Terence Crawford: “I Believe In Myself…Errol Spence, He Can’t Say The Same”

By: Sean Crose

“I’m about to give it to y’all raw and uncut,” Terence Crawford stated on an Instagram dwell feed Tuesday night time to clarify his facet of the latest negotiation drama between himself and staff Errol Spence. According to Crawford, he reached out to Spence final May, which successfully acquired negotiations going between himself and Spence’s advisor Al Haymon. “Al’s a good dude, man,” Crawford admitted. “Al’s a charming guy. He’s a cool dude. I kind of like talking to him, but at the same time Spence is Al’s guy and I’m not.” Crawford went on to say that he and Haymon had been “going back and forth over the numbers,” then some potential buyers stepped in.

“I have two companies that reached out to me,” Crawford stated, “that wanted to get me and Spence 25 million dollars guaranteed.” According to Crawford, he reached out to Spence in regards to the matter. After initially discussing the brand new improvement Crawford claimed Spence by no means bothered calling again, so he reached out to Haymon himself on the matter. “Al tells me straight up “I’m not letting nobody touch this fight,’” Crawford stated, including that, with little progress being made, he then provided a sit down of types with the intention to type issues out.

“I said ‘Al listen, why don’t you get Spence and you since you’re his representative and I get myself and my lawyer and we just make this fight…and Al told me straight up: ‘That ain’t ever happened in the history of ever.’” Crawford retorted on the dwell stream that he himself “never heard of a fighter taking zero guarantee in a fight…that is something that’s new to me but that was something I was willing to do.” All in all, Crawford was clear about how he noticed negotiations for a battle with Spence. “I’m the only one that was taking all the risks,” he stated. Crawford went on so as to add {that a} assure by no means was despatched his manner.

“I never was offered a guarantee, not once,” Crawford stated. “That’s how much confidence and faith I have in myself – I took it all.” Crawford, if he’s to be believed, was fully sure that he would beat Spence within the ring. “I took the risk,” he stated. “I believe in my abilities and I believe in myself…Errol Spence, he can’t say the same.”

Crawford indicated Haymon was assured Spence could be wonderful with or with no battle for the undisputed welterweight championship of he world. “Al told me if I don’t take this fight he’s just going to go and Errol Spence is going to make eight figures without me,” Crawford stated. “I’m not the type of guy to sit on my ass, to sit on my hands for no man.”