Terence Crawford remains betting favorite to defeat Errol Spence Jr. ahead of July title showdown
Hotly closing in on a massive welterweight championship battle next month, WBO titleholder, Terence Crawford is continuing to draw money as a betting favorite to remain undefeated and hand his fellow championship holder, Errol Spence Jr. his first career loss at the duo look to share the ring in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Crawford, who boasts a stunning undefeated 39-0 professional record, clashes with long-time rival, Spence Jr. in an undisputed title fight – putting his WBO welterweight title on the line, which he most recently defended in a stunning sixth round KO win over David Avanesyan in December of last year.
As for the 28-0 undefeated Spence Jr., the current WBC, WBA, and IBF welterweight kingpin, will look to add WBO spoils to his gold-laden trophy cabinet – which he has already added to following a catastrophic car accident, most recently plucking WBA gold from Yordenis Ugas with a tenth round TKO in April of last year at the AT&T Stadium in ‘The Lone Star State’.
Heralded as one of the most important showdowns in the history of boxing’s welterweight division, despite narrowly, Crawford has opened and is currently a -120 betting favorite to defeat the +125 betting underdog Spence Jr. at the end of July in ‘Sin City’.
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Winning his WBO welterweight title back in 2018 with a stoppage win over Jeff Horn, during his titme as gold holder, Crawford has successfully racked up a stunning sixth consecutive, one-sided successful defenses of the crown.
Amongst his wins as champion, Crawford has beaten Jose Benavidez Jr., Amir Khan, Kell Brook, Shawn Porter, and the above-mentioned, Avanesyan to name a few.
Boasting a stunning 30 career knockout triumphs, Crawford, a native of Nebraska has also defeated the likes of Yuriorkis Gamboa, Hank Lundy, Viktor Postol, John Molina Jr., Felix Diaz, and Julius Indongo to name a few.
Himself winning WBC welterweight gold against the aforenoted common-foe, Porteer in a 2019 split decision victory, Spence Jr. would then retain the titles with a unanimous decision win over Danny Garcia the following year, before a brutal road traffic accident which left Spence Jr. on the sidelines for considerable time, brought a halt to his career.
Making a triumphant return to the squared circle in Arlington, Texas in April of last year, Spence Jr. won the WBA welterweight crown with his above-mentioned, tenth round TKO win over gold holder, Ugas – lodging career stoppage victory number 22 to boot.
Throughout his lucrative career furthermore, Spence Jr. has also handed losses to the likes of Chris van Heerden, Alejandro Barrera, Chris Algieri, Kell brook, Lamont Peterson, Carlos Ocampo, and former gold holder, Mikey Garcia.
With a victory against Crawford, Spence Jr. can join the likes of the his upcoming opponent, Josh Taylor Zab Judah, Kostza Tsyzu, Cory Spinks, and Sugar Ray Leonard as undisputed welterweight gold holders in a host of different sanctioning body eras.
