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Report: Terence Crawford, Errol Spence Jr. near deal for fight in October

Report: Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. are near a deal for a welterweight championship fight in October.

The fight for which fans have clamored the past few years is close to becoming reality.

Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. are near a deal to meet in a pay-per-view showdown for the undisputed welterweight championship this October in Las Vegas, ESPN is reporting.

It arguably would be the biggest welterweight fight since Felix Trinidad outpointed Oscar De La Hoya in another battle of unbeaten stars in 1999.

Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) holds three of the 147-pound titles, Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) the fourth.

The parties remain in talks, meaning no final agreement has been reached, ESPN cautioned.

Crawford recently left long-time promoter Top Rank, which evidently has made it easier to make a fight with the PBC-managed Spence.

“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.”

Crawford, Boxing Junkie’s No. 1 fighter pound-for-pound, is coming off a sensational 10th-round knockout of Shawn Porter in the fifth defense of his WBO belt in November, the biggest victory in his career.

Spence, No. 4 on Boxing Junkie’s list, last fought in April, when he stopped Yordenis Ugas in 10 rounds to collect the third of his three titles. He wears the IBF, WBA and WBC belts.

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Report: Terence Crawford, Errol Spence Jr. near deal for fight in October

Report: Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. are near a deal for a welterweight championship fight in October.

The fight for which fans have clamored the past few years is close to becoming reality.

Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. are near a deal to meet in a pay-per-view showdown for the undisputed welterweight championship this October in Las Vegas, ESPN is reporting.

It arguably would be the biggest welterweight fight since Felix Trinidad outpointed Oscar De La Hoya in another battle of unbeaten stars in 1999.

Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) holds three of the 147-pound titles, Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) the fourth.

The parties remain in talks, meaning no final agreement has been reached, ESPN cautioned.

Crawford recently left long-time promoter Top Rank, which evidently has made it easier to make a fight with the PBC-managed Spence.

“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.”

Crawford, Boxing Junkie’s No. 1 fighter pound-for-pound, is coming off a sensational 10th-round knockout of Shawn Porter in the fifth defense of his WBO belt in November, the biggest victory in his career.

Spence, No. 4 on Boxing Junkie’s list, last fought in April, when he stopped Yordenis Ugas in 10 rounds to collect the third of his three titles. He wears the IBF, WBA and WBC belts.

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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?”