![]() “This is what I’ve worked for my whole career. Although he does take some shots, it’s mostly a function of him sacrificing defense for the sake of creating offensive opportunities. On defense, Crawford utilizes the same angles and smart movement to avoid punches that he does to create offensive openings. Always a tenacious competitor, he’s also one of the best finishers in the game and will go for the kill when the opportunity presents itself. Blessed with impeccable timing, he’s adept at using angles and varying the speed of his attacks to keep opposition off-kilter. Working behind a probing jab that helps establish pace and space, the 35-year-old often starts methodically, taking his time to dissect and eventually disassemble his opponents. ” Undefeated, Unified WBC, WBA, & IBF World Welterweight Champion - Errol Spence Jr.Ĭrawford is a smart, adaptive, versatile boxer-puncher who is equally effective from orthodox and southpaw stances. “ The winner of this fight is the best fighter in boxing, period. ![]() His offensive capabilities, however, work to keep opposition from being too aggressive. As a total package, he has earned the reputation of being one of boxing’s best offensive fighters.ĭefensively, Spence does a solid job of picking off punches with his gloves and rolling with shots. Aggressive by nature, he is also active and accurate with his shots. ![]() The physically strong and technically sound southpaw gets great leverage on everything in his arsenal, something which allows him to be equally effective to the head and body. The 33-year-old Spence chops, chops, chops at his opponents with a stiff, educated jab and thudding body work. The winner will also go on to earn recognition as, arguably, the pound-for-pound best fighter in boxing. Crawford will crown the first Undisputed Welterweight World Champion of the four-belt era. Long-awaited and much-anticipated, Spence vs. Now 7-0 as a welterweight, with all seven of those wins coming inside the distance, “Bud” has been burning to establish himself as THE man at 147. In his first bout at 147, Crawford would batter and stop one-time Manny Pacquiao conqueror Jeff Horn to take the WBO welterweight title. The Omaha, Nebraska native would eventually move up to junior welterweight, where he battled his way to unified four-belt champ status with one-sided wins over Thomas Dulorme, Viktor Postol, and Julius Indongo. Terence Crawford, meanwhile, touched off his own Hall of Fame-worthy championship run at lightweight with a 2014 decision over defending IBF champ Ricky Burns on Burns’ Scottish home turf. Victories over former two-division world champ Danny Garcia as well as former world titlists Mikey Garcia and Lamont Peterson help round out a resume that is already Hall of Fame worthy. The Desoto, Texas native is on a six-fight championship run since then, adding the WBC and WBA 147-pound belts along the way with big wins over defending titlists Shawn Porter and Yordenis Ugas, respectively. It took a long time getting to this moment, as both fighters built their individual legacies and sparred over business issues, but there was never any doubt these fierce competitors wanted one another.Įrrol Spence’s championship journey began in 2017 when he went into defending IBF welterweight world champ Kell Brook’s Sheffield, UK backyard and wrested the title from him via eleventh-round TKO. In the show opener, top prospect Yoenis Tellez battles Spanish contender Sergio Garcia in a 10-round super welterweight contest. ![]() Also on the card, future Hall of Famer Nonito Donaire takes on top contender Alexandro Santiago for the vacant WBC Bantamweight Title. PT) will feature Mexico’s all-action Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz facing unbeaten Giovanni Cabrera in a 12-round WBC and WBA Lightweight Title Eliminator in the co-main event. The SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View telecast (8 p.m. (28-0, 22 KOs) takes on WBO 147-pound World Champion Terence “Bud’’ Crawford (39-0, 30 KOs) in a history-making, legacy-defining war for the Undisputed Welterweight World Championship. Unified WBC, WBA and IBF Welterweight World Champion Errol “The Truth’’ Spence Jr. This Saturday, July 29, live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and atop a SHOWTIME PPV/Premier Boxing Champions blockbuster event, the BIG one is set to happen. ![]()
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