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Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr have both knocked out Kell Brook and now they are looking to do the same to each other.

The pair are set to clash in a battle for the undisputed welterweight world titles on July 29.

Spence and Crawford will finally fight on July 29
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Spence and Crawford will finally fight on July 29Credit: Esther Lin/SHOWTIME

And in the build-up there has been a lot of comparison based on how they dealt with one of their common opponents, Britain's Brook.

Spence was first to take on the man from Sheffield in 2017 when Brook was still the IBF welterweight world champion, but he was coming off a nasty loss against Gennadiy Golovkin where he broke his orbital bone.

It took eleven rounds for a young Spence to get the job done, as he inflicted even more damage on Brook, breaking his other orbital bone, which caused the fight to be stopped in round 11.

Three years later, Crawford came up against Brook, but by this time it seemed the former champion's punch resistance was long gone, as he was hurt by a jab in the fourth round and subsequently knocked out.

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In a video on the , both Spence and Crawford were asked to discuss their wins over Brook.

"When [Crawford] fought him I feel like Kell Brook was on the verge of retiring anyway," Spence said.

"He'd been broken twice by Golovkin and then I broke the other eye. At the time I beat him he was the IBF welterweight world champion, by the time Terence Crawford beat him it was basically just some fight.

"Kell Brook was a guy who would fight anybody, he took all challenges, so he took the fight and at the time when I was fighting him he was struggling to make 147 lbs, so I feel like [when he fought Crawford] he was just doing it for the pride, for the money and to take on a great fighter."

Brook held the IBF welterweight world title when he clashed with Spence
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Brook held the IBF welterweight world title when he clashed with SpenceCredit: Getty
But, he was just one fight away from retirement by the time he fought Crawford
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But, he was just one fight away from retirement by the time he fought CrawfordCredit: Mikey Williams/Top Rank

Meanwhile, Crawford responded by saying: "His fight against Kell Brook was a gruelling fight and he broke Kell brook down in the later rounds and he did what he had to do to get the job done, like myself.

"I broke Kell Brook down and caught him with a great shot early in the fight and I felt I got the job done faster and quicker than he did."

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