Errol Spence and Terence Crawford's bitter feud is more personal than Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao
So it was a welcome surprise that in 2023 thefor July 29 in Las Vegas. “Y'all are going to witness greatness," Crawford said after the fight was set. "People after this fight are going to say that ‘Bud’ Crawford is special. I can assure you that. He'll give me my respect after the fight, after I whoop that a**.”
"Terence hasn't fought anybody," Spence said later, pointing out that he beat their two common opponents – Porter and Britain’s Kell Brook – before Crawford. "Even Shawn Porter said he didn't train like he should [and]Perhaps the most shocking – and heartening – development between the pair in 2023 was the way this fight finally came together.
"We had to get on the phone and talk about it, and now it's finally happening," said Spence of the conversation in March that rescued the contest just when talks were falling apart once again.Crawford knocked out Russia's David Avanesyan in his WBO defence in December"This is going to prove not only who the best welterweight is, but who the best fighter in the world is.”
Perhaps it’s because both fighters know this American uncivil war will define their legacies in the sport, for better or worse. Mayweather and Pacquiao had both already proved their greatness by the time they belatedly met.
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