Crawford: Spence fight will sell itself, we don't have to go crazy

WBO world welterweight champion Terence Crawford sees no reason to engage in trash talk to promote his upcoming fight with the WBC, IBF, WBA champion Errol Spence, which will be the main event of the evening of July 20 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Last month, both boxers officially announced a deal for a meeting, negotiations for which have been going on for several months.

Crawford sees no reason to behave inappropriately and pretend that there is some kind of personal enmity between him and Spence.

“I think this fight will sell itself,” Crawford told The MMA Hour. “I don’t think that I or Errol should do anything that is not in our rules just to sell this fight. When you look at this fight, you will see that these are two undefeated top 5 fighters of any weight class in their prime going head to head for the undisputed welterweight title. Two spectacular fighters. What else do you want?"

“I don't have to act like a lunatic. He doesn't have to act crazy just to sell the fight. The fight will sell itself because everyone knows what they get on fight day,” Crawford added.

Crawford hasn't competed since December, when he knocked out David Avanesyan in the sixth round. For his part, Spence entered the ring last April when he stopped Yordenis Ugas in the tenth round to unify the WBA, WBC and IBF titles.

Crawford and Spence have two common opponents in Kell Brook and Sean Porter. Both scored a stoppage victory over Brook, although Crawford faced the Sheffield boxer at the end of his career. In 2019, Spence defeated Porter by a heavy split decision in twelve rounds. Two years later, Crawford, who also faced a lot of resistance in the fight, stopped Porter in the tenth round. Porter retired after this fight.