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FIGHT RECAP: CRAWFORD-SPENCE, DID CRAWFORD FINISH SPENCE CAREER?
· 31.07.2023 · 05:12:54 ··· Montag ⭐ 0 🎬 0
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LAS VEGAS – Terence Crawford proved Saturday night what he has assured an army of doubters for five-plus years, that he is indisputably the best welterweight in boxing.
Crawford dominated Errol Spence Jr., dropped him three times and one of the most ferocious finishers in boxing knocked out the previously undefeated former champion in the ninth round of a Showtime Pay-Per-View main event at T-Mobile Arena. Referee Harvey Dock stopped their scheduled 12-round, 147-pound title unification fight at 2:32 of the ninth round, as Crawford hammered a bloodied, battered Spence with an array of power punches that knocked Spence all around the ring.
Spence was on his feet when the fight was stopped, but Crawford dropped him in the second round and twice during the seventh round. No prior opponent had sent Spence to the canvas in any of his first 28 professional fights.
It was a legendary, masterful performance by Crawford, who fought exclusively out of a southpaw stance, completely controlled the action and proved pretty early that he is stronger and better than the courageous Spence in every way. Crawford has knocked out all eight of his opponents since he moved into the welterweight division early in 2018.
All three judges – Tim Cheatham, David Sutherland and Steve Weisfeld – had Crawford ahead 79-70 entering the ninth round.
“It means everything because of who I took the belts from,” Crawford told Showtime’s Jim Gray in the ring. “They tried to blackball me. They kept me out. They talked bad about me. They said I wasn’t good enough and I couldn’t beat these welterweights. I just kept my head to the sky and kept praying to God that I would get the opportunity to show the world how great Terence Crawford is. Tonight, I believe I showed how great I am.”
“We gotta do it again,” Spence said to Gray in the ring. “I’m gonna be a lot better. It’ll be a lot closer. It’ll probably be in December, [at] the end of the year. I say we gotta do it again. Hopefully it’ll happen at 154.”
Spence still didn’t blame his lopsided loss on his grueling weight cut.
“He was just better tonight,” Spence said. “He was using the jab. My timing was a little bit off. He was just the better man tonight.”
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