkis Gamboa could hurt Crawford in their lightweight championship match nearly four years ago, the bigger, stronger Horn most certainly is capable of hurting and knocking out the unbeaten challenger Saturday night at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas (ESPN+). Gamboa buzzed Crawford with a left-right combination early in the ninth round of their June 2014 bout.
Veteran commentator Bob Sheridan stands almost entirely alone in the US boxing media as a sympathetic voice for Jeff Horn. Known as "The Colonel", Sheridan believes the Australian champion would be far more popular in America were it not for the work of two ESPN analysts - Teddy Atlas and Stephen A. Smith.
Former two division world champion Timothy Bradley expects Terence Crawford to have a tough time with WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn - at least at the start of the contest. He expects Crawford to eventually find his groove and then take over the contest.