Boxing: Errol Spence Spills Beans on Attainable Rematch With Terrence Crawford

Terrence Crawford convincingly stopped Errol Spence in his tracks after knocking him out within the ninth spherical of their title unification bout final Saturday on the World Welterweight Championship.

It was Spence’s first loss in his skilled profession. Will he search a rematch with the undefeated champion, particularly with the actual fact that there’s a rematch clause included of their bout?

Spence, nicknamed The Truth, mentioned a rematch may occur, however he’s not eager on one other battle in opposition to his newest foe within the weight division they simply competed at.

“Yeah, in my mind, it’s my last fight at 147 lbs,” he advised reporters about his subsequent plan.

“Hopefully the next one will be at 154.”

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The 29-year-old additionally sounded off on how he misplaced to Crawford. He defined that he felt his opponent’s energy early on, and it didn’t assist that his timing was not cooperating that evening.

“I got a feel for his power in probably the first or second round,” he mentioned.

“He’s a strong dude, but everybody at the top level has some type of power. I think because my timing was off, he was catching me in between shots.”

Crawford open with the concept of preventing at 154

For his half, Crawford is not shying away from shifting up in weight class, though he acknowledged that it could current tougher challenges for him.

“147 pounds was kinda hard for me too,” he mentioned. “I was already talking about moving up and challenging [undisputed light-middleweight world champion] Jermell Charlo, so 154 pounds wouldn’t be out of reach.”

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