Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. have a rematch clause on their contracts, but they seem to be disagreeing on the weight division at the moment.
Crawford put on the fight of his life, dominating and repeatedly dropping Spence to become the new undisputed welterweight champion on Saturday night (highlights here). After the contest, Spence and his team expressed interest in a rematch, but he wants to move up a division.
Errol Spence Jr. wants the rematch at 154 lbs. Spence remained respectful after the loss and gave Crawford his props, but he did note how he’d want the rematch to happen at 154 lbs.
“It was an off-night. The better man won tonight, and I’m not here to make any excuses,” Spence said at the post-fight press conference. “My timing was off. I couldn’t capitalize. His timing was a lot better than mine tonight.”
“It’s something I’ve got to talk to my management about, but hopefully (the rematch is) at 154,” he said.
“I’m not gonna stew over it at all. I did what I was supposed to do, regardless of the outcome. I promised everybody I was going to do it and I did it as a man. I’m not gonna sulk over this, I’ll get right back and get to it, hopefully at 154 lbs,” he said. “It was exciting. It’s something that I wouldn’t change for nothing. I’m definitely open to the rematch, and hopefully it’ll be at 154 lbs.”
Terence Crawford says the rematch has to be at 147 lbs. Terence Crawford has the say in the rematch being the winner of the contest, and he seems to really disagree with the idea of facing Spence at 154 lbs.
“It definitely has to be at ‘47,” Crawford said. “Like I said, I’m in the hurt business. ‘47 was hard for me too. I was already talking about moving up in weight and challenging Charlo, so 54’ wouldn’t be out of reach for anything.”
Who’s next for Crawford and Spence? The lucrative super-fight was years in the making, and could this weight issue derail a potential rematch? It’s still very early to really tell, but for what it’s worth, despite the fight ending up pretty lopsided, a repeat would likely also be big business for the two boxing superstars.
There is also a different option though. With both men also talking about the possibility of competing at 154 lbs, there would also be a big money fight waiting there involving the division’s undisputed champion in Jermell Charlo.
