Desoto native Errol "The Truth" Spence, 28-1 (22), has officially activated his rematch clause with the undisputed welterweight champion and the man who took the "0" from his L column last month. According to Crawford's trainer, Brain Mcintyre (Bo Mac) Spence has activated the rematch clause, and the pair of future first ballot hall of famers will run it back. The date, venue, and even the weight have not been confirmed. According to the trainer, his fighter "texted me yesterday and said that Spence activated his rematch clause. The rematch is confirmed, but we don't have any date and stuff like that yet."
There was a two-way rematch clause, meaning the loser had the first right of refusal and could run it back if they chose. Everything went wrong for Spence in the ring on July 29th. He was knocked down in the second round and got worse from there on out things got far worse for the North Texan, who was knocked down a total of three times before having the bout waved off for good in the 9th round by referee in charge Harvey Dock. A humbled Spence never made a single excuse, which has become unheard of in the boxing world. Things started going poorly for the DeSoto High School project long before he stepped in the ring on July 29th. Spence was in a fairly bad car wreck in December of 22, and camp did not go well into the lead-up of the biggest fight of his career. The World Class Boxing Gym where Spence trains with Derrick James was loaded with big fights all in the same time span. In addition to the Jermell Charlo fight with Canelo in a month, James was working with Ryan Garcia, who was in Dallas house shopping, plus the biggest, most valuable name in his stable, two-time former unified heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua fought, just two weeks later in the UK and two weeks before Spence-Crawford, James's hottest young prospect Frank Martin headlined the Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas, in a harder than expected contest with Artem Harutyunyan in which Martin rallied late to secure the victory. All three of the James' trained fighters had subpar performances, and on top of that, Garcia and Charlo were preparing as well. It may have simply been too much plate of the plate of the trainer of the year.
Spence will however get a chance to turn that all around and exact revenge on Crawford.