The warrior gene runs through the blood of terence crawford last 10 fights Crawford. His grandfather, father and uncle had all trained at the C.W. Boxing Club in Omaha, Nebraska. The gym’s owner, Carl Washington, was also Crawford’s neighbor. Washington approached a then seven-year-old Terence about doing the same as a means of keeping the youngster out of trouble.
Former world champion Carl Frampton on TNT Sports: “That was one of the best boxing performances I have ever seen. I’ve seen many over the years but to make an elite fighter like Errol Spence look not elite, very ordinary at times, was very special.”
In front of a home crowd of 12,121, Crawford became the undisputed champion at light welterweight after knocking out Indongo in round three. The final punch was a left hook to the right side of the body, which immediately dropped Indongo. Referee Jack Reiss counted to 10 and promptly called an end after 1 minute and 38 seconds. Indongo also touched the canvas during round one, but the referee ruled it a slip. Additionally, Indongo was knocked down and received a count after a left from Crawford during round two.
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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.)
Round 4: Valenzuela found his rhythm in that third round. Let’s see if he can keep that up against the relentless pressure Cruz is going to bring. Cruz already coming out firing, but Valenzuela sticks his long jab out there to keep him at bay. Cruz bullies Valenzuela into the ropes then unloads a one-two. Hard counter connects for Cruz. Valenzuela finds himself backed into the ropes again as Cruz unloads with a right hand over the top. Valenzuela peppers him with quick straight punches. Cruz flurries to the body then misses up top. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Cruz. (39-37 Cruz.)
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) has ordered its newly crowned 154-pound titlist to next face three-division champ Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford. The ruling was applied per the conditional terms by the sanctioning body in its approval for Fundora to challenge previously unbeaten titlist Tim Tszyu.
Crawford easily accomplished that, and he made it look easy, too, as he dominated throughout to defeat a game but overmatched Benavidez by TKO at 2:42 of the 12th round to retain his WBO welterweight championship Saturday night at CHI Health Center in Omaha, Neb. Sporting News had the bout scored 109-100, Crawford, at the time of the stoppage.
Round 6: Whatever Crawford heard in the corner spurred him into action in the sixth round. Almost immediately after the bell rang to start the round, Crawford started throwing more punches in easily his highest output of the fight so far. Crawford caught Porter with a good straight left out of the southpaw stance. But Crawford suffered a cut over the left eye, a result of an accidental head butt. Porter tried to muck it up in close range but Crawford had his strongest three minutes so far. 10-9 Crawford, 57-57.
Round 6: This is a wildly entertaining chess match right now. Cruz’s corner is imploring him to not get desperate. Valenzuela gets back to pawing out his jab. Cruz connects with a right. Valenzuela circles and jabs. Cruz storms forward with a flurry but can’t land clean. Swooping check hook by Valenzuela. He’s starting to use Cruz’s pressure against him here. Big uppercut by Valenzuela, but Cruz answers with a right hand. How on earth did he recover from that so quickly? Now Valenzuela is the one marching forward — and just as I write that, Cruz storms forward with a looping combination. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Valenzuela. (57-57 overall.)
Since arriving at 147 pounds in 2018, Crawford has mowed down the competition with eight wins and eight stoppages. He started his journey to undisputed by ripping apart Jeff Horn for the WBO championship and wrecked the likes of Shawn Porter, Kell Brook, Amir Khan and Egidijus Kavaliauskas.
“I fought the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, and I believe I did enough because I was the champion,” Madrimov said through a translator. “I was controlling the rhythm and felt very comfortable inside the ring. I believe that I did really well.”
He knocked down Errol Spence Jr. three times Saturday night before finally ending the fight at 2:32 of the ninth round on a technical knockout to cement himself as one of the greatest welterweights in history.
