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EPISODE: Episode 1
Join Cedric Benn in this episode of The Scorecard as we delve into the highlights of the modern-era defining welterweight clash between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. We break down the powerful performance from Crawford, who clinched the undisputed welterweight champion title with a ninth-round TKO, and examine key moments that led to his victory.
From slow beginnings to the unparalleled showcase of skill, speed, and power, Crawford’s performance leaves no doubt about his position as the best 147-pound fighter of the era. We also touch on Spence’s determination and how his potential rematch might look.
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Foreign welcome back to the scorecard the boxing scorecard, where I asked people to bring your scorecard and an explanation.
Not just simply your opinion.
Last night we had the biggest showdown in boxing um in recent years, Earl Spence, Jr versus Terence Bud Crawford.
Let’S get right into it: let’s get right into it! This um, this really solidified uh Terence Bud Crawford as the number one pound-for-pound best boxer in the sport of boxing today uh.
Let’S get a quick breakdown of the fight and then and then uh get into more specifics on why? Why he’s up there on that level, um round one was close.
I gave round one to Earl Spence, just barely you know, he just landed a little bit more um, but that was it after that it was Terence Crawford all the way down the line from there um just to give a little bit more specifics about each round, Though uh that second round, I think Crawford won with his power jab that Fu jab that I like to say making your opponent’s head snap back um, not just touching but making his making the opponent’s head snap back with that Fu jab um! That’S what I got.
I gave uh Terence Crawford a second round the third round.
It just looked like Crawford, just stepped it up a notch, each each a higher each round that third round.
I simply my nose for third round was just that he was a step.
Spence was a step slower.
Um Crawford was just simply Landing more with accuracy um.
I forget what the final punch stats were, but Crawford landed 60 of his power punches.
Sixty percent of his power power punches compared to like 30 for for Earl, Spence um fourth round after the fourth round.
The fourth man knows for the fourth round was he was spent, was two steps slower, simply two steps slower after that? Fourth round is when I you know I had to realize and say to myself like I, you know we’re.
We are realizing we’re watching something special right now: um yeah we’re witnessing something we’re witnessing greatness right now, with what uh, with what Crawford is doing to Earl Spence uh round five round five, I marked it as a close round.
Um close, but not good enough for Spence close, but not not good enough to give a dispense, still gave it to to to Bud Crawford round six trying to make it ugly but not yeah yeah.
My wrote my notes for round six was spends at this point.
Realized that he was not able to outbox Crawford, so he was trying to make the fight ugly trying to get close and and um.
You know just get on the inside and make an ugly, but Crawford was comfortable doing that too, very comfortable doing that too.
Um and so yeah, even though round six, I marked as a close round two still give it to Terence Crawford round seven um round.
Seven is when uh is when Spence went, went down two times and yeah.
This was just pure pure domination.
At this point around eight and nine – I forget – I don’t know if it was around eight or nine – that the fight got stopped but um.
Let me double check on the boxer right now, which one was it uh nine round.
Nine is when it got stopped right before that about one minute before the fight got stopped.
I was yelling, not yelling, but I was saying that you know to throw in the towel.
You know a couple people at the fight party shout out to my boxing Carlito.
Shout out to my my homie Dash, they really not don’t throw in the towel, don’t throw in the towel.
This is where this is where the coaching comes in, because you know your pride, your pride might tell you not to throw in Natalie like as a fighter.
You don’t want the towel to be thrown in, but as the coach you got to live, you know you got ta, think about the future of your box and realize that uh.
You know this was not their day and to save their.
You know, save them.
For for another one, so about one minute before that stoppage happened, I was telling them like yo.
They, this corner might have to think about throwing in the towel.
But the referee did his job and stopped it in that ninth round, because that it would have just gotten worse the same way how how um in the Sean Porter fight when uh when his Corner threw in the towel.
You know Porter probably could have continued, but it would have got way worse than it was going and this fight it would have got way worse for Spence the way that it was looking at least you know boxing, all the all you do all you need to Do is land one shot and change it around, but um yeah not uh, not in this case.
In some cases it’s it’s uh better to be safe than sorry.
My model behind that is always because boxers their pride, their pride will always say you know they never want their coach to throw in a towel.
That’S your pride saying that, but what I always say is I’d.
Rather, you be mad at me for stopping it too early, rather than me coming to visit you in the hospital, because I stopped it too late, so yeah yeah yeah shout out to that um.
I got ta give a shout out to my boy, Andre Georges from the border city boxing club, my man, he uh um shared the ring with both Earl Spence and Terence Crawford, and he was saying from years ago.
I know everyone.
You know in the past couple weeks was going back and forth or saying Terence Crawford, but Andre this.
He was saying this from years ago that that Terence Crawford was gon na, Dominate and stop Earl Spence um, so shout out to Andre uh.
He was a very good boxer himself, amateur and pro and now he’s a very good coach, too uh, but yeah man.
He was saying this years ago.
He was at the fights too much respect to you, Andre much respect to you, um yeah yeah.
Let’S get those picks going like this yeah this this anyways, let’s, let’s get into it, um now, as far as the pound for pound list.
Now, when people talk about their pound for pound list, it’s very subjective subjective.
I guess I hope that’s the right word that I’m using because there’s not any like specific criteria to say you know, there’s no specific criteria or rules to say you know to say that this person is going to be a list on the list or not.
On the list, it’s really just who you, who you think uh should be there.
So that’s why sometimes it’s hard, because sometimes people just go with their favorites as opposed to looking at it from totality not just a resume, but all the things you know, uh the eye test, their resume um.
You know level of competition.
All that stuff.
Terence Crawford raised that bar for for um for that number one pound per pound list.
Let’S, let’s go to that um there’s certain things.
These are just my specific criterias for the pound for pound list and yeah make some comments in the comment section.
I can’t check them right now, but I’m gon na check him after I get through this list here.
So this is my criteria for the pound-for-pound list to make the pound-for-pound list, which is the number one best boxers the top 10 best boxes in the sport.
So, if you’re Undisputed in your weight class, if you’re Undisputed, which means you have all the belts, you at least have to be consideration for top ten now you know there’s a asterisk beside that too, we’ll get to that one after, but if you’re Undisputed, which means You have all the belts you should at least be in in consideration for for the top ten – maybe not number one, but at least top ten, because you’re, obviously the best at that weight class for that time being um the other one.
This is not any in any specific order if you move up in weight class, if you moved up in weight class and convince convincingly beat uh the champion or a top five guy.
If you move up in weight, class and convincingly beat the champion, or at least a top five guy, in that way class you should be considered on on a pound list, the other, the other one is.
If you have more out of your record, if you need, you should have more unanimous wins than Split Decision.
Close fight, wins were you know, uh um people are arguing whether they think you won the fight or lost.
You should have way more unanimous, unanimous wins where not just the judges but the public opinion.
Everyone clearly sees that you won the fight too.
Of course there’s some fights where the judges might give it to one person, but the public competing is different.
Nothing like that.
You need to have clear unanimous wins from the judges and from the public opinion too to to make that list.
The other one um passing the eye test and there’s a little bit of under criteria under that.
So passing the eye test basically means you look very good against lower level competition, no disrespect to lower level composition.
You know not everyone could be a champion.
Not everyone could be a level.
You know.
There’S levels to this, like, like Meek Mill, said there’s levels to this.
So, on your way up on your way up um, you know you’re fighting D level, C Level and then B level competition until you prove that you’re good enough to to compete against the a-level competition right, um.
So passing the eye test means that you you’re looking good against the the guys that you’re supposed to look good against a perfect example of that is is Boots Ennis right now, um boots and this definitely passes the eye test.
Um and he’s had some very good uh um he’s looked very good against some b-level competition.
I think you know, after you know a while ago, the past couple of months, or even from last year, a lot of the boxing world were saying that Booth Ennis is ready to beat Terence Crawford and Earl Spence right now, and I said you guys, everyone needs To slow down, everyone needs to slow down because he definitely passes the eye test, but as far as resume level of competition, not so much not so much not yet, and after last night.
I’M very curious to see if everyone is still um that confident that boozers can take out Terence Crawford um.
Definitely do not see that happening right now.
Um yeah, Terence Crawford definitely is up there now.
This is what I meant about Terence Crawford, raising the bar.
Where are we at? Where are we at? This is what I meant about Terence Crawford, raising the bar about the criteria for the pound for poundless.
Not only do you have to uh um win the like be Undisputed, but it’s how you want it against the level of competition that you wanted against, for example like just because you’re Undisputed doesn’t exactly mean that you’re you’re unanimously the best person at that division.
A perfect example is uh, George camposis, no, no disrespect to George cambosa’s.
He is a top five at least top 10 boxer in his weight class in the world.
Top 10 in the world is George cambosis, but when he was Undisputed after being teofimo Lopez um, he was not favorite to win against Devin Haney, who went to Australia and and beat him twice convincingly unanimously um.
So, even though George cambosis was Undisputed in his weight class, he you know he wasn’t exactly the best um the best.
You know it wasn’t clearly the best in his weight.
So what Terence Crawford did last night by raising the bar, it was not only did he make himself Undisputed, but he did it against clearly um this, the other, the champion of that weight class, not just the champion of that quit class.
I forgot to mention this too.
If you have a convincing win against another another top 10 boxer in the pound-for-pound list.
That’S what makes you number one that so I kind of skipped ahead there.
So I was saying if you, if you become yourself Undisputed, not only did he become Undisputed, but you beat the champion who everyone knew.
That champion was very good.
Earl Spence, who everyone knows was was a great uh.
You know not was: it still is a great fighter only person that could do that.
I believe that Earl Spencer’s Terence Crawford, so that those were just the criteria to make the list now.
This is different to make yourself number one again.
This is just my criteria.
It’S not the only criteria.
Everyone could come up with their own thing to make yourself number one.
This is what made this is.
What uh Terence Crawford separated himself is that he did it against someone.
That is also not only not only top 10 but definitely would be top five in most people’s count for pound list as best fighters in the sport of boxing.
Let me just talk about my man in your way very good boxer.
Yes, he should be on on the pounds per pound list we’re on that list.
I don’t know I.
I do not think he should be number one, and this is the reason why I came up with this uh this.
This thing here so anyways been dominating.
All of his fights, I had a very, very good special performance against Stephen Fulton.
A couple of days ago in Japan dominated him.
I was not expecting that dominating performance, much respect to anyway.
For for that performance, that is what uh for me that performance for him was what, for me put anyway, at least at the at the 10 at the you know, making the list, but at number 10.
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The reason why I say that again much respect anyway, but I I can’t put him at number one because of the level of competition.
You know his the fight that he had before this with um with Nonito Donaire.
You know everyone was praising him for that.
One Nonito Doner is the first ballot Hall of Famer, but he was 37 years old when he had that fight with anyway, a close fight.
That’S why they had a rematch anyway, stop them in the rematch when Donaire was like 38 39 years old.
But this is what I mean like yes, anyway, what has dominating performances, but you know there’s a reason why you know the some of the promoters in North America or even in the UK, brought him over there to to make him a global star.
He’S very big in Japan, I’m sure he’s making millions in Japan um but globally.
Like you know, if you want to be a global star, you got to fight in North America or at least in the UK um, and the reason why I don’t think he’s done.
That is because the level of competition is not there.
You know, there’s three pounds.
These four, you know four division for Division champion in those lower weight class is like three pounds: difference in the weight classes once again much respect to any way.
He is definitely one of you know on my top 10 list, but at number 10.
definitely not number one.
The reason why again, Terence Crawford, not only did he become Undisputed, but he did it against somebody, someone who everyone would at least consider Earl Spencer, if he’s not in your top five he’s, at least in your top ten.
If he’s not in your top ten, you shouldn’t even be commentating about boxing or watching boxing.
Terence Crawford had a dominating performance against one of the best boxers of this generation in Earl, Spence Jr dominating performance.
That is what made what is what makes Terence Bud Crawford.
The number one pound-for-pound best boxer in the sport of boxing today clear, no question, there’s no question um and again, there’s other guys you could put in there from from.
If you want to still not still, but you know we got to put Canelo in there.
Um Charlo at Undisputed at 154, he’s about to fight Canelo he’s should be in consideration too again.
Like I said, if you’re Undisputed, if you moved up in weight class, then I can had a convincing win against the champion, or at least a top five guy, more unanimous to win more unanimous, wins than Split Decision wins, passing the eye test, meaning on your way Up you, you know had highlight stoppages or Knockouts versus BMC level, competition.
That’S the make the top 10 list, but to be number one.
You got to beat someone else.
That’S on that top 10 list yeah these punches right here I was looking for for pictures of highlights of the fight.
I was trying to find some highlights of of of Earl Spence doing his thing too, but this fight was uh was not what I expected um convincing dominating win by uh by Terrence Bud Crawford.
What is next, what is next for for Crawford now? Well, let’s see what is next for Spence first, because again shout out to my homie Sam who was saying like no way that was a 50.
That was a 50 50 50 fight.
Is you can say that now, but going in again going in anyone who said they um? Oh yeah, this picture right here? This is exactly what what Crawford was looking like last night.
That arm was looking exactly like that in in the in the flight, but going into this match there’s no way if anybody was saying that they were convinced that one guy was going to dominate over another one.
You know this, there’s not.
It was really more than betting with their heart.
Again I got it shout out to my boy, Andre I got ta get him on the show.
I got ta do an interview with my boy, Andre Georges again, very good boxer and a very good coach right now, because he actually shared the ring with uh with Earl, Spence and Terrence Bud Crawford.
So he’s one of the only people that can give us personal Insight on um on how you know how how both of them work.
So I got ta get him on the show.
Much respect to my boy, Andre he’s one of the only people that was saying years ago that that uh, that Crawford was going to do his thing like in this fashion.
I just thought you know at the level you know Earl Spence again, I don’t think there’s anybody else at the world to rate the welterweight division.
That can do that to Earl Spence, not to mention Earl Spence, not that he had trouble making this way, but he he already has plans of moving up to 154.
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He said after the fight that um there’s already a rematch clause like I know I know everyone’s gon na be saying like there’s no need for a rematch, but it was already in the contract that whoever lost was gon na was allowed to uh to to call For a rematch, so [ Music, ] um.
So if somebody’s gon na do that, but Earl Spence said that he was hoping that the rematch would be at 154 most likely, not because Terence Crawford is obviously the the person that won the match.
Is gon na get gon na get to have the better negotiations on on the terms of the contract? Yeah again this this punch right here.
This is what Earl Spence’s head was turning all night long like this um yeah this.
He was not expecting that nobody was expecting that what else we got in the rankings who else we got so who, who could Spence go from here? Where’S all the comments there where’s all the comments and no comments yet who could come at um who’s? Next? For for Earl Spence right now, who do we got at 147 um? I’M sure he’s gon na take some time off, just uh just to rethink, rethink things.
But again I don’t think there’s anybody at uh welterweight, all these guys from shout out to the Canadian Cody Cody Crowley from Peterborough.
Doing his thing in Vegas worked his way up to top five well yeah Cody Crowley is top five in all the major in WBC WBA IVF and IBO, oh, except for WBA, he’s been in the top three weight, clap belts, Cody Crowley is top he’s number two.
No yeah number two or number three much respect to the Canadian Cody Crowley.
For that um.
You got August who, who um Spence just beat in his last fight before that who else we got boots Ennis? Should we see boost Ennis versus Earl Spence? First, as one more one more test for boots before before Crawford yeah, I think so I think so.
I think we should see boots versus Crawford, for I mean boots versus uh Spence.
First, as I’m watching the highlights of the fight of Spence go down.
Um boots versus Spence first and boost can convincingly win against Spence.
Then they should definitely make that fight with proper.
So that’s that’s what I think should happen.
First, uh boots Ennis except boots.
Ennis, looked very good in this last fight.
The fight right before that I forgot homeboy’s name um.
Where are we at here the fight right before that um yeah? I forgot homeboy’s name: that’s uh, that boot spot that he went 12 rounds with that, not that he struggled, but it wasn’t that convincing when not a stoppage and the one thing that kind of concerned me about that one was that uh.
You know he kind of.
Instead of taking responsibility for not being able to cut off the ring and stop the guy, he blamed that he said that the other guy came in not to fight just to run, and that kind of concerns me because you know what that means is that you Know you know, the ring is only that much big.
You should be able at that level you should be able to cut off the ring cut off the ring.
If that’s all your opponent is doing, is running um and Landing punches from there cutting off the ring.
If they move to to to your left using a hook to stop him there moving the other direction using a cross or hook to stop him in that direction.
So that kind of concerned me when Boots was talking about you know his his opponent was wasn’t there to fight.
He was just there to run um, but then in his last opponent, Roman villa um.
He looked very good but as I’m looking here in the in the top list, I don’t know if I’m missing it but uh.
Oh zolt, the Randy, another Canadian is in the top 15 in the WB WBO, but I don’t see Bruce ennis’s name anywhere on here.
Why is Bruce Anderson’s name not in these top 10 uh top 10 lists um anyways boots Ennis versus Earl, Spence Jr.
First, that’s that thing! That’S what I think should happen again.
This picture right here that hard straight Cross of terrorist profit look how relaxed he is too.
Look at Terence Crawford’s face look at both both of their facial reactions in this picture right here, full extension on that straight left.
Turning his hip, you can tell he turned his hip and pivot his foot that yeah this.
This was just a picture.
Perfect uh um picture right here, but a Master Class.
This is what you call, I think the word master class is kind of thrown out thrown around a lot um when uh in boxing these days, when a guy has a very good win, um, but uh last night was a simply a master class performance by by Bud Crawford one of the things shout out to my boy, Mike Carter, too, who’s been the number one Terence Robert Crawford supporter for years too um Mike, I know I know you were betting Crawford with your heart, but come on.
You got to even you weren’t expecting that dominating performance from your boy, much respect to my boy Mike, but um, yeah yeah, one of the things, the defensive things.
Of course, you guys know I’m all about the defense, one of the defensive things that uh that Crawford was doing last night was actually opening his hand in his glove to cover more space.
Obviously, in the boxing club, you can’t you can’t straight up open your hands like this, but you can make it tighter fist to make you have a harder punch, but you can also like open your hands a little bit.
It doesn’t make.
It doesn’t seem like it makes much of a difference, but you can go from here to adding an inch more of Defense just covering up like that um.
So what he did and one of the I’m assuming it’s a drill that he practices but um.
He blocked and came back with the same hand a lot of times they have the boxers.
Do the drill work, you know, there’s a there’s a round where they you know, I don’t care what you throw you, throw a couple punches block and come back with the same hand, and then the next round will block and come back with the opposite hand.
Most Fighters are are more comfortable doing one or the other.
A lot of coaches only stick to one way: a lot of coaches, only coach blocking and coming back with the opposite hand.
I say you’re me as a coach, I say your reflexes should be just as good with anything, because you, you could be in any situation.
In there you could be in a situation where you cannot, you can take advantage of blocking and coming back with the same hand, or you could be in a situation where you can block and come back with the opposite hand.
Whatever is open.
Whatever is open.
You need to have the reflexes and the instincts to be able to come back, yeah yeah yeah again.
I don’t want to keep repeating myself, so I’m just going to stop it right here.
Much respect to Terence Bud Crawford once again the number one powerful pound best boxer in the sport yeah man um, he could take on boots or he can retire.
You can take on boots or he can retire.
I think his his uh his pride, if anything, if Terence brought Prophet if he fought, booth and stop and beat boots, he should just retire after that he used to just even if he retired.
Now you know what I’m saying he’s you know once you once you’re getting into the into the into the mid to late 30s.
As an athlete, you know, obviously, in real life mid to late 30s is not is not old, but in in professional athlete age when you’re in your mid to late Earth mid to late 30s.
That’S basically, that being like in your in your in your you know: mid 50s um, the power is always there.
The power didn’t leave you, but the the the general athleticism leaves you the reflexes and the reaction time and in a sport like boxing where your reflexes and reaction time is everything.
You know that Split, Second of getting your hand up or that Split Second slower of not getting your hand up, is a world of a difference in your performance.
So Terence, I believe, is uh 35 years old, now, 35 or 36, so yeah yeah um.
As long as it all depends how good he feels you know, there’s not too many of the all-time greats, whether in any sport, LeBron’s still doing his thing at 37 years old, yes at Benjamin LeBron, LeBron’s still doing his thing at the 38 years old.
I think he is now um.
You know.
Floyd was still doing his thing.
Floyd, let’s not forget, Floyd’s will Canelo at 36 years old.
Everyone needs to talk about canelo’s too young Canelo was Canelo, was a pro for eight years and had 40 fights.
Floyd was 36 years old when he did that to Canelo, oh yeah.
That was my other thing.
I was going to bring up as far as great performances or or fight of the year.
I mentioned this a long time ago, the traditional weight.
Let me take a sip of water before I get into this parts, the traditional definition of the fight of the year.
The traditional definition of the fight of the year is, is for most people for the general boxing public.
It’S just two guys, whoever they are um.
Knocking each other down multiple times during the fight where it’s back and forth and not too much good defense is being displayed by by either fighter either because they’re hurt or just because yeah you know.
So that’s the traditional criteria or or definition of a fight of the year is when there’s multiple knockdowns during a fight, um and then the end result is probably a knockdown um.
One of the best examples is, you know our tour Gotti and Mickey Ward.
They had a classic three wars together and in more recent years we had Deontay Wilder and Tyson Fury.
Yes, Wilder and fury were just as exciting as the Arturo Gotti and Mickey Ward fights where it was two.
You know just two two guys getting knocked down multiple times.
Yes, Tyson Fury won two out of the three fights um, but because there was multiple knockdowns in each fight like Tyson Fury, he much respect for him for having one of the toughest Gins in history.
I’Ll give Tyson Fury that Tyson Fury has one of the toughest chins in history simply for the simple fact that Deontay Wilder has one of the hardest punches in boxing history.
Deontay Wilder has one of the hardest punches of anybody ever putting on a pair of gloves and Tyson Fury got up multiple times from that um.
So for that alone, Fury definitely has one of the toughest chins in the history of the sport anyways.
My whole point of bringing that up was that’s what made those fights fight you know considered fights of the year, because there was multiple knockdowns, our tour Guardian, Mickey Ward, Deonte, Wilder and and uh and fury I’m sure.
Other people could come up with with other examples.
But like going back to my specific, my specific criteria for fight of the year is when it’s there’s a fight between before the fight it’s between two high-level, exceptionally high-level boxers and then, when the fight happens, one fighter just straight dominates the other guy or girl.
Two.
It could be happens in females too shout out to the females um.
That’S my criteria when, before the fight, it is literally 50 50.
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This fight there’s no way, there’s only a few people that that can convincingly say that they knew that this.
That type of performance was going to happen from Crawford, so anyways going into the fight.
It was 50 50.
and then, when the fight happens, one boxer just straight dominates.
The other one.
That, for me, is is a fight of the year and performance of the year.
Um, the last time that there was a an exceptional, an exceptional performance like this – that I can remember, was um Shakur Stevenson versus Oscar Valdez when they fought for their title.
Going into that fight.
Oscar Valdez Oscar Valdez had probably the The Knockout of the year against uh Miguel burchelled, a couple of fights before that not not just runner-up, for knockout of the like it was The Knockout of the year, uh of very good back and forth fight with with him, With Burchell um Oscar Valdez was uh still is considered the top five top three boxer in that division.
So going into that fight, that fight was 50 50.
For me, a lot of the people – uh – not everyone – was convinced Stevenson was going to win.
I was just because I I always liked his skills but um, and then it went out and Stevenson just straight up dominated him.
It went 12 rounds and even even recently, Valdez said himself um.
That Stevenson is special.
What and what he did to him.
Um specifically when he talked about his defense, so anyways my whole point of bringing all that up was that my fights of the year are twice between two even level guys where, when the fight happens, one guy just straight dominates the other guy um, not in a Mismatch but he made it look like a mismatch in with his skills with his skills, so yeah yeah there, you have it all right, that’s enough talking for today, once again much respect to the pound enough best boxer in the sport today, Terence Bud Crawford yeah man.
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