(KRON) — Pound-for-pound stars Errol Spence Jr. and Terence “Bud” Crawford will meet on July 29 in Las Vegas. The long-awaited boxing match will crown the first-ever undisputed welterweight champion in the four-belt era.
Although many are comparing this fight to when Sugar Ray Leonard knocked out Tommy Hearns to win the unified welterweight title in 1981, Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) and Crawford (39-0, 30 KOs) don’t exactly agree.
In a virtual news conference Wednesday, both agreed that the style of their fight resembles more like the 1987 WBC middleweight title between Leonard and Marvin Hagler in which the former won a controversial split decision.
“It makes me feel great,” Spence told reporters in a conference call. “Just being compared to those (Hagler and Hearns) and the amount of talent and skills that they had.”
“I think style-wise I would say Leonard-Hagler,” Crawford said. “That would be a fight you could compare it to.”
Watch Spence’s and Crawford’s full soundbite in the video player above.
Spence, 33, and Crawford, 35, will fight for pound-for-pound supremacy. The winner is likely to be viewed as the number one fighter in the world.
Over the century-long history of boxing, welterweight has been dubbed the glamour division. Every generation has its own super fight to determine the best 147-pound fighter in the world.
- 1981: Leonard vs. Hearns
- 1999: Oscar De La Hoya vs. Felix Trinidad
- 2015: Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather
Add Spence versus Crawford to that list.
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The fight will be at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and will be available to watch on Showtime PPV. Tickets can be purchased at AXS.com.
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