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Errol Spence reacts to Crawford’s performance vs. Canelo: ‘He is one of the greats’
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Manouk Akopyan
Manouk Akopyan
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Errol Spence reacts to Crawford’s performance vs. Canelo: ‘He is one of the greats’
Terence Crawford’s original legacy-defining win arrived during his undisputed welterweight title fight against Errol Spence in 2023.

Two months ago, Crawford cruised past Canelo Alvarez for a comfortable unanimous decision and career-crowning victory to become the undisputed super middleweight champion.

While Crawford has ascended into the sport’s top pound-for-pound star, the former unified welterweight champion Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) has mostly kept a low profile ever since suffering the lone defeat of his career.





On Saturday, Spence was ringside in Fort Worth, Texas, taking in the action at the Dickies Arena headlined by Vergil Ortiz’s sensational second-round knockout win against Erickson Lubin.

Spence briefly spoke with reporters and shared his thoughts on the super fight between Crawford and Alvarez.

“[Crawford] is one of the greats, for sure,” said Spence. “Crawford did his thing. He looked good. He looked strong. He carried the weight well. You can't say anything bad about it. … I wasn't shocked. Canelo is not a big guy anyway. He started at 147 and came up to 168. Crawford, I feel like he walks around 169, 170 pounds. So I feel like it was kind of easy for him to make the weight. He looked good. He handled it well.”

If and/or when the 35-year-old Spence fights again, he will be making his 154-pound debut. He was set to return last year against Sebastian Fundora, but the fight never came to fruition.

While it’s believed that Ortiz is next supposed to face Jaron Ennis, Ortiz manager Rick Mirigian wrote on social media following Ortiz’s win that his preference is for Ortiz to take on Spence at AT&T Stadium in Texas.


Manouk Akopyan is The Ring’s lead writer. Follow him on X and Instagram: @ManoukAkopyan.





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