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By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum would like to set up a unification fight between his fighter WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford and WBA ‘regular’ champion Lucas Matthysse (39-4, 36 KOs) in the fall if Argentinian’s fight against Manny Pacquiao (59-7-2, 38 KOs) on July 15 fails to come off. … Read

By MH9: The case for: In the most primitive sense of the word sport is proving that one person is better than another.  Some use bats, balls, rackets or race over a course to prove this.  Stripping this down boxing is a sport that pits one person against another without the complication of implements or […]

By Chris Williams: Errol Spence Jr. will be fighting his IBF mandatory challenger Carlos Ocampo tonight, and he says after that he wants to add two more titles to his collection before he looks to face WBO welterweight champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford in the final unification fight. What Spence (23-0, 20 KOs) might not be […]

By Chris Williams: Promoter Bob Arum named the possible four opponents for Terence Crawford to face in his first defense of his WBO welterweight title on October 13 in Omaha, Nebraska. Crawford (33-0, 24 KOs) won the World Boxing Organization 147lb title last week in stopping champion Jeff Horn (18-1-1, 12 KOs) by a 9th […]

By Chris Williams: Fresh off his victory over WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn, Terence Crawford believes that a fight against IBF champion Errol Spence Jr. is possible if it makes good business sense for the two of them, which will require agreement between his promoters at Top Rank, and Spence’s manager Al Haymon. … Read

By Chris Williams: Top Rank is reportedly considering having Terence Crawford make his first defense of his WBO welterweight title against Jose Benavidez following his win over Jeff Horn last Saturday. Benavidez (27-0, 18 KOs) is in the same Top Rank stable as Crawford, which makes the fight between them an obvious choice. Benavidez, 26, […]

By Chris Williams: Errol Spence Jr. didn’t have much to say about Terence Crawford’s demolition job last Saturday night in beating WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn by a 9th round knockout, but he did let the boxing fans know that he’s watching him by posting a meme of a person wearing a monocle.… Read

By Jeff Aranow: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum believes he has a superstar on his hands in newly crowned WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford after his 9th round knockout win over champion Jeff Horn (18-1-1, 12 KOs) last Saturday night, and he says he’s got enough dates on ESPN for him to fight three or […]

By Chris Williams: Former light welterweight unified champion Terence Crawford 33-0, 24 KOs) beat up and stopped WBO 147lb champion Jeff Horn (18-1-1, 12 KOs) in the 9th round knockout on Saturday night in his debut at welterweight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Crawford, 30, knocked Horn down in the 9th round. […]

By Chris Williams: Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) will be getting a guaranteed purse of $3 million from Top Rank for his title challenge against WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Horn’s guaranteed purse from Top Rank is $1.75 million, according […]