Crawford: Thurman punches harder than Spence

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By By Chris Williams: Terence Crawford says he knows for a facto that WBA/WBC welterweight champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman punches harder than IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr. However, that’s the only thing that Crawford says he knows for a fact about the two.

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Lampley rates Spence-Crawford as dream fight

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By Chris Williams: HBO commentator Jim Lampley sees IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) as a dream fight for the future. Lampley can’t or won’t say who he favors right now in a fight between them. He thinks that Crawford has more punching power than Spence (23-0, 20 KOs) despite being smaller and with not as high a knockout percentage.

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Errol Spence vs. Terence Crawford not doable economically

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By Chris Williams: The boxing public is not going to be seeing a fight between IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence Jr. (23-0, 20 KOs) and former light welterweight unified champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) anytime soon unfortunately. The fight still needs to be built up over time, and it’s going to take a while for it to be the money maker that it could be in the distant future.

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A rivalry to match the 1980s?

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By Gav Duthie: Not many would argue that one of the greatest eras in boxing took place in the 1980s between welterweight-middleweight involving American trio Sugar Ray Leonard 36-3-1 (25), Marvin Hagler 62-3-2 (52) and Tommy Hearns 61-5-1 (48). As well as these three standout stars there was Roberto Duran, Wilfried Benitez, John Mugabi and many more in the mix.

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Dibella: Spence-Thurman will happen before Spence-Crawford

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By Chris Williams: Promoter Lou Dibella says a fight between IBF welterweight champion Errol ‘The Truth’ Spence (23-0, 20 KOs) and WBA/WBC champion Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman (28-0, 20 KOs) is more likely to happen before we see a fight between Spence and Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs).

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