What do we want? Errol Spence Jr. vs Terence Crawford.
When do we want it? About three years ago…
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But hey, that’s how the boxing world works. Finally, after years and years of will they, won’t they, Spence and Crawford go toe-to-toe this Saturday night to see who will reign supreme in the welterweight division.
All eyes will be on the T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, as we look to the very pinnacle of the 147-pound division.
Well-matched
It’s impossible to pick who the better fighter is out of these two with any real conviction.
Spence and Crawford have been interchangeable #1s and #2s in the welterweight and pound-for-pound rankings for the last couple of years.
Crawford is priced as a slight 20/31 fav with bet365 to win the fight, whereas Spence is a 27/20 underdog - you can split the two prices with a thin piece of tracing paper.
The men have a combined record of 67-0 and haven’t really come close to defeat. They bring all the belts together in the 147-pound division in a historic undisputed title fight.
They share two opponents in Kell Brook and Shawn Porter.
Crawford stopped both men across 2020 and 2021, whilst Spence went a bruising 11 rounds with Brook in 2017 and edged Porter on a split decision in 2019.
No knockdowns
We picked up a huge 15/2 shot on Tuesday by correctly picking Naoya Inoue to win, score 2 or more knockdowns and for the fight to finish in under 9.5 rounds against Stephen Fulton, but we aren’t expecting an up-and-downer in Vegas.
We’re expecting a more technical, tactical chess match on Saturday, and with the security of a rematch clause in place, neither fighter will be that determined of going for broke and risking a career-changing KO.
Backing no knockdowns in the fight prices well at 8/13 with bet365.
But we are looking for more, which points us towards the 13/4 tip.
Crawford is just that little smarter and all-rounded inside the ring. Couple that with the thought of Spence moving up a weight to 154 pounds after this fight, then it’s easier to see “Bud” as the more natural and comfortable welterweight between the two.
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Errol Spence Jr. v Terence Crawford
Terence Crawford to win by Decision/Technical Decision & no knockdowns in the fight
Errol Spence Jr. v Terence Crawford
July 29, 2023
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