Errol Spence Jr emphatically made the first defence of the IBF world welterweight title that he brutally ripped from around Kell Brook’s waist last May in 2017.
Spence’s promoter, DiBella struggles to see who can be a legitimate threat for the power-punching undefeated champion moving forwards. He shared his belief that he can’t see Spence as an underdog against anybody.
“I think that Crawford, somewhere down the road, that could be (really) interesting,” said DiBella, the promoter of Saturday’s card.
“But I don’t know who you’d make Errol Spence an underdog to, if anyone,” DiBella said.
23-0, 20 KO, #AndStill IBF welterweight champion. 2018 gonna be our year. Time to unify these 147 pound belts. They all know where to find me. Appreciate all the love & support !! #MANDOWN #StrapSeason pic.twitter.com/FiMsVmlEWd
— Errol Spence (@ErrolSpenceJr) January 21, 2018
“When you can’t think of anyone you can’t make a 147-pound fighter an underdog to, you’ve gotta start thinking maybe he’s the best.”
“By the way,” DiBella said, “you think Bob Arum is sitting in Las Vegas right now, saying to himself, ‘Oh damn! I’d really like to put Crawford in with Errol Spence. Man, that’s really what I’d like to do right now.
“ESPN, get ready. I’m gonna spend my own money to get my guy beat.’ I doubt it.”
“Anything is realistic that can make enough money,” said DiBella, who has promoted three of Spence’s past four fights.
“Now that being said, I don’t expect that you’re gonna see [Spence-Crawford soon].
“I think you’ll see a Keith Thurman-Errol Spence fight before you’ll see either one of them fight Crawford because it’s simply easier to make. Arum’s out there with ESPN, doing his thing, and no one’s sitting here hating on him.”
Much love to my big homie @kingpete26 … still one of my fav fighters ain’t nothing changed ‼️ #SpencePeterson #ManDown #StrapSeason pic.twitter.com/QrsttD8qST
— Errol Spence (@ErrolSpenceJr) January 21, 2018
DiBella added, “He is entitled to do his thing”
“He’s out there and he’s investing his own money in it.”
“But it’s also probably no surprise that if he’s investing his own money, he would probably wanna use his own guys.”
“So I don’t think [for] that fight, anyone’s starting negotiations for one of those fights soon.”
“I think you’re far more likely down the line to see guys that are more accessible to be fighting Errol,” Spence said.
STILL UNDEFEATED!!
DeSoto's own @ErrolSpenceJr TKO's Lamont Peterson after seven rounds to defend his IBF welterweight world title! #MANDOWN #StrapSeason #SpencePeterson pic.twitter.com/7j2yJylzYF
— SportsDayDFW (@SportsDayDFW) January 21, 2018
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