Where Will Spence vs Crawford fight be?

Welterweight superstars Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford have reportedly agreed to terms on a blockbuster bout scheduled to take place later this year.

ESPN’s Mike Coppinger reported the details of the long-awaited meeting Thursday, noting that the two sides have “agreed to all material terms” for a title unification fight slated for Nov. 19 in Las Vegas. Spence, 32, currently holds the WBC, WBA and IBF titles while Crawford, 34, is the reigning WBO champion.

While the agreement marks a major step forward in ongoing negotiations surrounding the anticipated 147-pound bout, Coppinger reported the deal has not yet been signed as of Thursday. Spence and Crawford’s lawyers are reportedly cleaning up the legal language in the agreement before the megafight is made official; additionally, the event is expected to be billed as a co-promotion between Spence’s Man Down Promotions and Crawford’s TBC Promotions on PBC pay-per-view.

According to ESPN, the proposed deal includes a “bilateral rematch clause that the loser will have the right to exercise,” which would result in the winner earning the majority of revenue in event of a rematch. Crawford, the No. 1-ranked fighter in Sports Illustrated’s Chris Mannix’s Pound-for-Pound rankings, has reportedly agreed to “all proposed financial terms” from PBC creator Al Haymon, and will receive the lesser amount in a revenue split for the November bout, per Coppinger.

Widely considered as one of the true remaining dream matches of this era, Spence (28–0) and Crawford (38–0) have proclaimed their desire to meet in the ring for several years, with talks finally picking up steam back in June. Now, boxing fans around the world are as close as they’ve ever been to seeing what could be a classic fight for the undisputed welterweight championship.  

Spence, Mannix’s No. 5 ranked fighter, is coming off a 10th-round TKO of Yordenis Ugas in April to capture the Cuban fighter’s WBA belt. Crawford, meanwhile, last fought in November 2021, defeating Shawn Porter via a 10th-round TKO.

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Kellerman: Crawford-Spence is the 'best possible sporting event' in the world (0:56)

Max Kellerman explains how big of a fight Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr. will be. (0:56)

Sep 15, 2022

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  Mike CoppingerESPN

Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford have agreed to all material terms for a fight for the undisputed welterweight championship, an event targeted for Nov. 19 in Las Vegas, multiple sources tell ESPN.

However, the deal has not been signed as the parties' lawyers clean up legal language in the agreement, per sources. Crawford, ESPN's No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer and top welterweight, acquiesced to all proposed financial terms from PBC creator Al Haymon, including the short end of a revenue split, sources said

The package includes a bilateral rematch clause that the loser will have the right to exercise, per source. If the rematch clause is triggered, the winner will earn the majority of revenue for the return bout, per sources.

The 147-pound summit meeting -- Spence holds the WBC, WBA and IBF titles while Crawford has the WBO belt -- will be presented as a co-promotion between Spence's Man Down Promotions and Crawford's TBC Promotions on PBC pay-per-view. High-powered attorney Jeffrey Spitz is representing the Haymon/Spence side as the contracts are being reviewed.

"I want Terence Crawford; that's the fight that I want," Spence, ESPN's No. 2 welterweight and No. 3 pound-for-pound boxer, said in April. "That's the fight everybody else wants. ... Terence, I'm coming for that belt!"

The 32-year-old from Desoto, Texas, returned from surgery to repair a detached retina to score a 10th-round TKO of Yordenis Ugas in April to capture a third belt. Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) was set to fight Manny Pacquiao in August but withdrew from the matchup because of the eye injury.

It was the second major setback of Spence's career after an October 2019 car crash hospitalized him.

"Now everybody's saying that Errol's back and he's 100 percent ready. So now is the perfect time for me and him to fight," Crawford, 34, told ESPN in April. "He called me out, so it ain't no backing up."

Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) parted ways with his longtime promoter, Top Rank, following his November TKO victory over Shawn Porter that sent the challenger into retirement. The move paved the way for a deal; Haymon, who advises Spence, rarely does business with Top Rank. Now, Haymon is poised to deliver one of the biggest fights of this century, a coup for PBC after it was unable to retain boxing's biggest star, Canelo Alvarez, after only one fight.

"I'm free to do whatever I want," said Crawford, a three-division champion from Omaha, Nebraska. "There's nothing standing in the way from us fighting. There's no promotion company that's blocking it, there's no wrong side of the street, there's no nothing. Let's see who the best welterweight in the world is."

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