Terence Bud Crawford Fight
Errol Spence Jr. vs. Terence Crawford -- Round 7: Crawford landed a good hook and continued to bomb away, forcing Spence to move backward. Spence landed two big left hands and Crawford threw a counter and Spence went down for the second time in the fight! Spence beat the count and Crawford stalked trying to find the finish, landing more big lefts. Spence came forward and landed a good right hand inside but Crawford is just taking every shot like nothing on this night. Both men landed jabs before Crawford landed a series of heavy shots to the body. A right hook from Crawford dropped Spence again as the round came to an end! Unofficial scorecard: 10-7 Crawford (69-61)
Spence vs. terrance crawford took place July 29 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. Errol Spence (28-1, 22 knockouts) battled Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 knockouts) for the undisputed welterweight title. The fight aired live on Showtime PPV and PPV.com.
The 33-year-old Spence is a career-long welterweight who’s outgrown the division and has wanted to move up for years, but not before fighting Crawford to determine who’d be the best welterweight of his era, and the best 147-pounder since Floyd Mayweather Jr. retired.
Crawford quickly established himself among the 147-pound elite. In October 2018, he stopped the previously unbeaten Jose Benavidez Jr. in the 12th round. He followed that up with a sixth-round TKO win over two-division champ Amir Khan in April 2019. Crawford ended the year with a ninth-round TKO of then-unbeaten slugger Egidijus Kavaliauskas in December. In November 2020, he powered through former champion Kell Brook inside four rounds.
Vergil Ortiz Jr: Shortly before he defeated Serhii Bohachuck, Alashikh stated his desire to see Crawford face Vergil Ortiz, Jr with Golden Boy’s Oscar De La Hoya on board with the plans. Ortiz fulfilled his end of the bargain in a fight of the year candidate that earned him the WBC interim junior middleweight belt.
Terence Crawford, middle, raises his fist as at the end of the 12 round fight against Israil Madrimov during a super welterweight championship boxing match in Los Angeles, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. Crawford, the consensus best pound-for-pound boxer in the world, defeated Israil Madrimov by unanimous decision to become a four-division champion. Crawford won the WBA super welterweight title on Saturday night in Los Angeles in his first fight at 154 pounds. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Round 2: BIG left hand by Cruz sets up a pulverising body assault. Again, good defense by Valenzuela, who slips and dips effectively. Another nice left hand by the champion. Some wild assaults by Cruz, but his aggression is keeping Valenzuela honest. Good left hand by the challenger. Cruz eats it and keeps coming. Big right from Cruz scores. Another body attack by the Mexican star.
The fisherman had netted his big catch, but Spence fought to the very, very end. He even did an in-ring interview, where he looked concussed, his face battered and bruised, his words slurred. Warrior stuff. Or too much warrior stuff. A trip to the hospital seemed likely. His right eye was nearly closed. Still, he said he wants a rematch—and there’s an automatic rematch clause involved on both sides here. But Spence also said he wants the rematch at junior middleweight, the next division up, then later demurred when asked if he would accept the rematch at welterweight. But Crawford later said he was eyeing a division move up of his own, hoping to face Jermell Charlo, another undisputed champion. Consider that history, if Charlo can get by Canelo Álvarez in September.
Round One: Spence shooting the jab to find range. Crawford barely misses a right hand. Spence to the body with a jab. Right to the body by Spence and Bud ties him up. Hard left to the body by Spence. Spence applying a lot of pressure. More jabs. Crawford lands a left hand. Active round for Spence. Crawford a slow starter. No surprise. 10-9 Spence
The three-division titlist wins an unprecedented second undisputed crown, this time at welterweight, with a masterful stoppage win over the gutty Errol Spence Jr. Saturday night on SHOWTIME Pay-Per-View.
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.
Not only can Terence Crawford call himself undisputed for a second time and in another weight class, but he is now approaching all-time status with a brutal exhibition of power and poise that has sent shockwaves through the boxing world.
"We practice that," said Crawford. "Normally in camp we do a flick and jab. But we knew that wasn’t going to work with Errol Spence because he’s durable, he’s strong. So, we had to practice a strong firm jab. The jab hit him and stopped him in his tracks."
Smart business for the sport normally makes for boring boxing. Inflammatory publicity stunts and circus acts to entice organizations to match up fighters was a route Bud said he was never willing to go.