Terence Crawford: record, next fight and profile →
To kick off the promotion of their undisputed welterweight matchup, Errol Spence Jr. said his clash against Terence Crawford was the most significant 147-pound fight of the last 40 years, and 10 years overall.
Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford will finally face off in a fight that is around a half-decade in the making. Their date with undisputed welterweight championship destiny will arrive July 29 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and headline a Premier Boxing Champions card on Showtime pay-per-view.
With wins against Mikey Garcia, Shawn Porter, Danny Garcia, Yordenis Ugas, Carlos Ocampo, Lamont Peterson, and Kell Brook over his last seven fights dating back to the beginning of his welterweight championship reign in 2017, Errol Spence Jr. has long been a mainstay in the top-ten and eventually top-five of almost every notable boxing observer’s active pound-for-pound list.
Young, prideful, and full of confidence, Terence Crawford, at least initially, couldn't care less about the pound-for-pound discussion. Ultimately, his biggest and only dream was to become a world champion. However, after checking off that goal on countless occasions, the now 35-year-old saw his name emerge on that very list.
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford does not see a reason to act out of character in order to promote his upcoming undisputed showdown with WBC, IBF, WBA champion Errol Spence. The contest will headline a Showtime Pay-Per-View card on July 20th, from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
The duel between Vasiliy Lomachenko and Devin Haney only bolstered Terence Crawford’s belief in Shakur Stevenson. Haney, the undisputed lightweight champion, retained his four 135-pound titles with a spirited effort against Vasiliy Lomachenko this past weekend at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Oscar De La Hoya already knows who he is siding with in the upcoming, mouthwatering fight between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. Last week, it was announced that a deal had been reached for Desoto, Texas’ Spence, the WBA, WBC, IBF 147-pound
Boxing fans who want to watch Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford fight from inside T-Mobile Arena next month will have to dig deep into their proverbial pockets for tickets to this welterweight showdown.
Sometimes, the boxing world presents fans with gems. Whether it was the all-out war in 1985 between Tommy Hearns and Marvin Hagler, the 1978 slugfest between Ken Norton and Larry Holmes, or the three brutal scraps between Evander Holyfield and Riddick Bowe, sometimes, boxing just delivers.
For some time, WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford was losing hope with making an undisputed fight with WBC, WBA, IBF champion Errol Spence.