The much-discussed bout between Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford slipped away as soon as Crawford opted to face David Avanesyan as an alternative on Dec. 10.
That evening, Crawford scored a spectacular knockout-of-the-year contender towards Avanesyan in Nebraska. In the meantime, within the Dallas space, Spence was concerned in a freak automobile accident involving a 14-year-old unlicensed driver. Spence’s automobile was totaled, and he stated his leg was injured.
Quick ahead to Dec. 16, when Spence was in Las Vegas to advertise understudy Frank Martin’s bout towards Michel Rivera, the WBC, WBA, and IBF welterweight champion Spence did a walk-and-talk interview with a bunch of media members.
“I did not get to see [the Crawford-Avanesyan fight] however I seen the highlights. He regarded. Terence all the time regarded good. [The knockout] was nasty,” stated Spence.
When Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) was additional pressed across the topic of a Crawford combat lastly occurring in 2023, Spence was much less definitive than he has been all year long to lastly combat the Nebraskan native.
“Subsequent 12 months, something can occur. I do not know man, I am not going to fret about it an excessive amount of. If it occurs, it occurs. If it do not, it do not,” stated Spence.
“We’ll see man, we’ll see. The nice factor is that I received helluh choices. I by no means say I aint combat no one. Sh!t — I will combat whoever.”
One in all Spence’s choices seems to be Keith Thurman.
A February combat towards the previous welterweight champion Thurman was in play ever since Crawford went his personal approach, however as a result of Spence’s harm, the Texan is now anticipating to return in both April, Could, or June, Spence said on Dec. 17.
As negotiations round Spence’s return to the ring get dragged out, the 32-year-old, career-long welterweight can’t wait for much longer to combat in the one division he’s ever competed in.
“I am getting older. It is getting more durable to make 147,” stated Spence.
Spence final fought in April and scored a Tenth-round TKO win towards Yordenis Ugas.
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