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Terence Crawford Vs. Errol Spence II Rematch In The Works For February

By Trust October 12, 2023

By Allan Fox: The rematch between Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford is being planned for early next year in February, with the weight for the fight still to be determined. To gain an advantage to ensure that he wins, Crawford could drag the middleweight-sized Spence down to welterweight, that would be extra insurance for Crawford because if Spence was at full power, firing on all eight cylinders, he might beat Terence and mess up his vision of getting a fight against Canelo Alvarez.

Crawford cannot afford to even look bad in winning the rematch against Spence if he hopes to be blessed for the golden parachute fight against the Mexican superstar. If Crawford struggles in the rematch with Spence at 154, he can forget about getting a fight with Canelo. Hence, he’ll likely force Spence to boil down to 147 to make sure he’s nice & drained so he can beat up on with the zombie-like physical state he’ll be in for the fight.

It’s believed by some that Crawford will use the weight to have Spence surrender some of his purse for the fight. So if Spence wants it at 154, he may have to sweeten the deal for undisputed welterweight champion Crawford, who is the A-side.

That would obviously make things difficult for the 33-year-old Spence (28-1, 22 KOs), who is way too big to be fighting at welterweight. At this stage in Spence’s career, he really should be fighting at 160 or 168 because he’s too big for 147 or 154. The Texas native Errol looked deathly emaciated, making weight for his last two fights, which isn’t surprising because he blows up between fights, looking like he’s hovering near 200 lbs. That’s a lot of weight for a guy who fights at 147 to have to trim off. Fans would prefer not to see a second between the two, but Spence has already activated the rematch. If Spence redeemed himself first against one of the top welterweights or junior middleweights like Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, Erickson Lubin or Tim Tszyu, the boxing public would be more excited about seeing him fight Crawford again.

It will be difficult for Showtime to sell the Crawford vs. Spence rematch due to the one-sided nature of their previous fight. Last July, Terence Crawford knocked the weight-drained Errol down three times before scoring a ninth-round knockout. When a fight is that lopsided, it is not profitable to have a rematch, especially when it is priced at $85, as it likely will be on PPV.

Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) can choose what weight he wants the rematch to take place at, and it’s possible that he may elect to have it back at 147. As long as Spence is weight-drained like last time, Crawford should have an easy time winning, which is why he’s very likely to force the rematch to take place at the welterweight limit. It’s doubtful that Crawford is going to get the fight that he’s hoping to get against Canelo because he’s too far away from that weight class, and the Mexican star will receive zero credit even if he stomps him into the dirt.

If Canelo struggles to win, he’s going to be laughed at by fans. Losing to Crawford would be the ruin of Canelo’s career and hurt his ability to continue to bring in massive amounts of money. Crawford needs to move up to 168 and campaign in that weight class for a couple of years to receive a #1 ranking for one of Canelo’s four belts if he’s serious about wanting to fight him and not just out for a retirement payday like many fans believe to be the case. If it’s just greed with Crawford, he’s not going to get the fight. He needs to work for it.

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Roy Jones Jr offers advice to Terence Crawford following Canelo Alvarez’s dominant win over Jermell Charlo

By Trust October 2, 2023

The boxing legend was sitting ringside in Las Vegas on Saturday night to watch Canelo’s dominant win over former undisputed 154lb champion Jermell Charlo.

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“He’s [Jermell Charlo] No Longer On My Hit List” – Terence Crawford Source

By Trust October 2, 2023

By Allan Fox: Terence Crawford says he’s no longer interested in fighting Jermell Charlo after watching how he lost to Canelo Alvarez last Saturday night in Las Vegas. Jermell wasn’t willing to put it all on the line, take chances, and risk getting knocked out cold by the hard-hitting ‘King’ Canelo (60-2-2, 39 KOs). Once Jermell felt Canelo’s power in the first round, he was like, ‘Forget this. I’m not letting him knock me out.‘

Crawford isn’t saying who he’s going to fight to get the mega-money now that he’s scratched Jermell Charlo off his list because Bud can forget about Canelo. After all, the Mexican star said last night, “He’s not in my plans.” A rematch with Errol Spence is one guaranteed massive payday for Crawford, but beyond that fight, it’s difficult to see any huge fights for Crawford unless he does something drastic like moving up to 168 to fight the killers in that weight division.

Keith Thurman is a good option for Bud at 147, but if he fights him, he’s going to get criticized by fans because ‘One Time’ is old, prematurely balding & inactive. Thurman has fought only three times in the last six years since 2017. If Crawford is going to fight welterweight, he needs to bite the bullet and defend against his IBF mandatory Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, who is clearly the best fighter in the 147-lb division at this stage of the game. Like many fans, Crawford was disappointed in what he saw from Jermell because he felt he should have made more effort to win by standing his ground and showing some actual courage. Jermell (35-2-1,19 KOs) fought passively, backing up constantly and letting undisputed super middleweight champion Canelo (60-2-2, 39 KOs) control the rounds with his pressure.

“[Jermell Charlo], you went out sad. Didn’t even try to win. All you did was try to survive. You should be ashamed of yourself,” said Terence Crawford on social media.

It shouldn’t have been a surprise to Crawford how bad Jermell looked against Canelo because this is the fighter he’s always been. Jermell has always been this type of fighter, and the only reason he enjoyed so much success in the last seven years was due to the careful match-making by his management.

You hate to say it, but Jermell was a creation of careful match-making, a manufactured fighter, another Adrien Broner type. The best guys that Jermell has fought in the last seven years were the flawed fighters Tony Harrison, Erickson Lubin, Jeison Rosario, and Brian Castano.

If you look back at Jermell’s earlier fights against Vanes Martirosyan, Gabriel Rosado & Demetrius Hopkins, he was always timid when fighting opposition that backed him up and fought aggressively.

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“I Used to Be Mad at the World”: Terence Crawford Makes Heartfelt Confession About His Past to Joe Rogan

By Trust August 22, 2023

With the kind of records that Terence Crawford established and all the honors and accolades he accrued in a sterling career spanning one and a half decades, it would be easy for many to make assumptions about his past. The fact remains that the Welterweight champion went through some tough early years. Living through those challenging times molded him into a man of steely resolve. Celebrated commentator Joe Rogan might thank his stars as he joined a lucky few listening through the champion’s formative years firsthand.

Terence Crawford had to endure many challenges to reach his recent accomplishment. So the discussion in ‘The Joe Rogan Experience,’ as could be expected, waded through the momentous match and how ‘Bud’ knew it was his time. Given Errol Spence Jr.‘s reputation as one of boxing’s hard-hitters, the latter was in for a surprise when he received a few punches from the New York-born former champion.

Fighting through fury: Terence Crawford tells Joe Rogan

After exchanging their views on UFC-MMA, Rogan asked the world champion about his mother. He said, “One of the [most] craziest stories about your career is your mom…how your mom [just] never gave you any praise. It’s like. It’s not good enough.”

So ‘Bud’ replied that his mother had always been strong and resilient. He loved her to the moon and back. For her stern demeanor, he reasoned,”…that was just her way of pushing me to be great….” Then he also explained how she would set up fights for him to compete in and win. Laughing, Rogan mentioned that the method might contradict how a psychologist would suggest raising a child.

The Nebraskan added that those years taught him to fight back even when someone doubted his skills. So Joe Rogan asked, “Have you ever worked with a sports psychologist or anything?” Refuting this, Terence Crawford said he used to visit counselors during childhood since he habitually got into one problem or another. He shared, “I used to have an anger problem. I used to be mad at the world. And I always tell people, I don’t know why I was so mad.”

With his father no longer by his side and given his mother’s strict upbringing, his pent-up anger would turn against others. In between the talks, Crawford shed some light on the possible lineup against Jermell Charlo or even Canelo Alvarez. He clarified that his next goal is to become the undisputed three-division champion.

An excellent ending for a new beginning

In many ways, Terence Crawford cleared the last hurdle blocking his access to boxing greatness. He defeated Errol Spence Jr. in a thriller that climaxed in the ninth round. The highly anticipated match, touted as akin to the good-old Mayweather Jr. versus Pacquiao, managed to keep a crowd waiting with bated breath on the tenterhook till the referee Harvey Dock intervened to stop the match.

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Why Canelo: I Beat Crawford At 168 Pounds, What Are You Gonna Say? He’s Too Small

By Trust August 21, 2023

Canelo Alvarez isn’t interested in fighting Terence Crawford, even if Crawford is willing to come all the way up to 168 pounds for that opportunity.

Mexico’s Alvarez doesn’t think he would get any credit for fighting Crawford at the super middleweight limit because Crawford would have to move up three weight classes for that pay-per-view bout. Crawford initially stated that he would welcome a showdown with Alvarez at a catch weight of 158 or 160 pounds, which Alvarez immediately dismissed because the four-division champion cannot comfortably box below the super middleweight maximum of 168 pounds anymore.

Crawford more recently stated on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast, however, that he would actually go all the way up to 168 pounds for the chance to face Alvarez. Even then, Alvarez wouldn’t entertain the possibility of fighting Crawford.

The Guadalajara native views a fight with Crawford much the way Crawford feels about boxing Gervonta Davis, a powerful lightweight who would have to move up two divisions, from lightweight to welterweight, for a chance to knock Crawford from his pound-for-pound pedestal.

Co-hosts Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy and guest host Akin Reyes asked Alvarez about boxing Crawford during a recent appearance on “The Breakfast Club,” a popular morning radio show on New York’s Power 105.1 FM.

“It’s impossible because like he say, if he beat Gervonta everybody’s gonna say, ‘Yeah, he’s too small,’ and this and that,” Alvarez said. “So, it’s the same thing. I respect Crawford. He’s a good fighter, but we’re in different weight classes.”

When reminded how huge of a fight he and Crawford could put together, Alvarez replied, “Yeah, but I beat him, what are you gonna say? He’s too small. That’s too small.”

The 33-year-old Alvarez nevertheless has a lot of admiration for Crawford, whom he expected to beat welterweight rival Errol Spence Jr. when they finally fought last month.

“I always knew Crawford is a better fighter,” Alvarez said. “I like Spence, too, but if you see Crawford is a better fighter.”

The 35-year-old Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs), a three-weight world champion from Omaha, Nebraska, dropped Spence three times – once in the second round and twice during the seventh round – before he stopped Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) in the ninth round of a surprisingly one-sided 147-pound title unification fight July 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Spence previously had stated his own desire to move up two-plus divisions to challenge Alvarez at a catch weight of 164 pounds.

Alvarez (59-2-2, 39 KOs) is training for another Showtime Pay-Per-View bout at T-Mobile Arena next month. He’ll face undisputed junior middleweight champ Jermell Charlo (35-1-1, 19 KOs), whom Crawford also wants to fight, in a 12-rounder for Alvarez’s IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO super middleweight titles September 30.

Charlo will move up two weight classes, 14 pounds in total, for the opportunity to become an undisputed champion in a second division versus Alvarez. Crawford is the only male boxer who has fully unified the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO belts in two weight classes (welterweight and junior welterweight).

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Canelo Confident Crawford Beats Spence Again At Junior Middleweight

By Trust August 20, 2023

Like the rest of us, Canelo Alvarez was interested in seeing how Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr. would play out. With the two finally squaring off on July 29th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, Alvarez grabbed himself some popcorn, purchased the pay-per-view, and watched every second of every round. Before they officially got it on, the pound-for-pound star believed that, despite Spence being a great fighter in his own right, that Crawford simply had too many tools in his toolbox. He was right. (photo by Ryan Hafey)

First round aside, Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) dominated the action, scoring three knockdowns before violently finishing the former unified welterweight champ in the ninth. Many have given soliloquies as to why the Omaha, Nebraska, native did what he did. Alvarez though, won’t pontificate long windily. Instead, he gave a short and sweet answer when addressing Crawford’s performance.

“Crawford was the best man that night,” Alvarez told BoxingScene.com.

Nowa beltless, Spence is now trying to make sense of what took place. But before he dives into the film room and attempts to fix his mistakes, he already revealed that he and Crawford have to do it again.

Although their rematch appears to be on the brink of becoming official, Spence is hopeful that Crawford will give him a break of sorts and agree to face him at 154 pounds. Crawford, to his credit, did acknowledge that he’s open to the idea of abandoning the 147-pound landscape and invading the junior middleweight division.

By and large, Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) is banking on the extra seven pounds doing his body justice in the ring, leading to a much better performance. Alvarez, on the other hand, believes that Spence is holding onto false hope. Whether their showdown happens at 147, 154, or even 175 pounds, the Mexican star simply isn’t convinced that Spence has what it takes to change the outcome.

“If they fight again it’s gonna be the same thing. He’s a better fighter.”

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Terence Crawford plans to jump three weight divisions to fight winner of Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo in ‘boxing’s biggest fight’

By Trust August 20, 2023

Terence Crawford has called out the winner between Canelo Alvarez and Jerell Charlo in his quest to become a three-time undisputed champion.

The 35-year-old ruthlessly knocked out welterweight rival Errol Spence last month to add the WBA, WBC and IBF straps to his WBO title.

Crawford, who has won all 40 of his fights in the paid ranks, has also held all four major belts in the super-lightweight division.

And now the unbeaten American is willing to jump up three weight classes to face Canelo or Charlo in their super-middleweight bout next month.

Both of those men are undisputed in their respective weight classes, with Charlo jumping up two divisions from super-welterweight.

‘Bud’ hinted at a catchweight fight against Canelo earlier in August, which the Mexican icon instantly dismissed.

He has now stated that he is willing to move up to 168lbs in order to secure boxing’s biggest fight.

Speaking on the Joe Rogan Experience, the Nebraska native said: “It’s greatness. This is my era and I’m taking it. Ain’t nobody gonna stop me.

“Now that I’ve switched gears, I know I wanted to fight Jermell but if he loses to Canelo — I’ve always said that’s a big step.

“That’s a big step but for a person to go up three weight classes from 147 to 168 [lbs] and to win and to become undisputed … wow. What can they say?”

He added: “Three-time undisputed champion and the smaller fighter that went up three weight divisions to conquer one of the baddest men — besides himself —that’s been doing it for probably longer than me.”

Pressed on who he wants to fight next and at what weight class, Crawford stated: “168 [lbs]. If [Alvarez] wins. Or Charlo. The winner.

“I think that’s the biggest fight in boxing.

“If he [Alvarez] beats Jermell, Terence Crawford-Canelo is the biggest fight in boxing, hands down. I want to be three-time undisputed.”

Crawford continued: “I would definitely have to gain weight. I just believe in my abilities. Canelo’s not a big guy, he’s five-eight.

“He’s muscular, but as far as height, nah. That wouldn’t be nothing that… We’d have to see.

“I think it could happen. To be honest, I think that’s the biggest fight in boxing if he beat Charlo.

“I’m ready now. People think it’s all about weight, but I think it’s skill. I’ve got the power to make anybody respect me, I don’t care what your weight is.”

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“Big Don’t Mean Stronger.” Terence Crawford Explains To Joe Rogan How He Beat Errol Spence

By Trust August 20, 2023

“That’s a fight that we’ve been wanting for years,” undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford said on Joe Rogan’s podcast. “To finally secure the fight and perform the way I performed, it was a great moment for me and my career.” Few would disagree. Crawford’s brilliant showcasing of his skills against then fellow undefeated welterweight titlist Errol Spence in last month’s high profile superfight surprised even Crawford’s own supporters. Everyone knew Crawford was good – but did they know exactly how good he was? Perhaps not. Yet Crawford made it clear to Rogan that it was pre-fight preparation that made his in ring performance against Spence so impressive.

“Everything you seen fight night,” Crawford said, “we drilled it time and time again, time and time again, so it came naturally and easy to me when the fight came.” With the fight being several weeks in the rear view mirror Crawford reflected on the fact that many didn’t expect him to win due to Spence’s size and fundamentally impressive style. “He might be bigger than me,” Crawford said of Spence, “but big don’t mean stronger.” Not that everyone felt that Spence was going to win. “I was favored in Vegas,” Crawford said, “so Vegas must have had it right.”

Crawford went on to reveal to Rogan that there had actually been a time when he felt the long anticipated bout with Spence might not ever come to fruition. “There was a point in time where I shifted gears,” he told Rogan, “and I shifted my mind off of Errol Spence because I didn’t feel like the fight was going to happen. But once I left Top Rank and we started negotiations,I was like ‘maybe this fight will happen.’” Ultimately, Crawford reached out to Spence himself. “I just hit up Spence, like listen man, if me and you fight, me and your are going to get this done, because there’s a lot of people blocking the fight,” Crawford said. “They (those blocking the fight) wanted to do the deal a certain way and I wanted to do the fight the fair way.”

Crawford went on to explain to Rogan that he didn’t intensely study Spence’s previous ring outings before getting in the ring with the man. “I have a different style,” Crawford admitted. “They’re not going to fight me the same style and the same way they fought their previous opponents. They’re just not.” Besides, as Crawford made clear, he likes to operate in the moment. “I don’t watch too much film because I’m going to make my adjustments on the fly inside the ring,” he said. “My coaches, they do the studying, then come up with a plan, then they shoot me the plan to win and we just go from there.”

Perhaps the clearest insight into Crawford’s method can be found in his comments to Rogan about how his mind operated in the moments before the opening bell. “I think I made the change to fight southpaw in the back dressing room,” said the ambidextrous fighter. “I was remembering, ‘he (Spence) never fought too many southpaws before, and then on one of the occasions he go hurt real bad by a hook,’ so I was like ‘I’m coming out southpaw and we’re going to box just to start off, but at the same time I’m going to get my respect right out the gate.’”

Prepping is clearly important in any endeavor – yet Crawford is living proof that operating in the spur of the moment can have its advantages, as well

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Terence Crawford accepts Canelo’s demands for mega fight and insists he ‘doesn’t care about weight’

By Trust August 20, 2023

TERENCE CRAWFORD has accepted Canelo Alvarez’s demands for their potential mega fight.

The undisputed welterweight world champion has also insisted that he “doesn’t care about weight” as he eyes more glory.

Crawford became the undisputed champion in a second division last month by stopping Errol Spence Jr. in the ninth round of their bout.

Now 40-0, the 35-year-old is looking to repeat the feat in a third division.

In order to do so, he is open to fighting the winner of Canelo’s fight against Jermell Charlo on September 30.

The pair are facing off in Las Vegas for Canelo’s super middleweight titles.

Charlo is set to be stripped of his super welterweight belts once the fight starts.

With that in mind, Crawford is now open to jumping up to 168lbs to fight the winner.

“So now I need to shift gears, because I know I wanted to fight Jermell, but if he loses to Canelo…” he told Joe Rogan.

“I always said man, that’s a big step, but for a person to go up three weight classes from 147 to 168, and to win and become undisputed, wow.

“What can they say? They can’t say nothing right now, but what can they say?

“Three-time undisputed champion and the smaller fighter that went up three weight divisions to conquer one of the baddest men that’s been doing it for probably longer than me.”

Bud has also backed himself for success at the higher weight class, adding: “I would definitely have to gain weight.

“I just believe in my abilities. Canelo’s not a big guy, he’s five-eight. He’s muscular, but as far as height, nah. That wouldn’t be nothing that… We’d have to see.

“I think it could happen. To be honest, I think that’s the biggest fight in boxing if he beats Charlo.

“I’m ready now. People think it’s all about weight, but I think it’s skill. I’ve got the power to make anybody respect me, I don’t care what your weight is.”

Despite Crawford teasing a mega fight against Canelo, Spence Jr. is keen on a rematch.

He revealed after his loss to Crawford that he plans to activate his rematch clause in time for them to fight again in December.

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