LAS VEGAS — For several years, Errol Spence Jr. was largely quiet when the topic of a bout with Terence Crawford came up. Spence is a naturally reserved man, particularly in public, and he wasn’t eager to air his private business with Crawford for all the world to see.
Nearly everyone who has followed boxing in the last decade has hoped for Spence and Crawford to come to terms and fight for the undisputed welterweight title. The boxing community’s respect for their talent was such that not long after Crawford moved up after surrendering the undisputed super lightweight titles in 2018, the drumbeat began.