The most anticipated fight in recent years due to the fact that it involved two undefeated champions ended up giving fans a worthy boxing spectacle when Terrance Crawford defeated Errol Spence Jr. by knockout this Saturday at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas for the welterweight belt unification.
In a fight that had absolutely everything, Crawford (40-0, 31 KO) handed Spence Jr. (28-1, 22 KO) his first career loss thanks to the solidity, power and forcefulness that he has shown throughout his career to become the first undisputed champion with all four belts in his possession.
Crawford’s victory seemed to be evident even before the start of the fight, when the boxer appeared with Eminem and his iconic song Lose Yourselfsoundtrack of the movie 8 Miles.
After a first round of study, the bombshell of the fight came just in the second chapter when in a defensive oversight by Spence Jr., who had taken the initiative to seek the fight, he was hit by Crawford and sent him straight to the canvas.
The right hand was so forceful that the main man in the fight had to give it a count to see if Spence Jr. could continue.
The last 10 seconds in which Spence Jr. was a reflection of the third and fourth chapter of the fight, with constant exchange of blows between both fighters but where Crawford hit hard on several occasions.
Spence Jr. sought to react in the fifth with a strong right hand but despite having given the sensation of hitting hard the blow did not make Crawford tremble.
And the dominance of the Nebraska-born man made it count in the seventh chapter again with an upper that for the second time sent Spence Jr. to the canvas. to listen to the referee’s count.
However, when it seemed that the bell would save him once more, came a third right hand that shook the ground once more.
Beaten and damaged, Spence Jr. decided to continue the fight to try to reach 12 rounds but Crawford was determined to avoid it and with a storm of blows he did not give him rest and forced the principal to stop the fight to achieve his 40th career victory.
this way now Crawford manages to win all four welterweight titles from the World Boxing Council, International Boxing Federation, World Boxing Association and the World Boxing Organizationconfirming his position as one of the best fighters today and in history.
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