Boxing 2022

[KMD7]

Put on a bit of a clinic there did Crawford. Wasn't expecting it to be so one sided. Some fighter 

[Kevin D]

Crawford making time, during the fight, to shit talk Charlo:

 

 

 

[Lee909]

[Kevin D]

https://www.badlefthook.com/2023/7/30/23813006/what-terence-crawford-did-errol-spence-jr-was-special-boxing-news-2023
 

Terence Crawford completely outclassed Errol Spence Jr on Saturday night. He became undisputed welterweight champion of the world, the second time he’s become an undisputed champion, the first male fighter to do that in the four-belt era.
 

For years, Crawford heard from various angles that he hadn’t fought anyone, that he would struggle if he had been with Premier Boxing Champions, the outfit that all but owned the 147 lb division. Never mind that Crawford had won a title at 135 and gone undisputed at 140.

 

But it wasn’t an entirely illogical argument, even with Crawford passing every eye test with flying colors. After moving up to 147 in 2018, Crawford’s resume consisted of Jeff Horn, Jose Benavidez Jr, Amir Khan, Egidijus Kavaliauskas, Kell Brook, Shawn Porter, and David Avanesyan.

 

Those aren’t bad fighters, mind you, any of them. But two of them — Brook and Porter — had already been beaten soundly by his PBC counterpart, Spence, who had also scored dominant wins over Lamont Peterson, Carlos Ocampo, Mikey Garcia, Danny Garcia, and Yordenis Ugas. He picked up three world titles along the way, starting by stopping Brook in 2017, going overseas just as Crawford had to win his first world title.

 

When you really break it down, it’s arguable the gap between the resumes isn’t that huge, but Spence was beating a lot of the names, because PBC had pretty much all the names.

 

Other than Crawford, who was signed with Top Rank. Cross-promotional and cross-network politics are up there among boxing’s biggest problems when it comes to delivering what fans want to see, and it took a few years for Spence and Crawford to finally get together, about 20 months after Crawford left Top Rank behind, saying on stage directly next to promoter Bob Arum that they had failed to deliver the big fight, and it was time for him to leave.

Saturday was expected to be competitive.

 

The odds were narrow for a marquee boxing event, with “Bud” the slight favorite over Spence. And for a round, it looked like it might be a tactical affair, both looking to find the rhythm.

 

Crawford found it in round two. And then it was all Terence Crawford.

 

Two days before the fight, Crawford said, “Everything about me is better than Errol. When you look at what I do in the ring, it’s better than what he does. Come fight night, I’m going to prove every doubter wrong. I’m going to show that I’m the best fighter in the world.”

 

If he didn’t do that, he didn’t do anything. Everything about him was better than Errol. He proved every remaining doubter or skeptic wrong.

 

And it’s hard to say, with all due respect to the great Naoya Inoue, that Terence Crawford didn’t prove he was the best fighter in the world.

 

His fellow pros were in awe of what Terence achieved, as he battered Spence, bloodied him, dominated him, and dropped him three times before referee Harvey Dock mercifully stopped a one-sided affair in round nine.

 

Offering congratulations, Canelo Alvarez told Crawford, “You are a fucking great fighter. Well deserved.” Many proclaimed Crawford to be the clear top dog in the sport, pound-for-pound; again, it’s really hard to say he isn’t.

 

What Terence Crawford did against Errol Spence Jr was special. One commenter on this site during the live discussion compared it to the 2009 fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, where a great fighter was just taken apart by a really great fighter, and I think that stands.

Crawford is, to use a meme phrase sincerely, built different.

 

It’s not just skills, it’s not just the spite he has in his style, it’s not just hard work or confidence or his completely unflappable demeanor. It’s all of it. He is a complete package as a fighter, physically and mentally. He is truly, truly great.

 

There probably will be a rematch. It’s in the contract. Spence seems to have absolutely no interest in doing it again at 147 — meaning if Crawford insists on that, Spence may waive his right to the rematch — but Crawford sounds totally open to doing it at 154, noting that he also has to cut down to make weight, and as he approaches his 36th birthday, that won’t be getting easier.

He’s talked about moving up before, and with the money on the table for Crawford vs Spence 2 — and Terence will have his name first next time, without question — it might be hard to pass that up to stay at welterweight and fight someone like Jaron “Boots” Ennis, with full respect to Ennis.

 

But a rematch is for another time, and whether it’s needed or not isn’t even really part of the discussion. If they agree on the terms, it will happen.

 

For now, it is simply about appreciating Terence Crawford as quite possibly the best fighter in boxing’s post-Mayweather/Pacquiao era. In the biggest fight of his career, against the biggest test of his career, he made an elite fighter look no better equipped to deal with him than Jeff Horn or David Avanesyan were.

 

Give him the credit. All of it. Because he’s earned it and then some. He didn’t just win, he conquered.

 

 

 

[Lee909]

Good piece but the 4 belt era shit can fuck off.

 

I stand by Henry Armstrong being a 3 weight world champion is far more impressive than Pacquiao and Floyds 4/5/6/7 weight titles. 

[sir roger]

Wood v Warrington looks a decent tear-up.

I'd make sure there was plenty of security in place though if I was the promoter.

[Lee909]

That's got to hurt

 

 

 

[Lee909]

 

 

 

[Kevin D]

Looks like there’ll be a rematch:

 

https://danrafael.substack.com/p/spence-crawford-generates-at-least
 

Terence Crawford’s supreme performance in a ninth-round knockout of Errol Spence Jr. to become the undisputed welterweight world champion last Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas generated at least 650,000 domestic Showtime PPV buys, multiple sources with knowledge of the event told Fight Freaks Unite on Thursday.

 

The sources said there is a good chance the number could rise to closer to 675,000 buys or more once everything is counted. At 650,000, the fight, which sold for $84.99, generated a gross of more than $55 million in pay-per-view revenue.

 

The fight, which stamped Crawford as boxing’s pound-for-pound king, also generated more than $21 million in ticket sales at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, where attendance was announced as a 19,900 sellout.

 

The gate total put Spence-Crawford in the same realm as the year’s other mega fight, Gervonta Davis’ seventh-round knockout of Ryan Garcia on April 22, which generated a gate of $22.8 million — fifth-biggest in Nevada history — at T-Mobile Arena. Davis-Garcia, however, did far more Showtime PPV buys, landing at about 1.2 million and more than $100 million in PPV revenue.

 

Crawford’s victory in the long-awaited fight allowed him to retain the WBO 147-pound title and to take the WBC, IBF and WBA belts from Spence to become the first undisputed welterweight champion of the four-belt era.

 

Crawford, who also unified the four belts at junior welterweight in 2017, became the first male boxer to become a four-belt undisputed champion in two weight classes.

 

Spence and Crawford figure to make at least $25 million apiece, though Spence’s contract called for him to have a slightly greater share than 50 percent, a source with knowledge of the deal told Fight Freaks Unite.
 

The fight marked by far the most successful pay-per-view event for either Spence or Crawford. Spence (28-1, 22 KOs), 33, of DeSoto, Texas, who had sold in the 300,000s previously, was headlining his fifth consecutive pay-per-view card, having also faced Yordenis Ugas, Danny Garcia, Shawn Porter and Mikey Garcia on pay-per-view.

 

Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs), 35, of Omaha, Nebraska, who knocked Spence down in the second round and twice more in the seventh round in the dominating victory, was in his third pay-per-view main event in a row and fifth overall, having previously headlined against David Avanesyan, Porter, Amir Khan and Viktor Postol, but having never had any of his events get into the 200,000s for pay-per-view sales.

 

To celebrate Crawford’s victory, Omaha has scheduled a parade for him on Aug. 12 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. CT in downtown Omaha with the parade concluding at the Gene Leahy Mall at the Riverfront.

 

“Let’s celebrate Terence together for his outstanding achievements as a world champion and coach and mentor to the youth at B&B Sports Academy,” Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert said. “His genuine interest in the young people of Omaha shows his real strength in preparing the next generations for success. The City is proud to create this event that honors him and that everyone can participate in.”

[sir roger]

Catterall fighting Linares in Liverpool in October. 

I didn't realise Linares was still active.

[Lee909]

No way the rematch does similar numbers with the first result and the way he dominated. They'd need to stack the undercard

[John102]

26 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Catterall fighting Linares in Liverpool in October. 

I didn't realise Linares was still active.

Jesus, thats ridiculous.

 

Just had a look myself and he has had 8 fights in the last 5 years, losing 5 of them and then last 3 on the spin.

 

Is this Catterall's warm up for Lopez or Prograis???

[Lee909]

Prograis is fighting Haney. Or at least they are on the verge of agreeing a deal

[Lee909]

Catterall needs that rematch with Taylor. Though with Taylor not having belts he might not be interested 

[John102]

I know selling tickets at the echo arena can be difficult and a big name like Linares probably helps, but what is the point?

 

He is going to need a tune up after Linares/Foley before he steps back up to world class.

[KMD7]

https://fightpost.co.uk/2022/10/19/a-boxing-memory-daniel-zaragoza/?fbclid=IwAR2MLsw3K-lktRfFxuzSsc1aFtiVlLnLt5yH0pbH8el8gRQX_V0BLn_k5dc

 

Too long of a piece to post but an excellent article about the great Daniel Zaragoza. 

[Dr Nowt]

 

[Kevin D]

4 minutes ago, Dr Nowt said:

 

That’s pretty funny.

[sir roger]

Fat burners ?

[Captain Turdseye]

Saved a lot of gullible twats from parting with their money. 

[sir roger]

Is Del Boy available ?

[Elite]

22 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

Saved a lot of gullible twats from parting with their money. 

They'll get a new opponent. Someone of high level calibre such Dave Allen or Danny Williams.

[cloggypop]

28 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Is Del Boy available ?

 

He's on the undercard. 

[Remmie]

30 minutes ago, Elite said:

They'll get a new opponent. Someone of high level calibre such Dave Allen or Danny Williams.

Nothing wrong with Danny Williams. 2 of my favourite ever fights was him knocking out Tyson and Mark Potter. 

 

Albeit he is probably in his 50s now and coming off 12 straight losses! 

[Special K]

A laughing stock somehow becomes a bigger laughing stock