Errol Spence Jr.’s career has been calculated. His move up the welterweight ranks happened fairly quickly but there was always legitimate thought behind it. Although he believed that he was ready for the bright lights far earlier, matchups against Chris Algieri and Leonard Bundu helped him mature.
So far, everything has gone according to plan. Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) now reigns as the division’s WBC, WBA, and IBF champion but there is still one belt out of his possession. That, of course, is the WBO trinket held by Terence Crawford.
For as perfect as things have gone for Spence, team Crawford believes that he made a gigantic mistake. On July 29th, at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, the two will finally square off in the center of the ring.
Considering that their clash took years to materialize, Brian “Bomac” McIntyre, his coach and trainer, is convinced that Spence missed his best chance to beat Crawford. Now, at this stage, there’s simply nothing he can do to stop the inevitable.
“They should’ve got him when he first came up from 140,” said Bomac to FightHype.com during a recent interview.
Initially, after cleaning out the super lightweight division in 2017, Crawford dropped his IBF, WBO, WBA, and WBC titles and made the move to the welterweight division. At the time, Crawford was attempting to get acclimated to life against bigger and stronger men. But, as time has slowly ticked by, Bomac believes that Crawford has filled in nicely.
While he was known as a pure boxer in lower weight classes, Crawford (39-0, 30 KOs) has sat down in the pocket more and more. The results, ultimately, have been catastrophic for his opposition.
Now, having stopped every welterweight contender that’s stood before him, Bomac is of the belief that Crawford is without a doubt a full-fledged 147-pounder.
“He’s a legitimate welterweight now.”