Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford rated each other's ring resumes during separate sitdowns with Premier Boxing Champions last month.
Crawford rated Spence's resume a respectable "7.0," but Spence burst into laughter and gave Crawford's ring resume a woeful "0.5."
Well, Crawford caught wind of Spence's low rating for him and responded to it during a recent appearance on The Pivot Podcast.
"Listen — come July 29th, I guess you're going to be another 0.5 that I've been in the ring with," Crawford said bluntly. "And that's how I carry it because mostly all the recent fighters that I've been in the ring with, a lot of people felt as if they were going to beat me. They felt as if I was the smaller man. They felt as if these guys were more proven in the welterweight division. OK, so be it.
"I knocked them off," Crawford continued, before rattling off some of the excuses he's heard following his wins. "Now, it's 'this guy was washed up, he wasn't the same fighter,' or 'he was past his prime' or 'this guy's father threw in the towel' or 'he didn't train.'
"I get so many excuses. So, July 29, just give me my credit. Give me my props."
After clinching the undisputed junior welterweight world championship in August 2017, Crawford (39-0, 30 knockouts) has been a force to deal with at 147 pounds. There, he has recorded a 7-0 record with all seven victories coming by the way of knockout, including wins over Shawn Porter and Kell Brook — common opponents with Spence.
Of course, a victory over Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) Saturday night in Las Vegas would be the biggest of them all, as it would give "Bud" his 40th career victory and make him the only man in boxing history to reach undisputed glory in two weight classes.