Boxing fans can wait because we are guaranteed that this fight is gonna happen, the word "mandatory" is the one that guarantees us we will see the fight. We can't talk about Spence vs Crawford now as Spence has Thurman in front of him that could steal his belt if he will not give his best.
More time to practice for these two great boxers if it will happen on March 2023, so they'll be 100% (hopefully with no injury).
Yes, it is somehow guaranteed because the boxer don't have any much of an option when the sanctioning bodies give them mandatory fights and the only thing that will make this fight cancel if one of the boxers will reject the fight. In this case, Thurman is eager while might be thinking about it because it looks like he still holds grudge against Thurman for what he did years back. Nonetheless, this fight getting cancelled is unlikely to happen because both boxers came from the same stable and Spence, the champion, cannot afford to lose his belts.
If in terms of keeping the belt, I will agree that Spence will defend his title, it's a mandatory fight that he need to agree or else the belt will be strip and be rewarded to Thurman, who's really eager to have and regain his name, it's interesting because both fighters are good both in defense and offense they are both have the capabilities to throw solid punches, we will wait if upset may happen or Spence will be more prepared and aggressive to bring Thurman down.
All can be decided or concluded once both are inside the same ring and throwing hard combinations to win the fight.
It's not easy as that, even if Spence is stripped by his belt, it will not be simply awarded to Thurman. Maybe Thurman will have a chance to fight maybe the next rank fighter for the belt, but the organization will mandate that fight like what they ordered Spence here.
So this fight has to be made, we fans have already deprived by the best fight in this division. And I think this is the second best fight so hopefully there will be no delays or postponement since there are no stumbling block between the two fighters, except if one doesn't want to fight the other but this two are warriors so I doubt that will be the reason if ever this fight is not going to happen.