Terence Crawford stops Errol Spence in the 9th round!
Listen, I picked Bud by late stoppage but I thought Spence was going to put on a decent showing of himself but he was completely outgunned from the rip. Bud dominated this one completely.
Spence could not get downhill. For all the talk about his power, the man is a volume puncher who relies on grinding down his opponents with his size and output before putting them away. Problem is, he could not get Crawford to do that. Crawford out jabbed Spence, keeping the fight in the center of the ring. And the jab was bothering Spence. The first knockdown came off a 2-1 as Spence tried to retreat off the cross. It was more balance than being rocked but it was indicative of how Spence was forced to operate in Crawford’s space. When Spence could get inside, he had very little success. Crawford would was landing same-hand parry counters, slipping or leaning out of the way of Spence’s shots and just blasting him with return fire without having to concede space. It was masterful.
In a week where we were supposed to see 4 great boxers tested, we instead got two shut out performances from two of the best boxers in the world today. Crazy how that works.
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Disclaimer: I apologize for the audio on my end being weird, unfortunately it was an issue with my laptop and not something I could fix with an edit
We said if Spence Vs Crawford ever happened we would dust off these microphones and hop back in the Dojo so here we are! On this episode @theanticool and I break down Spence Vs Crawford, Naoya Inoue's amazing performance against fulton, the rematch of Dustin Poirier Vs Justin Gaethje and we even talk some Bellator Vs Rizin 2. So sit back and enjoy the episode. Thanks for your support!
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00:00 - Intro
15:50 - Crawford Vs Spence
42:18 - Inoue Vs Fulton
01:30:00 - UFC 291
01:46:12 - Bellator Vs Rizin 2
02:04:40 - Upcoming Fights/Outro
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Spence - Crawford 07.29.23
Wow. Terence Crawford delivered a performance on Saturday night that will go down as one of the elite performances in boxing history, and confirmed that Crawford is among the very best ever. Errol Spence Jr was brave but had no answers for Crawford’s tool set. But here’s whats really important - the gear was great too. Crawford may have had a top 5 set ever for me, given context.
Lets start with Crawford:
He wore a black, gray and white look with a fishing net (actual fishing net, not merely a pattern). The fishing net was a reference to Spence’s “Big Shark” / “Big Fish” marketing campaign.
The netting was draped over his ring robe and was also angled across his trunks (more on this in a moment). Crawford’s trunks were otherwise black with gray and white piping along the bottom.
As referenced above, they key design piece of these trunks is fishing net over the gray angular panel that stretched from the back of the right side of the trunks around to the front, ending around the top of Crawford’s left leg. Closer inspection confirms that this was netting pattern was indeed loose fishing net:
The fishing net was risky but it was executed very well and in my opinion turns a solid look into an outstanding look that was well suited for a huge fight and historic performance. He had a couple of ads on the front of his trunks and a bedazzled CRAWFORD (in the same font as his previous fight) across the front and OMAHA across the back.
Bud wore gray Everlast gloves with his TC logo on the back of the hand.
He wore matching Everlast shoes with some netting on the inside.
Just a perfectly executed look for a big fight.
I have to give credit to Errol Spence Jr, not just for his brave performance and no-excuses post-fight behavior, but also because he delivered a pretty good look himself. He wore a white-black and red look, featuring his nickname “The Truth.”
His sleeveless warmup previewed the biker-jacket style lace-up pattern on the black leather portion of his trunks (see shoulder above and trunk side panels).
The front of Spence’s trunks were white with black leather laced trunk side panels, red trim along the bottom and a red waistband with “TRUTH” across the front. Notice that the “T”s are actually lower case. Wondering if these are religious references or just a design choice. In any case - I thought there were great trunks:
A bit of trunk detail:
Great design, nice subtle touches, burst of color on the waistband If I had a gripe it was that the back of Spence’s trunks were entirely black and the red waistband was marred by a huge white advertisement:
Not a huge deal, but it created a noticeably different visual impact depending on camera angle. When Spence was facing the cameras, we saw Spence’s clean, well crafted front-of-the-trunks look (which, by the way, also created a very pleasing contrast between his trunks and Crawford’s):
But when Spence had his back to the cameras, it looked like a completely different fight, with Spence’s less interesting back-of-trunks look (and, not a very pleasing contrast, as it appeared to be two sets of black trunks):
Overall, not a huge gripe.... a very good effort from Spence here and her seems to have moved on from his fur and neon phase (hopefully).
Spence had white Everlast gloves with red lettering and “the truth” along the back (this time entirely lowercase, unlike the waistband). I love the choice
He wore matching white Everlast shoes with red and black trim and “the truth” written on the inside arch.
Overall, excellent looks from both men and a pleasing contrast between fighters for this historic match.
Respect box.
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Terence "Bud" Crawford: Spence Down, Canelo To Go?
By Chris Osborn
On July 29th, 2023, Terence “Bud” Crawford dispatched Errol Spence Jr. in dominant fashion. He did so with as much cunning, calculation and ferocity as have ever been displayed in a boxing ring. Most boxing insiders picked Crawford to win, but very few expected the domination that took place in this match.
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