Via Chris Williams: Coach Kenny Porter says Errol Spence Jr has an edge over Terence Crawford due to his size. Kenny feels that the IBF, WBA & WBC welterweight champion’s size and Spence’s natural men’s stance put him ahead of the 35-year-old WBO champion, smaller than Crawford (38-0.29 KOs). ) when the two eventually confront each other.
For many fans who don’t remember, Crawford started his career in the light weight division in 2008 and only moved up to the heavier weight division in 2018. Crawford didn’t fight anyone notable other than Shawn Porter in end of his career, and he has many problems against him.
Kenny felt that Spence was a tougher matchup for Shawn Porter than Crawford, as their fight was a back-and-forth matchup until round 11.
“I had a long relationship with Errol, working with him on the amateur world championship team, camps and working with him when he came here to beat Floyd,” Kenny Porter said. . Rush when asked to give his assessment of the fight between Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford.
“Terence was on the international squad with us. We have traveled a lot. We were in the Pan Am game. He was on the Pan Am team with Shawn. I haven’t broken them down yet to see who, what, when and where.
“Just from my eyes when facing the two, Errol was definitely the bigger man on the night of the fight, and that was definitely an advantage for him Kenny said.
Crawford is a skinny boxer, and he hasn’t fought a big puncher like Spence since turning 147. It would be great if Crawford defended his WBO title against Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis or Vergil Ortiz Jr until now, but I guess you can’t blame him for not fighting one of those young killers.
With Crawford aging, those two young lions will take away a lot of what he has left.
“On the other hand, Terence is very skillful at switching sides, which causes a lot of problems for everyone,” says Kenny. “Both have some advantages. I will say now; The difference in size will be the biggest advantage for Errol.
“I would say, Errol. I would definitely say Errol,” said Kenny when asked which of the two boxers, Spence or Crawford, was the one that gave Shawn Porter the most problems.
“Round, in every way, I think Shawn is right there with Crawford. It’s just a few of his mental blunders that have put him in the situation he’s in, but it’s definitely Errol Spence.
“It would be Errol for sure,” Kenny said when asked if Spence or Crawford first caught his eye many years ago. “The first time I played Errol, he was 18, and it was in the US Championship, and he beat my guy who was in zone five.
“That was the first time I knew that he was very good. Going on from there, when we had the Olympic team, and he was part of the Olympic team, and I was part of the coaching staff.
“The game he had, now legendary with Adrien Broner, he did really well that day. That tells you that he’s ready to do some good at the world championships,” Porter said of Spence.
