Spence is priced at 6/5 whilst Crawford is a slight favourite at 7/10. Will Spence's natural size, brutal body punching and unhurried approach prevail or will the versatile Crawford have too many tricks and too much know how? It is a fight which has absolutely everything. 'Bud' moved up to become the undisputed king of the 140lb division and has looked imperious at welterweight. Crawford is the WBO champion and has been dominating opposition since taking Ricky Burns lightweight title in 2014. Texan, Spence, has been a world champion since beating Kell Brook and he will put his IBF, WBC and WBA belts on the line. For all the latest fight odds, visit our sportsbook.īoth fighters are unbeaten - Spence is 28-0 with 22 knockouts and Crawford has 39 straight victories with 30 stoppages - and both appear to be at the peak of their powers. After years of talk Errol Spence and Terence Crawford are finally set to meet and decide who the best welterweight - and maybe the best fighter in the entire sport- truly is. Shaun's death, at the age of 61, was announced on 11th May 2023.The wait is finally over. The Ron Pickering Memorial Fund was founded in 1991, and supports hundreds of young athletes each year. His son, Shaun Pickering, represented Great Britain in the shot put at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and won a bronze medal for Wales in the shot put at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. He was survived by his wife, and their son and daughter. Pickering died at home in Digswell a few weeks after a heart bypass operation. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1986 Birthday Honours, for services to athletics. Linford Christie dedicated his gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona to Pickering. He was president of Haringey Athletic Club, whose members included Seb Coe and Mike McFarlane. He was a leading proponent of a scheme to use a disused banana warehouse on the Isle of Dogs as an indoor training centre, which later became the London Arena (demolished in 2006). He also co-presented the programme Superstars from 1973 to 1985 with David Vine. He was known for his catchphrase, "Away you go!", at the end of each show, at which point all the teams would jump into the swimming pool (pool events always made up the final phase of the competition). He was the first host of the BBC1 children's sports programme We Are the Champions, a show he presented from 1973 until his death. He was a television commentator at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City and continued in broadcasting for over 20 years. He was recreational manager at Lee Valley Regional Park for two years before becoming an independent consultant in recreational planning management. He coached several Olympic athletes, including Lynn Davies, who won gold medals in the long jump at the 1964 Olympics, the 1966 European Athletics Championships and the 1966 Commonwealth Games, and also represented Britain in the 4 × 100 metres relay in Tokyo. Pickering was a coach with the British team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and with the Welsh team at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica. In July 1962, he and Barney Mulrenan were co-commentators for the Home Service in Wales on the Welsh Games, a weekend athletics meeting trying to rekindle the spirit of the Empire Games Pickering moved to Cardiff to become national athletics coach for Wales from 1961 to 1966. He became a teacher of physical education at Stratford Grammar School and then Wanstead County High School He did national service in the King's Own Royal Regiment, and studied for a diploma in physical education at Carnegie College of Physical Education in Leeds and then a master's degree in education at Leicester University. She won a gold medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1950 European Athletics Championships, a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki (and was fifth in the 80 metres hurdles), a gold medal in the long jump at the 1954 European Athletics Championships, and bronze medals in both the long jump and 80 metres hurdles at the 1954 Commonwealth Games in Vancouver. He became head boy at West Ham Secondary School (later to become Stratford Grammar School and now Stratford School) when the head girl was future wife Jean Desforges. Ronald James Pickering OBE ( – 13 February 1991) was an athletics coach and BBC sports commentator.
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