“This Is Definitely An Old School Fight.” Errol Spence And Terence Crawford Exude Confidence In First Press Conference

By: Sean Crose

“There will be greatness July 29th that you guys will witness,” WBO welterweight titlist Terence Crawford stated at a Los Angeles press convention Tuesday to advertise his upcoming superbout with WBC, WBA, and IBF titlist Errol Spence. “We measure greatness by eras,” Crawford continued. “We had the Sugar Ray Robinson era, we had the Ali era, the Marvin Hagler’s, the Tommy Hearn’s, we even had the Floyd Mayweather era, but July 29th I’m going to show each and everyone one of you why this is the Terence Crawford era.”

“He calls himself the big fish,” Crawford concluded, referencing Spence, “but what you do when the fish gets took out the water? He suffocates.”

Spence, who may really be extra easygoing than the usually laid again Crawford, took to the mic subsequent. “This is the biggest fight in boxing right now,” he stated. “This is a legendary fight. This is definitely an old school fight. This is the fight that my dad used to talk to me about, and the older people tell me about, where you had sugar Sugar Ray Leonard versus Tommy Hearns, you had Duran and all them, you had De La Hoya-Trinidad fighting, you had the best fighting the best. And finally, we’re at this point where me and Terence Crawford had to get on the phone and talk about it, and now it’s finally happening.”

Spence not solely sees the combat with Crawford being for welterweight dominance. He made it clear Tuesday he feels the winner would be the clear pound for pound greatest in all boxing. “It’s going to prove not only the best welterweight in the world,” he stated, “its going to prove who the best fighter in the world is. You know my mentality. It’s to win. Its to go all out and give it everything. His mentality is the same thing. So I want everyone to tune in July 29th. Come to the fight, we’re going to have a crawfish bowl…there’s going to be enough for everybody, I promise you that.”

Fans have lengthy been ready for Spence and Crawford to sq. off within the ring. Now that the combat has lastly been made, the reply as to who’s the higher fighter will lastly be answered in only a matter of weeks. This is certainly a giant match – two males, undefeated and lauded, battling for supremacy in one of many sport’s hottest and historic divisions.