Errol Spence Jr. vs. Terence Crawford boxing match set in Vegas
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Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford are reportedly all set to fight each other on 29th July in Las Vegas following the confusion over a potential undisputed agreement.
Here is everything you need to know.
Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford agree to fight on July 29
Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford have officially struck an agreement on their inevitable super fight.
As per ESPN’s Mike Coppinger, they are currently gearing up to lock horns on 29th July at T-Mobile Arena located in Las Vegas.
If you didn’t know, these are considered to be one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the entire world.
Nevertheless, RingTV.com’s Anson Wainwright claimed on 4th April that they have reached a tentative compromise and scheduled a fight for 17th June.
Breaking: Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. have agreed to a deal to fight for the undisputed welterweight championship on July 29 at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, sources tell ESPN.
Al Haymon, who advises Spence, and CAA’s Ish Hinson (Crawford’s advisor) will deliver the… pic.twitter.com/JiXvGhm6Ms— Mike Coppinger (@MikeCoppinger) May 23, 2023Advertisement
However, Dan Rafael, a longtime boxing insider, revealed that the deal was ‘not close.’ He further said that the match could not possibly be held in June.
Crawford has an unbeaten record in 39 fights along with 30 knockouts. Additionally, he managed to score a sixth-round knockout when David Avanesyan decided to enter the ring in December 2022.
Spence on the other hand also holds an unbeaten record at 28-0 with 22 knockouts. He last fought Yordenis Ugás in a 10th-round TKO last year in April.
More about Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford’s issue with boxing
Terence Crawford admitted last November that he has directly contacted Errol Spence Jr. and his manager, Al Haymon, to reach a decision.
In addition, he said that he was ‘taking all the risks’ and was even willing to accept less money. However, Spence’s team did not provide enough transparency to satisfy his concern.
Regardless, Crawford’s statements prompted Spence to address the situation on his official social media account.
One of his tweets read, ‘He claims that his concerns over having transparency on the revenues and expenses for the fight was the big issue that killed the negotiations. my side agreed to show him everything.’
In another message he wrote, ‘He talking about he didn’t have a guarantee & he was taking all the risk mf I didn’t have a guarantee just a higher percentage!’
Meanwhile, Crawford opted to retort with a short order.
He replied with, ‘If he was so called his own boss then why I had to talk to Al? that’s right I couldn’t talk to you because when I did you said you had to talk to yo people. You can fool all yo little fans that don’t know who you really is but you can’t fool me.’
