Via Jim Calfa: Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr have agreed to join the match on July 29, which includes two-way rematch terms, but they have yet to sign the contract for the match.
According to ESPN, both men received a lot of money for the fight, allegedly eight numbers, with it guaranteed. That’s a lot of hard work for Spence and Crawford to win for two inactive heavyweights who haven’t competed in most of the past three years.
It’s one of those matches where you have to be skeptical it will happen until they enter the ring on July 29th. The reason for that is Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) and Crawford ( 39-0, 30 KOs) talked about wanting to fight for years and it never happened.
With both of them already having teeth, they might not come out of training camp unscathed from postponing the game.
Possible Trilogy with Spence-Crawford
“A three-way battle is most likely to happen if they split the two battles. Mike Coppinger said to GAME.
“There is a two-way rematch clause that the losing side can activate within 30 days of the match. It’s a two-way deal for Crawford with PBC.”
“It’s been a few years too late. I still feel they are somewhat better,” Dan Canobbio told Inside live boxing in the match Spence vs. Crawford.
“It’s hard to say because Crawford hasn’t been active in recent years, especially against top players. Chris Algieri said Spence left the ring with health problems due to multiple car and eye injuries.
“So there are a lot of question marks with these people, but there’s no doubt this is a big fight. Once we get close to it, it’s going to be a big, large-scale war.
“The timing of this is no coincidence. After last weekend’s game between Haney and Lomachenko with all the controversy surrounding that,” Algieri said.
Has age caught up with Crawford?
“We’ll see if age affects Crawford and also more rust on the belt,” Canobbio said. “Ultimately, what it gives us is some movement at 147. We’ll finally find out who is the best welder of this generation.
“We never met Spence-Crawford, the two best. So we’ll get some ending on that. There is a bilateral rematch clause, so we will most likely see two of these matches. So they fight twice, and whoever gets out of the fight has the potential to increase to 154 and be able to fight Charlo.
Algierei said of the possibility of a trio between Errol and Crawford: “If we get two, we can get three. “This could be the biggest battle in history.”
“Mayweather vs Pacquiao has never been good for Pacquiao. This war is different. He is someone who can assert his will and make his opponent fight in his style.
“It was a very even fight. They are good at different things. I’m really curious to see the strategy of both of them and which one can work,” Algieri said.
Spence’s volume will be key
“Spence is a guy who comes forward. Seventy punches per round,” said Canobbio. “He intentionally came out seventy punches ahead of each round.
“Go to the flipside. Terence Crawford has thirty punches per round. He’s your kind of low-volume, high-accuracy game-changing power.
“He’s a sniper, yes,” Algieri said of Crawford.
“Sniper, yes. Gervonta Davis has the same style. Canelo somewhat has the same style but no longer has the same power as before. Jermall Charlo has the same style. There are only a few who can fight like Terence Crawford.”
“None of them are as cunning or sneaky as Crawford,” says Algieri. “Much of Crawford’s power comes from the fact that he hides his shots. He hides his best shots and sets traps. Switching sides makes it difficult to figure out where his power punches come from.
“He hit hard with both hands. He can end a fight with both hands. He made it. He ended the battle with his southward thrusts. He is very dangerous from a lot of positions, and he hides his strength very well.
I don’t think he’s as physically strong as Spence, but his single punch power is better than Spence because of his ability to hide his shots, give them a hard angle and hit you with a punch that you Can not see.
“When he took out Kell Brook with a single stab that he didn’t see, it was really impressive, even though Brook is in the late stages of his career with damage to both eyes,” Algieri said. .
