Terence Crawford gave a masterclass in boxing teaching defense, strategy, and punching power to defeat Errol Spence with a resounding and surprising technical knockout in the ninth round in one of the most anticipated fights of the year, which had an unexpected outcome.
Eminem walked Terence Crawford to the ring
Crawford, not only did he have Eminem walk him to the ring, he also confirmed that he was the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world but also erased his opponent from the second round and broke him morally, because he simply tilted the fight in a wild way, from the beginning, even when Las Vegas said that Spence was the favorite.
Now Crawford is the undisputed champion of the welterweight division, after stripping his rival of the WBC, IBF, and WBA belts. But he also became the first fighter to become an undisputed champion in two different divisions and also with an undefeated record of 40 wins and 31 knockouts.
Spence tried to go forward, but from the beginning of the fight he resented his opponent’s right jab, which had the power of a straight right, Spence staggered and lost his jab which was his main weapon.
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Crawford knocked his opponent down for the first time in the second round, when Spence tried to come inside and overextended. Then ‘Bud’ caught him with a short right straight right hand and taking him wrong side up sent him to the canvas.
The 7th round was the beginning of the end
Then, in the seventh, he caught him again coming in and crouched down while connecting with a powerful right uppercut to the jaw. At the end of that round, he took him with a hook tand by that point, he was saved by the bell. He had nothing left to show for it.
However, he made it to the ninth round and, with a kind of mercy, Crawford picked up the pace to finally destroy him until the referee stopped the fight with 48 seconds to go.
Spence now lost his undefeated record to 28 wins, one loss, and 22 knockouts. He has an automatic rematch clause, although, given the unevenness of the fight, it does not seem that they will meet again.
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