Terence Crawford: record, next fight and profile →
The much-anticipated bout between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. officially fell through the cracks on Oct. 20 after monthslong negotiations when Crawford announced he’d instead be fighting David Avanesyan on Dec. 10.
Terence Crawford rejects the notion that David Avanesyan is some kind of tomato can. Crawford will put his 147-pound WBO title on the line on Dec. 10 in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, against the England-based Russian. The fight will be distributed on pay-per-view through a hitherto unknown platform called BLK Prime.
When is it enough? An open-ended question Terence Crawford often finds himself asking the boxing community. Throughout the entirety of the newly turned 35-year-old’s career, he’s made it look incredibly easy in the squared circle. But despite nabbing world titles in three separate weight divisions, including an undisputed run at 140 pounds, the current welterweight WBO belt holder repeatedly finds himself under immense scrutiny.
Terence Crawford apparently has little desire to reveal the mysterious backer who wanted to pay him and Errol Spence Jr. a boatload of cash. Crawford, the WBO welterweight beltholder, recently said during an Instagram Live session that an investor had
Terence Crawford never felt that he could get a fair shake from Al Haymon, so long as he was on “the wrong side.” Crawford recently lifted the lid on his side of the negotiations for the scuttled undisputed welterweight bout between
Like most of the boxing world, the patience of Egidijus Kavaliauskas began waning as he anxiously awaited an undisputed showdown between Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford to be announced. Despite the perpetual delays, the Lithuanian native remained confident that both sides would eventually cross their t’s and dot their i’s before coming to an agreement.
Errol Spence Jr. hasn’t revealed who he will fight next now that his showdown with Terence Crawford has been, at the very least, pushed into 2023.
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Terence “Bud” Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) will make his return to the ring when he battles WBO #6 ranked David Avanesyan (29-3-1, 17 KOs) at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Neb. on December 10, 2022. The 12-round bout will air live on BLK Prime PPV, with Crawford's WBO welterweight title on the line.
Oscar De La Hoya has entered the crossfire of the latest Boxing Twitter Spat. The founder and head of Golden Boy Promotions recently sided with WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford after Crawford offered his thoughts on the failed negotiations between him and IBF, WBA, and WBC champion Errol Spence Jr. for an undisputed fight that was supposed to take place in November.
Terence Crawford responded to public criticism Tuesday night regarding his insistence on Al Haymon providing full transparency of financial details related to his paused pay-per-view showdown with Errol Spence Jr.