Terence Crawford desperately needs to fight Errol Spence Jr. He’s not hurting financially, although the eight-figure windfall he’ll receive after their fight for the undisputed 147-pound championship Saturday – by far the biggest of his career – will be welcomed. And he’s already guaranteed a place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame based on his world titles in three divisions, place on pound-for-pound lists and general dominance. No, he needs this matchup to prove something else: that he’s truly an all-time great fighter. That’s the case whether he acknowledges it or not. “My name is already up there with the all-time greatest welterweight fighters,” Crawford said Tuesday
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