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By Allan Fox: Terence Crawford says he’s eventually going to face IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. in the future, but for now he wants to let the fight marinate to make it bigger before the two of them eventually face each other. Right now, neither of them have the fan base to make a fight between them a pay-per-view contest.
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 aware of is how difficult it’ll be for him to win the WBA and WBC titles, as getting fights against Keith ‘One Time’ Thurman, Danny Garcia and Shawn Porter could take many years.
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.
By Chris Williams: Floyd Mayweather Jr. states that within a short period of time, a fight between IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (23-0, 20 KOs) and former two division world champion Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) will be the biggest fight in boxing.
By Chris Williams: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is counting on the interest in a fight between former unified light welterweight champion Terence Crawford and IBF 147 lb. champion Errol Spence Jr. to build slowly over time to where it’s a big fight for the boxing public. Arum thinks the Spence-Crawford fight will be big by 2019.