Terence Crawford: record, next fight and profile →
by David P. Greisman - Hank Lundy trash-talked Terence Crawford repeatedly before their fight and then did his best to try to back up his words once their bout began. Crawford worked to shut down Lundy, however, then shut him up with a fifth-round technical knockout. Lundy’s hand speed and unorthodox offense gave Crawford trouble...
New York, NY- It has been an intense number of weeks for the main eventers of tonight's HBO televised card. Junior welterweights Terence Crawford and Hank Lundy have been stirring the pot since the fight was announced.
Terence Crawford's last 5 opponents (Jean, Dulorme, Beltran, Gamboa & Burns) landed just 19% of their total punches, while Crawford landed 32% of his- producing a +13 rating, good for a #7 spot on CompuBox plus/minus list. Crawford opponents landed just 7 punches per round- #4 on CompuBox Categorical Leaders list. Crawford also landed 7.4 jabs per round,# 4 on CompuBox Categorical list. Lundy has a better than avg. jabs (5.7 landed per round in last 6 fights.)Opponents landed 34% of their power punches.
One of Terence Crawford’s greatest strengths is his ability to effectively fight from orthodox and southpaw stances. Hank Lundy insists that won’t work to Crawford’s advantage when they square off Saturday night in The Theater at Madison Square Garden (HBO). Philadelphia’s Lundy (26-5-1, 13 KOs) also switches from orthodox to southpaw during fights and believes Crawford (27-0, 19 KOs) is susceptible to counter punches when the WBO 140-pound champion converts from a right-handed stance to a left-handed stance.
This Bud’s for me: Crawford ready for the Mayweather mantle There’s still a certain magic about Madison Square Garden which not even the MGM Grand in Las Vegas can match. So it will be the perfect stage for Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford to strut his stuff, displaying skills that I believe make him the most talented of American boxers now that Floyd Mayweather jnr insists he has hung up his boxing boots for good.
Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez (56-7-1, 40KOs) has no interest in a future fight with WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford, according to the Mexican star's promoter Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions.
Undefeated superstar champions TERENCE "Bud" CRAWFORD and FELIX "El Diamante" VERDEJO will make their 2016 debuts in title defenses,This Saturday! February 27, at the "Mecca of Boxing" -- The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Crawford, the two-division world champion and 2014 Fighter of the Year will be defending his World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight world championship belt against Top-10 contender "Hammerin'" HANK LUNDY. Verdejo, the boxing gem of Puerto Rico, will be risking his WBO Latino lightweight title crown and his march to a world title shot when he rumbles with undefeated Brazilian buzz saw WILLIAM "Baby Face" SILVA. Both fights will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing, beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
NEW YORK -- Terence "Bud" Crawford is set to make the second defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) super lightweight title, as he faces Philadelphia's Hank Lundy. Both fighters made weight ahead of their HBO headliner. which takes place Saturday evening at Madison Square Garden Theatre in New York City. Crawford (27-0, 19KOs) came in at 139.2 lbs. - his lightest weight since moving back up in weight a year ago following his lightweight title reign. Lundy (28-6-1, 13KOs) weighed 138.2 lbs. for his first career world title challenge.
For a few months, WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford (27-0, 19KOs) was a frontrunner to face eight division champion Manny Pacquiao on April 9th at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
By Thomas Gerbasi - As the biggest fight of his career approaches, Hank Lundy knows what you’ve said about him. And that’s okay, because a day from now, it’s down to him and Terence Crawford and nobody else. “I read everything,” Lundy said. “‘He shouldn’t be in the ring, he just lost.’ But like I tell everybody, nobody in this boxing game...