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WE’VE known for over a week now that the superfight between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence won’t be happening next. Crawford is facing David Avanesyan next month, while Spence is rumoured to be finalising a meeting with Keith Thurman.

’s Alan Dawson did some digging into why the Crawford-Spence talks broke down and, to absolutely nobody’s surprise, it’s because of money. The article does shed some more light on the situation, though it is a little skewed in Spence’s favour. It cites several unnamed sources, none of which appear to

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