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Terence Crawford tattered Errol Spence Jr. and secured undisputed welterweight champion status when he dropped the Texan thrice and scored a ninth-round stoppage. Many boxing luminaries were ringside at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas to witness the historic showdown.
Newly crowned undisputed welterweight champion Terence Crawford is receiving his flowers from peers far and wide. Immediately after dominating Errol Spence Jr. with three knockdowns en route to a ninth-round stoppage win, fellow undisputed champion and super middleweight king Canelo Alvarez chimed in on “Bud’s” spectacular performance.
LAS VEGAS – Terence Crawford will gladly grant Errol Spence Jr. the immediate rematch he is contractually owed at the junior middleweight limit of 154 pounds. Spence doesn’t want to put his 33-year-old body through the tortuous process of getting down to 147 pounds again.
T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) became undisputed for the second time on Saturday night, when he dropped Errol Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) three times and beat him down for a stoppage in the ninth to unify the WBO, IBF, WBA, WBC world welterweight titles.
Crawford, Spence Fight Photos Gallery - T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - In a long-awaited welterweight showdown for the WBO, IBF, WBC, WBA world titles, Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) dropped Errol Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) three times and beat him down for a stoppage in the ninth to become undisputed. (photos by Esther Lin, Ryan Hafey)
Undefeated three-division champion Terence “Bud” Crawford emphatically stamped his place in the history books with a ninth-round TKO over the previously unbeaten Errol “The Truth” Spence Jr. to become the first undisputed welterweight champion of the four-belt era in the Showtime PPV main event Saturday night from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Crawford, Spence Official Scorecards - T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas - In a long-awaited welterweight showdown for the WBO, IBF, WBC, WBA world titles, Terence Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) dropped Errol Spence (28-0, 22 KOs) three times and beat him down for a stoppage in the ninth to become undisputed.
Terence Crawford put on a magnificent performance against Errol Spence. This was all Crawford . In the end Crawford was 185 of 369, 50% in total punches, he went 87 of 206, 42% in jabs, and an unreal 98 of 263, 60% in power punches. Spence was down in round 2 and twice in round 7. In round 9, referee Harvey Dock had seen enough at 2:32.
By Keith Idec – Terence Crawford proved Saturday night what he has assured an army of doubters for five-plus years, that he is undoubtedly the best welterweight in boxing. Crawford dominated Errol Spence Jr., dropped him three times and 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 vs. Crawford Scorecard BoxingScene Live - BoxingScene.com will feature live round by round scoring of Spence vs. Crawford. Unified WBC, WBA and IBF Welterweight World Champion Errol “The Truth’’ Spence Jr. takes on WBO 147-pound world champion Terence “Bud’’ Crawford for the Undisputed Welterweight World Championship on Saturday, July 29 in a highly anticipated SHOWTIME PPV clash from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event.