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Anson Wainwright of The Ring reported Tuesday the fight will take place between Spence—who is the IBF, WBA and WBC title holder—and his WBO counterpart in Las Vegas on June 17. Wainwright noted an official announcement could be made April 22 at the fight between Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia.
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.
Round 6: Feints galore coming from Madrimov right now. Madrimov leads with his jab and walks Crawford to the ropes. Crawford answers with a flurry. He sneaks a left hand past Madrimov’s guard. Right hand from Madrimov, Crawford throws out a combination. There appears to be a mouse developing under Crawford’s right eye. Madrimov whiffs on a big overhand. Madrimov lunges into an uppercut, Crawford ties up. Nasty body work by Crawford to close out the round. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Madrimov. (57-57 overall.)
"To be honest, I never wanted to be an Olympic gold medalist," Crawford said. "Midge and BoMac, they wanted me to stay in the amateurs and win a gold medal because they know how tough it is coming out of Nebraska. I wanted to be a world champion."
Round 1: They touch ‘em up and we’re off. Crawford opens by switching stances and snapping off a left hook. Madrimov backs him up into the corner then resets. Madrimov jabs to the body. Crawford does the same. Plenty of caution being shown from both men as they download information off one another. Crawford chucks off a right, Madrimov answers with a counter. Crawford connects on combination at the bell. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Crawford.
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“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to become a world champion once again on an already historic night for boxing,” Donaire said. “I’m thankful to my team for this opportunity and I’m going to do everything I can to make the most of it. We’re working really hard on defense and being as fast as possible. It’s been an amazing camp and I can’t wait to get in the ring.”
This latest move in Crawford’s career comes in lieu of previous plans to target the WBO 154-pound title. He enforced his WBO ‘Super Champion’ status to become the mandatory at the higher wait. It entitled him to a shot at Sebastian Fundora, who dethroned Tim Tszyu in their March 30 bloodbath in Las Vegas.
Crawford held onto his titles, stopping Molina in the eighth round in front of a large home crowd in Omaha. Crawford moved around the ring for most of the fight, jabbing, holding and pot-shotting Molina. Referee Mark Nelson halted the fight in the eight round after Molina received three consecutive hits to the head. In the post-fight interview, Crawford felt he should be the 2016 'Fighter of the Year' for his wins over Molina, Lundy and Postol, "I feel like I got it. I just have to wait until the results come in." Crawford also reiterated his desire to unify the division before a possible move up to welterweight. Crawford landed 184 punches from 419 thrown, Molina landed 41 of 287 thrown, a 14% connect rate. The fight drew an average 806,000 viewers and peaked at 871,000 viewers on HBO.