ESPN's No. 10 welterweight, Avanesyan has scored six consecutive wins since a sixth-round TKO loss to Egidijus Kavaliauskas in 2018. That stretch includes a sixth-round stoppage of Josh Kelly in 2021, Avanesyan's best win to date.
Crawford dropped Spence again twice in round seven and it was all-but over. With celebrities such as Chris Brown, Damian Lillard, Shannon Sharpe, Chance the Rapper and others pulling their phones out to capture the finish, Crawford took his time and tortured Spence with potshots.
"I only dreamed of being a world champion. I’m an over-achiever. Nobody believed in me when I was coming up," Crawford said, and he also thanked Spence and his team for taking the fight and giving him this opportunity.
"Carl saw me on the streets," said Crawford, a proud family man who know has six children of his own. "He knew I was one of those little bad kids that wanted to fight around the corner. I told him I don't talk to strangers, and I went home to tell my mom."
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.
Crawford takes center ring to start this round and looks to establish his jab but Porter starts pressing and gets tangled up with Crawford towards the ropes. Jab to the body falls short for Porter. Jab lands for Porter to the body this time. Porter feints a couple times, comes in and ducks a counter hook from Crawford. Jab from Crawford makes partial contact now that Crawford turns southpaw. Clean right hand lands upstairs for Porter, the best punch of the fight so far. RIght and left hand from Porter makes contact upstairs. Right hook from Crawford makes partial contact. Bother fighters trade and Porter lands a shot, Crawford gets one back! Both fighters exchanging now. Porter slips a jab from Crawford. Counter uppercut for Crawford to end the round but I think Porter still edged the round.
Spence valiantly recovered from a near-fatal car crash in 2019 and eye surgery in 2021 and agreed to many concessions in order to make the mouthwatering matchup a reality, but he had nothing serious to offer in the ring for his superior counterpart.
On August 19, 2017, Crawford took on unified WBA/IBF champion Julius Indongo for the undisputed 140-pound title. terrence crawford fight time was simply electric, putting Indongo away with a beautiful body shot in the third round for a historic victory.
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.
There’s also the possibility that Terence Crawford stays at 147 for a bit and inch closer to Floyd Mayweather’s 50-0 record. At 40-0 he can clear out that division and fight Boots, Eimantas Stanionis, who is the WBA mandatory, Kell Brook, and Roiman Villa. Then there is the chance that Teofimo Lopez gets bored should he unify super lightweight and move up for his third undisputed division as well. He’s got Haney coming up, Regis Prograis, and Subriel Matias to clear out for that first. Should Lopez come up to 147, that would be another true super fight for both men and the biggest fight of the era.
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.
Bakole's spot was initially set for Deontay Wilder, but the latter's devastating loss to Zhilei Zhang knocked him out of contention. Cuba's David Morrell Jr. (10-0, 9 KOs) will also try to remain undefeated while running his consecutive KO streak to eight when he faces Radivoje Kalajdzic (29-2, 21 KOs) for the WBA "Regular" Light Heavyweight Title.
Although Crawford thought about defending his belts against Spence Jr. in a rematch, the fighter from Dallas underwent cataract surgery a year ago, so both men never met inside the ring again. While he waited for Spence Jr. to recover, as they both had a rematch clause in their contract, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) stripped Crawford of the title and the interim champ, Ennis, was elevated to full champion.
Crawford quickly established himself among the 147-pound elite. In October 2018, he stopped the previously unbeaten Jose Benavidez Jr. in the 12th round. He followed that up with a sixth-round TKO win over two-division champ Amir Khan in April 2019. Crawford ended the year with a ninth-round TKO of then-unbeaten slugger Egidijus Kavaliauskas in December. In November 2020, he powered through former champion Kell Brook inside four rounds.
Crawford dropped Spence again twice in round seven and it was all-but over. With celebrities such as Chris Brown, Damian Lillard, Shannon Sharpe, Chance the Rapper and others pulling their phones out to capture the finish, Crawford took his time and tortured Spence with potshots.
"I only dreamed of being a world champion. I’m an over-achiever. Nobody believed in me when I was coming up," Crawford said, and he also thanked Spence and his team for taking the fight and giving him this opportunity.
"Carl saw me on the streets," said Crawford, a proud family man who know has six children of his own. "He knew I was one of those little bad kids that wanted to fight around the corner. I told him I don't talk to strangers, and I went home to tell my mom."
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.
Crawford takes center ring to start this round and looks to establish his jab but Porter starts pressing and gets tangled up with Crawford towards the ropes. Jab to the body falls short for Porter. Jab lands for Porter to the body this time. Porter feints a couple times, comes in and ducks a counter hook from Crawford. Jab from Crawford makes partial contact now that Crawford turns southpaw. Clean right hand lands upstairs for Porter, the best punch of the fight so far. RIght and left hand from Porter makes contact upstairs. Right hook from Crawford makes partial contact. Bother fighters trade and Porter lands a shot, Crawford gets one back! Both fighters exchanging now. Porter slips a jab from Crawford. Counter uppercut for Crawford to end the round but I think Porter still edged the round.
Spence valiantly recovered from a near-fatal car crash in 2019 and eye surgery in 2021 and agreed to many concessions in order to make the mouthwatering matchup a reality, but he had nothing serious to offer in the ring for his superior counterpart.On August 19, 2017, Crawford took on unified WBA/IBF champion Julius Indongo for the undisputed 140-pound title. terrence crawford fight time was simply electric, putting Indongo away with a beautiful body shot in the third round for a historic victory.
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.
There’s also the possibility that Terence Crawford stays at 147 for a bit and inch closer to Floyd Mayweather’s 50-0 record. At 40-0 he can clear out that division and fight Boots, Eimantas Stanionis, who is the WBA mandatory, Kell Brook, and Roiman Villa. Then there is the chance that Teofimo Lopez gets bored should he unify super lightweight and move up for his third undisputed division as well. He’s got Haney coming up, Regis Prograis, and Subriel Matias to clear out for that first. Should Lopez come up to 147, that would be another true super fight for both men and the biggest fight of the era.
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.
Bakole's spot was initially set for Deontay Wilder, but the latter's devastating loss to Zhilei Zhang knocked him out of contention. Cuba's David Morrell Jr. (10-0, 9 KOs) will also try to remain undefeated while running his consecutive KO streak to eight when he faces Radivoje Kalajdzic (29-2, 21 KOs) for the WBA "Regular" Light Heavyweight Title.
Although Crawford thought about defending his belts against Spence Jr. in a rematch, the fighter from Dallas underwent cataract surgery a year ago, so both men never met inside the ring again. While he waited for Spence Jr. to recover, as they both had a rematch clause in their contract, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) stripped Crawford of the title and the interim champ, Ennis, was elevated to full champion.
Crawford quickly established himself among the 147-pound elite. In October 2018, he stopped the previously unbeaten Jose Benavidez Jr. in the 12th round. He followed that up with a sixth-round TKO win over two-division champ Amir Khan in April 2019. Crawford ended the year with a ninth-round TKO of then-unbeaten slugger Egidijus Kavaliauskas in December. In November 2020, he powered through former champion Kell Brook inside four rounds.
