Terence Crawford retained his WBO welterweight title this past weekend with another stoppage win but was made to work early on in the fight.
After the bout Crawford noted how in the early portion of the fight he struggled with finding his distance but once he did, that’s all she wrote – he said.
Benavidez proved a tough customer but the uppercut that closed the show would have surely taken out most welterweights in the world today.
Boxing legend and former heavyweight champ George Foreman believes it was the body shots of Crawford that proved key in the contest:
The Lil body punches that looked like nothing; finally paid off for Crawford. “Benavides you should never follow a puncher!”
The new year is in full swing and boxing fans continue to demand the fights they want to see in the new decade. Top of many fans' list is a showdown between welterweight supremos Errol Spence and Terence Crawford. The former still recovering from a serious car accident but with…
Welterweight Shawn Porter had been linked with a possible fight against pound for pound star Terence Crawford in the not too distant past. And, no doubt he will be looking for one again in the near future. For now though -- following Crawford's instinctive finish over the UK's Kell Brook…
Pound for pound rated fight wizard Terence Crawford could very well have a future opponent after this weekend in a chance meeting backstage at a boxing event in the US. Crawford recently made the move to go up to welterweight (147lbs) and compete with some of the sport's best in…
The new year is in full swing and boxing fans continue to demand the fights they want to see in the new decade. Top of many fans' list is a showdown between welterweight supremos Errol Spence and Terence Crawford. The former still recovering from a serious car accident but with…
Welterweight Shawn Porter had been linked with a possible fight against pound for pound star Terence Crawford in the not too distant past. And, no doubt he will be looking for one again in the near future. For now though -- following Crawford's instinctive finish over the UK's Kell Brook…
Pound for pound rated fight wizard Terence Crawford could very well have a future opponent after this weekend in a chance meeting backstage at a boxing event in the US. Crawford recently made the move to go up to welterweight (147lbs) and compete with some of the sport's best in…
