Spence Jr. vs. Crawford: The Fight of the Century

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Spence Jr. vs. Crawford
Terence Crawford, TKO, R11
please God let this fight happen

Errol Spence is bigger than Bud he’s more powerful than Bud he’s got a better chin he’s got better defense hes got a better resume he’s younger. ESJ changes people he hurts people. Errol is a front runner and Bud is a slow starter so I feel Errol is gonna set the pace in the first 4 rounds he’ll take all 4 of the first 4. Bud will take the middle rounds like 5,6,7 and 8 but by 9 it’ll be competitive. But Errol will put in body work and it’ll send Bud down I have Errol stopping Bud in round 11 or even in the very last round

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"he’s got better defense " 

Spence defense, especially on the outside, is very limited. Bud has a much better active guard once he finds his range. 

Dumb question where in zeus butthole is this streaming?

@Joshjeffords PPV

Yes I meant on what network or streaming service would offer it, I guess that is TBD.

Spence Jr. vs. Crawford
Terence Crawford, DEC
Whoa high level fight one of these warriors is gonna be proper sad when they lose that night this is isn't your average main event... Nothing a bottle of something strong can't fix though :)

* Edited at 05.27.2023, 8:45 PM ET *

Josh, Showtime PPV, it's on the poster bud! 

Lol thanks missed completley dont think I have that one.

Talking of posters, I hope that's not the final one because it seems a bit anti-climatic for a fight of this magnitude. I could've made that on my massively outdated laptop with the right JPEG images.

Agreed these posters have expired, hopefully, they will come out with a revised version.

 won't happen but few fights i would like to see on the undercard: 

Ugas vs Boots 

Matias vs Gary Antuanne Russell

Caleb Plant vs Andrade 

 

How many PPV's do we see this fight doing?

It'll be surely less than Tank Garcia.

Thought it was just me, terribly unimaginative poster.....

@The gamer64bits 

Don't think it will do well with casual fans but could see them doing like 500K-600K. Spence vs Porter done 350K per wiki. Dont think it will be within the 1m but would love to be wrong 👍

do we even deserve this one?

The excitement around this fight after being hyped up for 4 years has slowed down but it is still a spectacular fight nonetheless. The two top dpgs in the welterweight fighting for undisputed glory. Of the two, Spence is the more come forward and consistent pressure fighter. Errol with likely use his high guard and attempt to offset Crawford’s rhythm with his rangy and unexpected jab. Once he wears you down with blocking shots and fundamentals he likes to get close and land powerful body shots against fighters on the ropes. Crawford will likely look to shift laterally on angles to find openings and keep the fight at mid range where he is more comfortable. His jab is to set up his offensive flurries, wild hooks and uppercuts. He fights in spurts and with mean intentions. He plans his combos and way of attack as he downloads information in the early rounds then breaks fighters down later with relentless pressure. I see it being a bacl and fprth war through the middle of the fight, andbelieve the momentum will shift in Crawford’s favor as he completely finds his rhythm late in fights. I see it being a close fight until Crawford finds an opening and knocks down Spence by round 10. The. Crawford’s energy will raise and look for the finish in the 11th round and ultimately succeed in getting the stoppage with aggressive power shots. I can still see Spence winning but I have to give Crawford the edge based on accomplishments,  reume, styles and hunger.

Pitbull Cruz added to the card LFG!! 

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