Calvin Watkins from SportsDayDFW reports that Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford have resumed talks for an undisputed welterweight title fight.
BSO sources have told us if the fight takes place, it would be in June in Vegas or Dallas.
Contract talks have restarted for an undisputed welterweight title fight between DeSoto’s Errol Spence and Terence Crawford, according to a person with knowledge of the talks. @SportsDayDFW
— Calvin Watkins (@calvinwatkins) March 29, 2023
Regarding Spence and Crawford, take everything with a grain of salt, but rumors have swirled for the last couple of weeks that Spence and Crawford have been talking privately about the fight.
With an agreement, they wouldn’t speak on anything publicly until a deal was done.
No need to get the fans excited only to have them pull the rug from underneath them again.
Talks fell apart last time when Crawford decided to take a quick money grab with the start-up BLK Prime and fight David Avanesyan for a reported $10 million instead of waiting to fight Spence this past February.
The two traded barbs on social media about who was to blame for the fight falling apart. Crawford stated he wasn’t comfortable without getting any guaranteed money, and Spence saying that Crawford had agreed to everything but decided to take the quick cash with BLK Prime.
Spence was all set to fight former welterweight titleholder Keith Thurman, when he got into a minor car accident that put those plans on hold.
The car accident might be why the fight with Crawford gets done because it gave them additional time to get a deal done for the summer.
Even in their advancing age, this is still the best fight that can be made in boxing right now and would settle who is truly the BIG FISH in the Welterweight division. Boxing has a history of letting fights marinate too long. This fight should have happened years ago. Let’s put the egos aside and get it done.
I wouldn’t book any tickets yet, but there is a glimmer of hope that the fight will occur next, so cross your fingers and hope for the best.