The Big Fish got caught. Errol Spence, the DeSoto native, arrived with three belts and left with nothing, losing to Terence Crawford in a mega welterweight...
Spence said his timing was off, which could be tied to a number of things: not enough sparring, failure to follow the game plan properly and just being drained physically from trying to make the 147-pound limit.The loss doesn’t derail Spence’s career. He hasfights awaiting him at 154.
But it shouldn’t include Crawford. We get it, the financial end of a rematch is big, but for survival, Spence should move along, for now.Spence remains a talented fighter, but the one-sided loss just raises so many questions.He’s never one to back down from an elite opponent, so he should get applauded for being willing to take on Crawford again.In boxing, good business sense doesn’t always mean common sense.Crawford becomes the first undisputed welterweight champion in the four-belt era.
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