"He called me out, so it ain't no backing up. "Definitely it's bigger now, there's a lot at stake. Undisputed on the line, that's bigger than the fight that was going to happen in the past. This will be my second undisputed title in two different weight classes. That's never been done before in the history of boxing, so I'm looking forward to that as well."Ĭrawford, ESPN's No. 2 pound-for-pound boxer, is coming off a career-best victory, a 10th-round TKO of Shawn Porter in the fifth defense of his welterweight title (Spence defeated Porter via split decision in 2019.)Įven though Spence, 32, just fought two weeks ago, Crawford said he has no plans to compete before a meeting with Spence. "I'm going straight into it," said Crawford, a 34-year-old native of Omaha, Nebraska. He added: "The way we can get this fight done is them sending me an offer and we look at the offer and sit down at the table and we discuss what's needed from both sides - Team Spence, Team Crawford - and we get the fight done like that. My team is just waiting on them to get in touch with us and make this fight happen."īoxing's failure to deliver a fight between the world's two best welterweights has been a constant source of frustration for the sport's fans. It appears to be a fait accompli the matchup will materialize later this year, but this is boxing after all. Even the most logical fights often don't come together for a multitude of reasons that defy logic and business sense.īut now that Crawford is no longer aligned with Top Rank, there's no promotional or network divide to conquer, nor is there any suitable opponent for either boxer after Spence collected Ugas' title. "I want Terence Crawford," Spence, ESPN's No. 6 pound-for-pound boxer, said after he defeated Ugas. I'm going to get these straps then go over there and take his too. I think Spence is a great fighter and I think being in the ring with another great fighter will bring greatness out of me." I just think this is a fight where I can display my skills and my talent to the fullest. The winner of the matchup would leave no doubt regarding the best boxer in one of the sport's most talent-laden weight classes, but in Crawford's mind, would also determine the pound-for-pound No. 1 boxer.Īnd he already knows whom he wants to fight after Spence. After I beat Spence, I'm moving up and I'm f-ing up Charlo. End quote.Connor Robinson, a 17-year-old British TikTok star with rosy cheeks and a budding six-pack, has built a large following by keeping his fans thirsty. Robinson posts sexually suggestive curve balls that, he said, “break some barriers.” Between the daily drip of shirtless dance routines and skits about his floppy hair, Mr. In an eight-second video set to a lewd hip-hop track by the Weeknd, he and a fellow teenage boy, Elijah Finney, who calls himself Elijah Elliot, filmed themselves in a London hotel room, grinding against each other as if they’re about to engage in a passionate make-out session. Robinson pushed against the tiled wall.īut as racy as the video is, fans are under no pretense that the two are in the throes of gay puppy love. Finney identify as heterosexual, but as some TikTok influencers have discovered, man-on-man action is a surefire way to generate traffic.