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Report: Terence Crawford, Errol Spence Jr. closing in on agreement

Report: Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. are closing in on agreement to fight in November.

Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr. reportedly a step closer to happening.

The welterweight titleholders are nearing an agreement to face one another in a unification bout on Nov. 12 or Nov. 19, according to boxing insider Dan Rafael. It is likely to happen in Las Vegas.

Rafael cited “multiple sources.”

Crawford-Spence is one of the biggest-possible fight in boxing. They are both on Boxing Junkie’s pound-for-pound list, Crawford No. 1 and Spence No. 4. They’re both unbeaten. And they’re both fun to watch.

Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) is coming off the biggest victory of his career, a 10th-round knockout of former beltholder Shawn Porter in November. The only question about Crawford might be his age, 34, although he hasn’t shown signs of slowing down.

Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) last fought in April, when he stopped Yordenis Ugas in a title-unification bout.

Fans have clamored for the fight for years but the couldn’t come together, in part because they were handled by competing entities. The fact Crawford became a free agent after the Porter victory made the matchup more likely, as we evidently are witnessing.

“There’s nothing standing in the way from us fighting,” Crawford told ESPN in April. “There’s no promotion company that’s blocking it, there’s no wrong side of the street, there’s no nothing.

“Let’s see who the best welterweight in the world is.”

Rafael also reported that welterweight contenders Eimantas Stanionis and Cody Crowley could meet on the undercard.

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Report: Terence Crawford, Errol Spence Jr. closing in on agreement

Report: Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. are closing in on agreement to fight in November.

Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr. reportedly a step closer to happening.

The welterweight titleholders are nearing an agreement to face one another in a unification bout on Nov. 12 or Nov. 19, according to boxing insider Dan Rafael. It is likely to happen in Las Vegas.

Rafael cited “multiple sources.”

Crawford-Spence is one of the biggest-possible fight in boxing. They are both on Boxing Junkie’s pound-for-pound list, Crawford No. 1 and Spence No. 4. They’re both unbeaten. And they’re both fun to watch.

Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) is coming off the biggest victory of his career, a 10th-round knockout of former beltholder Shawn Porter in November. The only question about Crawford might be his age, 34, although he hasn’t shown signs of slowing down.

Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) last fought in April, when he stopped Yordenis Ugas in a title-unification bout.

Fans have clamored for the fight for years but the couldn’t come together, in part because they were handled by competing entities. The fact Crawford became a free agent after the Porter victory made the matchup more likely, as we evidently are witnessing.

“There’s nothing standing in the way from us fighting,” Crawford told ESPN in April. “There’s no promotion company that’s blocking it, there’s no wrong side of the street, there’s no nothing.

“Let’s see who the best welterweight in the world is.”

Rafael also reported that welterweight contenders Eimantas Stanionis and Cody Crowley could meet on the undercard.

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Errol Spence Jr. vs. Terence Crawford? Spence trainer says money not there

Errol Spence Jr.’s trainer, Derrick James, said the money isn’t there for a showdown between Spence and Terence Crawford, at least not yet.

Errol Spence Jr.’s trainer, Derrick James, said what fans didn’t want to hear: The money isn’t there for a showdown between Spence and Terence Crawford, at least not yet.

One reason is that exorbitant pay-per-view fees aren’t tenable in the current economic climate, which might limit the amount of money promoters are able to generate even for such a compelling matchup.

Spence and Crawford probably will demand eight-figure paydays.

“The money for the fight, from my perspective, is not there yet,” James told BoxingScene.com. “Promoters can put whatever they put up, but they’re in the business of making money. And if the money’s not there, especially anytime soon with this coronavirus crisis and most people who buy these fights are not working right now, this will be something that happens down the line.

“It just pushed the fight back a little bit further, I think. But the money’s not there right now. My perspective is the numbers aren’t there, so we’ll see.”

For the time being, both fighters have other prospective opponents in mind.

Spence, who says he has recovered from his horrific single-car accident in October, is targeting Manny Pacquiao (who isn’t?) or Danny Garcia for the fall. Kell Brook, who Spence stopped in 2017, reportedly is first in line to face Crawford next.

Of course, fans will be tune in no matter who Spence and Crawford fight. However, they’ll never stop clamoring for the two unbeaten titleholders to share the same ring until it happens. Spence and Crawford themselves have said repeatedly that they want the fight.

That fact isn’t lost on James.

“I hope that it happens,” he said. “I want for [Spence] what he wants for himself. If Crawford keeps winning – and I don’t think Kell Brook is better than the last guy he fought [Egidijus Kavaliauskas] – so if he keeps winning and he keeps doing what he’s doing, and Errol keeps winning, we’ll see.

“It could be possible. I believe that it will happen eventually, but who knows?”