For the higher a part of the previous half-decade, each Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford have openly claimed that they are the welterweight division’s main man. These ideas and opinions, after all, may solely be settled in a single violent method…squaring off within the ring.
But, irrespective of what number of instances followers fulminated and salivated over the opportunity of the 2 swapping fists, the pair had been by no means capable of come to a battle settlement…till now.
“The wait is over,” mentioned Crawford on a self-recorded video. “It’s recreation time. Errol Spence, Terence Crawford, July twenty ninth, Las Vegas, Nevada.”
For the 35-year-old Crawford, he’s spent the whole lot of his profession being often called the person to beat, regardless of planting his flag in three separate weight courses. Along with his glowing document, in keeping with many, the Omaha, Nebraska, native is taken into account the very best pound-for-pound fighter on the earth.
Spence, nonetheless, isn’t a believer in that assertion. Over time, the highly effective Southpaw has made it his enterprise to strip each welterweight titlist of their championship standing. In doing so, the Texas resident adopted a conspicuous moniker “The Large Fish.”
By and enormous, Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) has lived as much as his self-appointed nickname. When final seen, the present unified champion pounded Yordenis Ugas by way of 10-round stoppage and relieved him of his WBA title within the course of.
With three of the 4 remaining belts in his possession, Spence now has his eyes firmly set on Crawford’s WBO trinket. Nonetheless, despite his deleterious handiwork, Crawford (39-0, 30 KOs) has remained unfazed. Whereas Spence has seemingly earned his new alias, Crawford has smirked menacingly all through all of it. Come July twenty ninth, the slick-hitting star has concluded that he’ll pull out his fishing rod, open a roaring hearth and set Spence ablaze.
“All people come out, present assist and watch me fry this fish.”