{"id":644239,"date":"2026-06-17T22:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T22:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/644239\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T22:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T22:31:09","slug":"errol-spence-finally-shares-what-went-wrong-in-camp-for-terence-crawford-fight-messed-up-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/644239\/","title":{"rendered":"Errol Spence finally shares what went wrong in camp for Terence Crawford fight: “Messed up situation”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Errol Spence Jr<\/a> has explained how a \u201cmessed up\u201d training camp was what cost him in his undisputed showdown with Terence Crawford<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Truth\u2019 lost his WBC, IBF and WBA welterweight titles to \u2018Bud\u2019 in July 2023, suffering a ninth-round stoppage defeat<\/a> in what was widely considered to be a 50\/50 fight.<\/p>\n

Since then, he has remained out of the ring, but the 36-year-old is now gearing up to face fellow former world champion Tim Tszyu<\/a> on July 25.<\/p>\n

The pair will square off in Australia at a catchweight of 158lbs, with Spence not only competing at a higher weight but also training under the tutelage of new head coach Ronnie Shields.<\/p>\n

It seems as though a major change was needed, both in a weight-making and training-related sense, with the American hoping that Shields can guide him towards his first victory since April 2022, back when he scored a 10th-round finish over Yordenis Ugas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Or at least, Spence is surely confident that his preparations for Tszyu will be more straightforward than they were for Crawford, whose switch-hitting style must be a nightmare to replicate in sparring.<\/p>\n

In fact, the former unified champion has told All The Smoke Boxing<\/a> that esteemed former coach Derrick James failed to arrange the proper sparring partners.<\/p>\n

\u201cNope [no conversations with Derrick James about how to go about the fight]. That camp was bulls**t. I did no sparring. The guys didn\u2019t fit \u2013 I had no southpaws in there to spar. It was all out of whack.<\/p>\n

I was basically living wrong. Even out of camp, you\u2019ve got to live right so, once you get in camp, everything [is] cool.<\/p>\n

Derrick\u2019s [job to pick the sparring partners], he\u2019s the teacher right? We were just working the mitts. You would think he would put on some gloves and have me blocking shots, but it was none of that.<\/p>\n

I was just feeling weak, depleted. Even if I worked out, I feel like I wasn\u2019t getting stronger. The whole camp \u2013 it was just a whole messed up situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clearly, Spence also blames himself for not turning up in the best of shape, yet no credit should be taken away from one of Crawford\u2019s career-defining performances.<\/p>\n

In fact, Spence later took to social media to say just that:<\/p>\n

Regardless Bud was disciplined & he deserved and earned his W\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Errol Spence (@ErrolSpenceJr) June 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Errol Spence Jr has explained how a \u201cmessed up\u201d training camp was what cost him in his undisputed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-644239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=644239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}