Boxing followers excited by ‘most anticipated struggle’ since Mayweather vs Pacquiao
A belt-unifying contest to verify the world’s undisputed welterweight champion might be the largest struggle since Floyd Mayweather v Manny Pacquiao. That’s the view of boxing followers on social media because the on-off duel between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr lastly appears to have been given the go-ahead.
According to ESPN, the 2 welterweight belt holders will come face-to-face on July 29 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
With an expert report that reads 39-0, 30KOs, Crawford holds the WBO belt, whereas Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) at the moment possesses the opposite three main titles at welterweight.
The hotly anticipated match-up might be broadcast stay on Showtime PPV and can earn each fighters a assured eight figures on the night time. Furthermore, a bidirectional rematch clause is included within the deal, which may be triggered inside 30 days of the struggle date, however should happen earlier than the top of 2023.
The potential rematch could be a part of Crawford’s two-match cope with PBC, but when each fighters gained one struggle every, a trilogy struggle is anticipated to be scheduled.
The news has whetted the appetites of boxing followers on social media, who had been fast to attract comparisons with ‘Fight of the Century’ Mayweather v Pacquiao, which additionally came about in Las Vegas, again in 2015.
@3AMSOUNDS Tweeted: “Crawford/spence > Mayweather/pac. They’re fighting younger & the styles match up way better. Gonna be a true battle of will. Either man can truly win.”
@Xplicit1ne wrote: “IF it happens I think Crawford vs Spence will definitely be a better fight than the Mayweather vs Pacquiao fight.”
@MrAmazin91 added: “This Errol Spence vs Terence Crawford fight is the biggest fight since Mayweather vs Pacquiao. I hope they truly get this deal signed so I can book my trip. I will definitely be in attendance. I got the Big Fish by decision.”
Other followers had been glad to level out that Crawford (35) v Spence (33) could be a superior struggle as a result of the pair are nonetheless youthful than Mayweather (38) and Pacquiao (36) had been in 2015.
@Diesel9986 Tweeted: “Crawford & Spence are unifying titles and aren’t too old yet. Mayweather/Pacquiao was 10 years too late. This fight is 5 years late but not too late to have a trilogy out of this”
@rubengomz619 added: “Mayweather vs Paq was waaaay more anticipating…but Spence vs Crawford are in their primes.”
Crawford is taken into account the slight favorite, topping EPSN’s pound-for-pound rankings, with Spence positioned fourth on the record. The latter has needed to cope with controversy away from the ring as effectively. In 2022, he pleaded responsible to the cost of driving whereas intoxicated after crashing his Ferrari at velocity in 2019.