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 … 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 … 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 … 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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Jeff Horn vs Terence Crawford set for April 14 at Madison Square Garden

01/19/2018 James Slater

Every fighter dreams of fighting under the bright lights of Las Vegas, and of boxing inside the deeply historic Madison Square Garden in New York. It was thought Australian warrior Jeff Horn would get the opportunity to do the former this coming April, but now it has been announced how the reigning WBO welterweight champion will instead experience the latter.

Horn’s mandatory defence against the unbeaten Terence Crawford, originally thought to be on for April 21 in Las Vegas, has been brought forward a week and to New York’s legendary venue. Naturally Horn and his whole team are thrilled at the news.

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Jeff Horn agrees terms for Terence Crawford fight, official announcement for April 21 fight could come next week

01/10/2018 James Slater

It looks as though the April 21 clash between reigning WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn and unbeaten challenger and former 140 pound king Terence Crawford is all set to go. According to a news piece via The New Daily, Horn has “agreed on all the key terms” and he and his team are fully anticipating the fight to go ahead.

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ESB Best of 2017! Lomachenko, Crawford, Joshua, More!

01/10/2018 Paul Jones

By Paul “Paparazzi” Jones & Justin Jones – With Hollywood’s award season upon us, and the 2018 Golden Globe® Award winners announced this past Sunday, we kick off the New Year by unveiling our yearly boxing awards starting with the 2017 Fighter of the Year.

And the nominees are. . .

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Top Rank fighters talk of 2018 goals

12/29/201712/28/2017 Top Rank

Boxing enjoyed an outstanding 2017 and before the crystal ball drops in Times Square to begin an even better year, Top Rank asked some of its fighters for their New Year’s resolutions. Here are their responses:

TERENCE CRAWFORD (32-0, 23 KOs) / Two-division world champion / 2017 BWAA Fighter of the Year nominee / 2014 BWAA Fighter of the Year

“My 2018 resolutions are to win a world title at my new welterweight division, making me a three-division champion, and to open the fully renovated B&B Boxing Academy here in Omaha for all the kids in my community to enjoy.”

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