Spence Crawford Fight Date

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After years of build-up, Spence came out aggressively in the opening round, jabbing and attacking Crawford’s body. Crawford, who is known for fighting from both the southpaw and orthodox stances, fought primarily as a southpaw and scored his first knockdown in round two with a powerful right cross that caught Spence off balance and sent him down for the first time in his career.

"I want to give honour to God, because without him none of this would be possible," he says. "I only dreamed of being a world champion. No-one believed in me when I was coming up, but I made everyone believe.

Their contracts include an immediate rematch clause that the loser must activate within 30 days of July 29. According to language in their agreements, their second fight must take place prior to the end of 2023.

Carl Frampton thinks Crawford is not just the pound-for-pound king right now but of this era: "This is a big statement, but most people would agree that Floyd Mayweather was the fighter of our generation – I think terence crawford nickname Crawford is now the fighter of our generation. I think that performance would have beaten Mayweather at welterweight."

8:36 p.m. ET: Yoenis Tellez set the tone for the night by scoring a third-round knockout over Sergio Garcia to improve to 6-0. The first knockdown came courtesy of a blistering right hand that badly hurt Garcia and was followed by another crushing right that put him on the canvas. Garcia was clearly in bad shape and could not defend himself from the violent assault that followed, giving Tellez the stoppage at the 2:02 mark.

Hermansson is one of the best grapplers in the middleweight division. He tried for a round and a half to get the fight to the ground and keep it there. But when that happened, it didn't exactly go as planned.

Spence was the aggressor early on, but Crawford sent him to the floor with a right hand with 20 seconds left in the second round. Then Crawford went after Spence, but time ran out before he could finish him off.

Crawford had begun the night by winning the battle of the ring walks, bringing out Eminem to accompany his march from the dressing room. As "Lose Yourself" blasted out over the speakers and a hooded Eminem was revealed, the crowd at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas erupted. Crawford wore a large fish net around his black robes, in reference to his pre-fight claim over "gutting" Spence, who calls himself the "Big Shark."

Per ESPN’s Mike Coppinger, Spence, the IBF, WBC, and WBA (Super) welterweight champion, will face WBO champion Crawford in a unification fight. The target date is Nov. 19 in Las Vegas. A venue has not been confirmed.

The opening bell sounded, gloriously, at 8:33 p.m. local time. The vast majority of the crowd had already sat down, not wanting to miss a second of the bout. That’s also rare, even for the big ones. Crawford wore black trunks with a fish net—a fish net!—stitched onto them. Spence donned black-and-white trunks, with a red belt line and various stripes.

Hearn said he thinks Cruz will be ready to fight for a world title by the end of the year. "They’re willing to face anybody," Hearn said of Cruz and his team. "We have a real test in Moran, and Andy Cruz will be ready to fight for a championship this year."

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At 126 pounds, Navarrete defeated Ruben Villa in 2020 to capture a vacant title and went on to score far more impressive wins against quality opponents, including victories over Joet Gonzalez and Eduardo Baez.

Crawford fought Alejandro Sanabria on June 15, 2013. Held at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, the fight served as an eliminator for the WBO lightweight title and was also for the vacant WBO-NABO lightweight title. In the sixth round Crawford knocked Sanabria to the ground. Though Sanabria was able to return to his feet within the count, the fight was waved off by referee Laurence Cole, giving Crawford a technical knockout (TKO) victory.

Crawford routinely rattled Spence with power shots and counters as the crowd roared at deafening levels throughout the fight. It only got worse as the rounds wore on for Spence. He tried to settle into his gameplan of applying pressure but Crawford was having none of it.