WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford is less than two weeks away from possibly cementing his legacy as an all-time great.
Crawford will battle unified welterweight champion(WBC, WBA, IBF) Errol Spence Jr. on Saturday, July 29, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas(SHOWTIME PPV).
On Wednesday, Crawford(39-0, 30 KOs) continued his preparation for Spence(28-0, 22 KOs) in front of the media in Las Vegas.
“This fight means everything,” Crawford said. “This puts the cherry on top of my career. I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time, and I can’t wait to get it on.”
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Crawford’s trainer, Brian “Bo Mac” McIntyre, agrees with his fighter; winning against Spence would put a nice bow on Crawford’s career.
“This is the fight to shut the haters and non-believers up,” McIntyre said. “It’s the icing on the cake for one hell of a career.”
Like Spence, Crawford has never tasted defeat as a professional, so he does not know what it feels like to lose.
“I think I could beat anybody at any sport,” he said. “That’s just my nature. I play to win. If I’m gonna challenge you, I’m coming to win, and I believe that wholeheartedly. That could be anybody. Even if I’m playing Michael Jordan in one-on-one.”
Spence appears to be the bigger man and has broken many fighters. He plans to do the same to Crawford, which motivates the former undisputed champion at 140 pounds.
“He thinks he’s gonna bulldoze me and break me, but he’s gonna have to show me,” Crawford said. “All of that talk is fuel to the fire that’s already burning. He’s gonna have to prove everything that he’s saying come fight night.
“This fight is happening at the right time. All the belts are on the line, so there’s even more to fight for. What better way to have this fight than to have it for the undisputed welterweight title?”
Crawford is correct! This fight is coming at the right time!
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