Jeff Horn told to “go for the jugular” in Terence Crawford fight – his coach says pressure will break Crawford

06/02/2018 James Slater

WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn is out in Las Vegas putting the finishing touches on his training ahead of his … continue

Jeff Horn Vs. Terence Crawford produces an unlikely Grudge-Match

05/27/2018 James Slater

WBO welterweight champ Jeff Horn, who will make his second title defence against Terence Crawford on June 9 in Las … continue

Left-Hook Lounge Mailbag: Adonis Stevenson v Badou Jack, Terence Crawford v Jeff Horn, and Some Perspective on European Fighters!

05/21/2018 Vivek Wallace

Chris M. (Orlando, FL): As a long time fan of Adonis Stevenson, I was surprised at the effort of Badou … continue

Jeff Horn, Terence Crawford to “go back to the primitive days” with horse-hair gloves to be used in June 9 battle

05/03/2018 James Slater

Jeff Horn and Terence Crawford, who will finally meet (after two postponements and switches in venue) in Las Vegas on … continue

ESPN+ Announces New Exclusive Boxing Programming Headlined by Crawford vs. Horn on June 9

04/10/201804/09/2018 ESPN Boxing

ESPN and Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International today announced today an extensive line up of exclusive boxing programming for ESPN+, the … continue

Horn vs. Crawford: Will the delay hurt Crawford more?

03/16/2018 James Slater

As fight fans have surely read by now, the WBO welterweight title fight between defending champ Jeff Horn and challenger … continue

Jeff Horn not happy with Crawford wanting fight postponed

03/18/201803/16/2018 Larry Jordan

WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn is not a happy camper after learning of challenger Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford pulling out of … continue

Jeff Horn begins hard sparring for Crawford fight, is preparing for Crawford’s speed

02/12/2018 James Slater

We are just a couple of days over two months away from the Jeff Horn-Terence Crawford WBO welterweight title fight set for New York, and Horn has assembled his team of sparring partners as he trains for what could be referred to as the biggest fight of his career (although the big win he scored last July, against Manny Pacquiao in taking the WBO belt, is of course right up there).

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Bob Arum wants to build up Terence Crawford-Errol Spence clash – to Super-Fight status

02/10/2018 James Slater

Top Rank Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum is always looking to produce the next mega-fight, letting the idea of two stars going at each other build and build (or marinate, as Arum might say). One massive clash of unbeaten stars Arum has an eye on for the coming future, in a year or so, is a welterweight showdown between Errol Spence and Terence Crawford.

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The welterweight division: Today’s ‘Three Kings’ – Spence, Thurman, Crawford

01/22/2018 James Slater

Today, the welterweight division is as hot as can be and the weight class is almost certainly THE most talent-rich and exciting in boxing right now. Back in the glory days of Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran, there were ‘Four Kings,’ greats who all fought one another, over a number of weight divisions.

Today, the welterweight division can boast ‘Three Kings,’ and one of them has not even boxed at 147 yet. Errol Spence, unbeaten champ, Keith Thurman, unbeaten champ, and Terence Crawford, unbeaten pound-for-pound No-1 in the opinion of many. Which of these three hugely talented fighters will emerge as the very best should they all fight one another?

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