Oscar De La Hoya has already nailed his colours to the mast regarding who he is backing in the undisputed world welterweight title fight between Errol Spence Jr (28-0, 22KOs) and Terence Crawford (39-0, 30KOs). The July 29th fight between Spence-Crawford is one of the most anticipated fights in the sport in recent years, and the victor will cement themselves as the premier #1 welterweight in the world with all of the marbles attached to one man at the end of proceedings.
Golden Boy supremo De La Hoya revealed his pick for the fight and his overall assessment of the all-American welterweight contest and is favouring Crawford over Spence Jr.
“I think that, still, Crawford has the abilities, the boxing skill, the boxing IQ,” De La Hoya told FightHubTV. “You can see it. You don’t have to be a genius to know who is the better boxer.
“Spence, don’t get me wrong. He’s a great fighter. We built him. Golden Boy built him. So Spence has a tremendous shot at knocking him out. He has tremendous power, tremendous IQ, but I just think Crawford has better leg movement. He knows how to slip and side, move in and out, and bounce on his toes and throw punches in bunches.
“You can’t win a fight without throwing just one or two punches. If your opponent is Crawford and he throws four, five, six punches, then he’s gonna take the rounds and take the fight, just like what happened with Lomachenko and Haney. Lomachenko was throwing punches in bunches and landing almost everything. It was incredible.
“I strongly feel that Crawford and Spence, both great fighters, in my humble opinion—what do I know about boxing— is that Crawford has the better ability. He has the better arsenal inside the ring.”
