Terence Crawford refused to break his icy face-off with Shawn Porter after the American welterweights weighed in for their WBO title clash in Las Vegas.
WBO champion Crawford fixed a steely glare on Crawford as they went head to head for the final time before their explosive showdown, live on Sky Sports from 2am on Sunday morning.
A three-weight world champion, Crawford tipped the scales at 146.4lbs, while Porter was marginally heavier at 146.6lbs as he attempted to win a world championship for the third time.
Crawford is recognised as one of the world’s finest pound-for-pound fighters, but the 34-year-old insists he is yet to display his finest performance.
“We’ll have to see if this is the toughest fight of my career,” Crawford has told Sky Sports.
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“I’ve been faced with a lot of people who thought the past couple of fights would be the toughest. But we don’t know until we step in the ring.
“I don’t tend to listen but I do take heed because it means I won’t overlook anything.
“I believe, deep down in my heart, that there are a lot of things I haven’t shown yet because I didn’t have to show it at that point. There are skills I haven’t had to display.
“Maybe Porter can bring those out. There is more to come. I am getting better.”
Sky Sports Boxing schedule
November 20 – BOXXER in London
Richard Riakporhe vs Olanrewaju Durodola
Natasha Jonas
Florian Marku vs Jorick Luisetto
Hosea Burton vs Dan Azeez – British light-heavyweight title
Mikael Lawal
November 20 – Top Rank in Las Vegas
Terence Crawford vs Shawn Porter – WBO welterweight title
December 11 – BOXXER in Cardiff
Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Williams
Claressa Shields vs Ema Kozin
December 11 – Top Rank in New York
Vasiliy Lomachenko vs Richard Commey
Jared Anderson vs Oleksandr Teslenko
Nico Ali Walsh
Xander Zayas
December 17 – Top Rank in Montreal
Artur Beterbiev vs Marcus Browne – IBF and WBC light-heavyweight titles
February 26 – Top Rank in Glasgow
Josh Taylor vs Jack Catterall – undisputed super-lightweight title