crawford fight

The moment @terencecrawford became UNDISPUTED CHAMPION OF THE WORLD The referee calls a stop to the fight in the 9th, as Terence Crawford defeats Errol Spence Jr to sit alone at the top of the division. #SpenceCrawford pic.twitter.com/b2yIkj8QAr

In the eighth round, as Cabrera was holding, Taylor deducted a point from Cruz for another leaping head butt. After getting docked a point, an annoyed Cruz connected with another series of overhand left and right hands.

Crawford is controlling the action by fighting behind his jab, which maintains distance that’s advantageous to him and sets up his power shots. Avanesyan continues to be relentless, though. Crawford will have to hurt him or break him down to slow him down. … Evidently Crawford’s gloves are torn.

The three-division champion Crawford also became the pound-for-pound king of boxing when the end of the fight came at the 2:32 mark of the ninth, as referee Harvey Dock saw enough one-way damage and stepped in to halt the action Saturday night at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

“bud crawford fight record” put on one of the best performances of his illustrious career Saturday in Las Vegas, winning his main event bout with Errol Spence Jr. (28-1, 2 KOs) in dominant fashion to become boxing’s welterweight king. Entering the bout with the WBO title, Crawford added Spence’s WBA, WBC, and IBF belts to his collection to become the first undisputed welterweight champion of the four-belt era, which began in 2004.

“I’ve been fighting the best for a long time. When you see all the legends of the sport, they fought each other and made historic fights. That’s what I want to do. Terence is one of the best fighters in the world and I’m one of the best fighters in the world, so we had to make this happen.

As Cruz was getting into an offensive groove in the second half of the fight, a cautious Cabrera was throwing one punch at a time, measured and calculated rate – seemingly enough to keep the judges satisfied, as proven by the scores that were turned in.

“I always have the ability to believe in myself when nobody else does.” And one day, when he was about 12: “I just look at her like, ‘Pshh, that don’t hurt.’ I grabbed the belt, tell her, ‘You ain’t hitting me no more.'”

Round 7: Fatigue is overtaking both fighters. Fury landed a pair of clean right hands that wobbled Wilder but couldn’t drop him. Wilder lined up Fury for his signature straight right and landed it. It made Fury freeze, but didn’t stop him. If either man was fresher this fight might be over already.

The monumental win made Crawford the undisputed welterweight champion of the world. The Nebraskan became the first male boxer in the four-belt era to win undisputed titles in two different weight classes.

The American had also closed the gap in terms of weight, and despite Fury carrying 39lbs more than his opponent both were the heaviest of their professional careers – Fury at 19st 11lbs and Wilder 17st.

CAMILLE ESTEPHAN (PROMOTER, EYE OF THE TIGER): CRAWFORD “what an exciting fight for boxing! It will be a war and I see Crawford coming out on top. I don’t know if he will maintain his knockout streak but I see him winning for two major reasons. Firstly inactivity on the part of Spence will weigh against him as inactivity is a boxer’s worst enemy, secondly I think Crawford’s offence, speed, reach will give Spence quite a bit of trouble to solve.”

Round five: Solid rights from Porter in the first exchange. Both fire two-pieces. Hard counter left lands for Crawford. Porter comes back with a right hand and looks to maul in the clinch. Another charge from Porter halfway through the round. Effective aggression, nice series of hooks to the body and head. Crawford shoving him away. 1-2 from Porter. Crawford targets the body late in the round. 10-9, 49-46 Porter.

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.

Crawford said he spent a couple hours with the coach and players on Friday night and was with them in the locker room before and after the game. Rhule asked him to address the team and lead the Tunnel Walk.

Four-division world champion Nonito Donaire has credentials that will make him a clear-cut Hall of Fame inductee once he retires, but his 22-year professional career couldn’t carry him to a victory Saturday night against the rough and rugged Alexandro Santiago.

11:53 p.m.: Round 6 to Crawford (10-9, 59-55 Crawford). The most competitive round of the fight, but Crawford still clearly won it. Benavidez started to throw combinations, but Crawford continued to outwork Benavidez. He needs to increase the input in a hurry.

It might be to do with your punching technique. Are you wrapping up your hands and punching with straight wrists? Do you have a pair of gloves that fit snugly? You could try doing pushups with push up handles (that way you aren’t bending your wrists but rather keeping them straight) usually that will help with strengthening them. But yes, straight wrists and relaxing while punching might help.