Two nights ago we finally got the absolute king of the welterweight division. A rivalry that has lasted for years between the 33-year-old Errol Spence and 35-year-old Terence Crawford it was finally resolved. With a stoppage in the ninth round after a series of powerful blows, Crawford forced the referee to stop and thus won perhaps the most anticipated match of the year.
Crawford was so superior, in fact, that it begs the question whether it makes much sense for Spence to trigger the rematch clause, to which he is entitled.
"Rematch? Hell, we have to do the fight again. I will be much better. It will probably be in December," Spence said after the knockout.
With this, Crawford became the undisputed champion of the welterweight category and with a balance of 40 victories, without defeat, he put the crown on a great career by beating, according to many, the best welterweight in the last few years.
By unifying the titles in the welterweight category, Crawford made history, because for the first time we have a boxer who united four titles in two different categories. In 2017, the popular Bud united the titles in the super lightweight category, and six years later he also managed to do so in the welterweight division.
Crawford, in addition, opened up some other questions - for example, can he be considered the best boxer right now? In theory, there should be no doubt after the aforementioned two-category crowning.
But there's always a big subjective component to the so-called pound-for-pound title, and that's why other fighters have to be taken into account.
Naoya Inoue, the popular Monstrum, last week successfully began the journey to his second absolute reign, now in the bantamweight division. His boxing is pure spectacle - aggressive, very intuitive, both in attack and defense, with speed of both hands and feet.
But, before Crawford and the Japanese, Jervonta Davis was valid for the so-called "the new face of boxing". The young man Ryan Garcia broke in a duel closely followed by the media.
According to many, it was Davis who inherited Canelo Alvarez. The Mexican was a story in himself, even though he lost to the Russians Dmitri Bivol his last fight doesn't help this race, regardless of the fact that he knowingly took a risk by accepting to fight at light heavyweight.
In heavyweight, we have Tyson Fury i Oleksandr Usik. The former will not be able to claim to have established an era until he defeats the Ukrainian and Anthony to Joshua, while the other is close to ruling the cruiserweight and heavyweight division, such as Evander Holyfield, but with even more belts on the way. Both have already achieved impressive results.
In the end, we have Devin Haney, the lightweight king. The popular "Dream" still has a lot to prove, but continues to take solid steps forward. In front of him, however, there are a lot of top fighters that he needs to defeat in an effort to be the best.
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