Terence Crawford took a jab at Kell Brook at the final news conference before their fight Saturday at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Kell Brook said on a Zoom call Monday that he’d either knock out Crawford or make him quit on his stool. At the news conference, Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) pointed out that Brook (39-2, 27 KOs) is the one who couldn’t finish two of his fights.
The Briton was stopped by Gennadiy Golovkin (fifth round) and Errol Spence Jr. (11th) in consecutive fights in 2016 and 2017.
“He’s gonna have to, you know what I mean, live up to his words,” Crawford said. “You know, I’m not the one that ever quit in a fight. You know, I can’t say the same for him, though.”
Brook, who suffered broken facial bones in both of his knockout losses, responded to Crawford in an interview with BoxingScene.com.
“I’ve had the bone broken in an eye and not been able to see,” he said. “That’s his opinion. Let’s see if he can make me quit. Let’s see if he can break me, because, you know, I’m willing to die in that ring. I’m telling you now, this is sh– or bust for me.
“Everything’s gone into this fight, everything. It’s not a joke. This is a serious game.”
Crawford will be making the fourth defense of the welterweight title he won by stopping Jeff Horn in nine rounds in June 2018.
On the undercard, Joshua Franco (17-1-2, 8 KOs) will face Andrew Moloney (21-1, 14 KOs) in a scheduled 12-round junior bantamweight fight, their second meeting in five months. Franco defeated Moloney by a unanimous decision on June 23.
The card will be televised on ESPN.
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