After years of speculation regarding a potential matchup, Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. have agreed to fight for the undisputed welterweight championship at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on July 29, according to ESPN’s Mike Coppinger.
Crawford (39-0) has held the WBO welterweight title since 2018, while Spence (28-0) is the unified welterweight champion, as he currently owns the IBF, WBC and WBA titles. Each fighter will earn over $10 million for the bout, with the agreement carrying a bidirectional rematch clause that the loser can initiate within 30 days.
Should the rematch occur, and Crawford and Spence each win once, Coppinger reports that a third fight would be “overwhelmingly likely” to happen. The agreement stipulates that the second fight between the two must be held before the end of 2023.
Both boxers are expected to move up in class to the middleweight division at the end of the year.
Crawford last fought on Dec. 10 against David Avanesyan in Omaha, winning with a sixth-round knockout. He has defended his WBO belt six times since winning it in his 2018 bout against Jeff Horn. Spence’s last fight occurred on April 16, 2022, when he defeated Yordenis Ugás by technical knockout in Arlington, Texas, to win the WBA belt.
