By Allan Fox: Errol Spence Jr made it clear today that he intends to fight Terence Crawford in a rematch later this year, and he won’t hang his head or run away.
Spence isn’t going to hide in shame and disappear from civilization, living on top of a mountain as a recluse, stewing on his anger over what happened last weekend in his loss to Crawford.
“My head up like a nose bleed,” said Errol Spence Jr on social media, letting fans know that he’s not going to hide in shame after his loss to Terence Crawford.
Spence added that where he came from, you don’t make excuses. “Even if I had one, I wouldn’t give it to you.”
Errol plans on getting right to work, correcting the mistakes he made, and getting the weight right.
How Spence beats Crawford in the rematch:
- Get weight right
- Increase power
- Work on defense
- Improve inside game
- Shorten stance
Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) wants to run it back, so Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) will have to live with it.
If Crawford had other ideas of making a soft defense against gatekeeper Keith Thurman, he can forget about that because Spence will be fighting him again in December.
The rematch will take place at 154, which will allow Spence to be full strength, unlike his fight last Saturday night. Errol appeared to be fighting under 60% power capacity and looked drained like a battery.
Crawford will still need to agree on the weight, but giving the green light to face Spence at 154 shouldn’t be an issue.
After Crawford’s ninth round knockout victory last Saturday night, he likely believes he’ll beat Spence at any weight. You can also label that as a characteristic of a person being power drunk.
It’s a natural thing that slowly happens to a fighter when they enjoy a lot of success, as it eventually engulfs them, causing them to want to achieve more & more, taking greater risks.
Eventually, they hit their ceiling and suffer a defeat. We saw that with Canelo Alvarez when he fought Dmitry Bivol. Crawford will experience that took soon enough if he doesn’t retire after his rematch with Spence.
Just having the rematch at 154 will help Spence greatly because he looked like a dead man walking inside the ring last Saturday.
You could tell from looking at Spence’s drained appearance before the fight that he had nearly killed himself, making the 147-lb limit.
For boxing fans that have dieted before and dropped 20+ lbs in a short two-month period, they’ll know that it weakens them severely.
If you hit the weight room after dropping 20 or more pounds, you’ll discover that your strength has disappeared significantly.
If you were benching 300+ before, you can’t get anywhere close to that after losing the kind of weight that Spence did for his fight with Crawford.
Congrats to @terencecrawford good shit ! …hopefully we can do it again before the end of the year ..
— Errol Spence (@ErrolSpenceJr) July 30, 2023
Errol Spence on Instagram today after the Terence Crawford defeat… pic.twitter.com/cTQnz1AdrG
— Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) July 31, 2023
