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Crawford opens with a right. But more dancing ensues. Madrimov jabs, and Crawford fires back. Madrimov not going to get KO’d at this rate. Might not land a memorable punch either. Now he’s poking with the jab and throws a right, and Crawford lands an uppercut. Some boos from the crowd. Crawford 30, Madrimov 27.
Crawford made his first title defense on June 28, 2014, stopping the previously unbeaten Yuriorkis Gamboa in nine rounds. Bud closed out the banner year with a 12-round unanimous decision over Ray Beltran in November.
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Fourteen months after that accident, Spence routed Danny Garcia via decision. And while many boxers have been forced to retire due to a detached retina, Spence returned from the surgery -- just like Sugar Ray Leonard in the 1980s -- to stop Ugas.
"It went through the window, hit me and bounced out. The only reason, the doctor said, that it didn't go through was because the window slowed it down. I was blessed. That's when I sat down and just thought about life," Crawford said.
Oleksandr Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs), who entered with the WBA, IBF and WBO belts, captured Tyson Fury's (34-1-1, 24 KOs) WBC and lineal titles to become undisputed. The last time boxing had an undisputed heavyweight champion was in 2000 (Lennox Lewis, three-belt era).
Spence-Crawford is going to deliver. The early pick here is Crawford, as he’s more versatile and has more ways to win. I don’t discount Spence because he’s largely lived up to the hype that surrounded him not only coming out of the Olympics but then when he sparred in his early days as a pro with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
This is a magnificent fight pitting the two best welterweights in the world. The good news is, they’re in their primes, too. I have both guys in my pound-for-pound top-five list, but I feel terry crawford age is the more versatile fighter. His ability to switch stances creates doubt sometimes in his opponent’s mind and at least fills it with things to be aware of. Crawford is able to use his feet very well to create punching angles, and he’s got a highly underrated chin. It’s going to be a back-and-forth fight that I see Crawford winning by being busier, defending better, and punching more accurately. Crawford by decision.
By the seventh, the action was becoming uncomfortable to watch, and "Bud" scored two more heavy knockdowns. When referee Harvey Dock mercifully stopped the contest in the ninth, Spence was on the verge of being seriously hurt.
Close friends not long ago, both fighters have been campaigning for a fight for years. Issues with contracts, promoters, and timing have delayed it from happening. A free agent, Crawford would sue Bob Arum and Top Rank, seeking nearly $10 million after alleging "revolting racist bias" that resulted in him failing to secure big money fights. He believes now is the perfect time to pull the trigger.
Crawford, 35, is 39-0 (30 knockouts) having become WBO champion with victory over Jeff Horn in 2018, while Spence Jr, 33, arrives 28-0 (22 knockouts) as the reigning WBC, WBA and IBF champion after unifying the division with a 10th-round TKO win over Yordenis Ugas in his most recent outing back in April 2022.
Undisputed Welterweight World Champion Terence "Bud" Crawford is not only the best fighter in the sport today, but perhaps the best of his generation, capturing the undisputed crown in two separate weight classes while accruing a Hall of Fame resume. Read Bio
And we’re off! The fighter meet at the center of the ring and begin circling one another in southpaw stances. Spence is pawing more with the jab to establish range but each man is doing more feinting than fighting. After about a minute and a half of feeling out, Spence lunges in and moves Crawford backward with a right hand to the body. Spence lands another left to the body.
Baby: As much as the promotion for the fight indicates that both men are in their prime, that might be stretching it a little bit. Crawford turns 36 this year, has been a professional since 2008 and won his first legitimate belt in 2014 when he beat Ricky Burns for the WBO lightweight title. Spence is 33 and has been a welterweight champion since 2017.
It’s really a time for celebration, as this is a major fight that is happening while the fighters are unquestionably in their primes. Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, for instance, met in 2015 when both were past their primes. Would the fight have been more compelling or the outcome different if they’d fought in 2010? No one will know, but there’s an argument to be made that the answer to both questions is yes.
(image: https://p0.pikist.com/photos/879/275/books-bookshelf-classic-collection-encyclopedia-library-market-old-pattern-thumbnail.jpg)Davis (29-0) collected his 27th knockout and proclaimed himself as the new face of boxing while Garcia (23-1) suffers the first loss of his pro career. Without a rematch clause, Garcia will have to go back to the drawing board and likely move up to 140 pounds while Davis has plenty of options regarding his future. He could go after the winner of the undisputed lightweight title fight between Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko on May 20 or also move up to 140 pounds where the likes of Teofimo Lopez and Josh Taylor are.
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