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Crawford floored Spence, scoring ninth-round TKO

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Crawford destroyed Spence Jr. 

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LAS VEGAS — “You got knocked the f*ck out!” Terence “Bud” Crawford annihilated Errol Spence Jr. in a lopsided affair, scoring a ninth-round TKO in their highly anticipated bout of fisticuffs to secure the undisputed welterweight championship. The beatdown transpired Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. Spence’s swollen left eye says everything you need to know. Crawford lost the first round, then spent the next 8 frames kicking ass. “Like I said before, I only dreamed of being a world champion,” said Crawford, 35, who’s widely regarded as being the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. “I’m an overachiever. Nobody believed in me when I was coming up, but I made everybody a believer.” Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) floored Spence (28-1, 22 KOs) in the second round, gave him a bloodied shiner in the third, knocked him down two more times in the seventh, before referee Harvey Dock mercifully stopped the fight in the ninth.

A wobbly Spence, 33, protested the cessation. But it was to no avail. Crawford is the first undisputed champion in multiple divisions. “It means everything because of who I took the belts from,” said Crawford, who was accompanied by rapper Eminem and his award-winning hit “Lose Yourself” for an iconic ringwalk. The pummeling was so acute, Spence admitted he got his ass whooped. “He was the better man tonight,” he explained with slurred speech. “He was using his jab, and my timing was a little bit off. He was catching me in between shots. … I make no excuses.”

Not making excuses but Spence was involved in a high-speed automobile crash in October 2019.

His $300,000 Ferrari flipped multiple times and, because he wasn’t wearing a seat belt, he was violently thrown from it.

Crawford is from Omama, Nebraska.

Spence is a native of Long Island, New York.

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This Post Has 83 Comments

  1. I’m not surprised to see Crawford win but I am surprised to see how easily he made it look.

  2. You know that the Errol fans are about to come with the excuses of” If they would’ve fought before the car crash this fight would’ve been totally different ‘ 😂😅

  3. So much respect for the courage of Spence. Never once quit and was protesting the stoppage immediately. Lot of other guys in boxing would’ve quit

  4. I was disappointed in Spence since I had him winning but I was extremely disappointed in his coach. He did not prepare Spence defensively. It work when Spence was the bully harder puncher but with Crawford a harder puncher really shows the lack of defensive preparation that his coach who I always thought sucked. He always talk offensive needs to teach defense. Having your boxer throw punches all practice long is only 20% of the lessons.

  5. Errol Spence: “it’s gonna be a one sided ass whooping”

    Well… he was right. Just not the way he thought🤣🤣🤣

  6. Crawford showed Spence doesnt even have the fundamentals that everyone says he has. he needs a better coach, D James is not a good coach. Spence is just a guy who comes forward with no skill or IQ. Spence was not the stronger fighter either. Everything people said about Spence happened to him from Bud. Get D James out of there and get a real trainer.

  7. That ref wasn’t good enough for this magnitude of a fight steped in every small opportunity didn’t allow the right to flow could have given Spence another round just for the benefit of doubt

  8. Best fight of the decade. I knew Crawford was going to cook him. Best pound 4 pound without a doubt 🥊🥊

  9. Wow. I’m glad I didn’t bet on it cause I thought for sure Spence was going to win.

  10. Ref possibly saved his life. Never know what that next punch was gonna do! Great stoppage

  11. Not racist here but I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BLACK MAN WiTH A RED FACE. Jesus christ….

  12. Crawford is the P4P KING! I am an Errol fan and I was shook. The Crawford Era!

  13. Bud is the best counter puncher I have ever seen, he simply waited for spence to throw a punch and then countered with two shots.

  14. BUD CRAWFORD 🥊🏆🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥OMAHA NE Hometown HERO 👊🏾

  15. Nice seeing Spence humiliated. Good thing ref mercifully stopped things, lest Spence lose another retina.

  16. WTF MAN. Last time I do a god damn bet. FUCK! Spence said “ I’m going to break him down” didn’t know you was talking about yourself nigga 😭🤦🏾‍♂️ Tsss overtime at the job this week man

  17. In 50 years time we’ll all look back at this fight the way we did for other legendary fights, last night we got to witness a generational event! Incredible performance by Terence Crawford ✨

  18. Can’t call Crawford the best or p4p until he goes up and fights dudes like CANELO, Bivol, or beterbiev

  19. I’m a fan of both but Spence’s arrogance was starting to irk me. He got throughly humiliated last night.

  20. I knew this was going to happen! Spence, as great as he is, fought the absolute wrong fight to beat Crawford. He stood flat footed right in front of Bud, which was a huge mistake! Crawford is a highly skilled, surgical tactician, with superior boxing skills, pinpoint accuracy, speed, power, and a killer instinct. Bottom line: Spence was completely overmatched from the time the bell rang. Hats off to Spence for not making any excuses after the fight. He owned it like a man. Give Bud his props. He’s the P4P undisputed King of the boxing world. And it ain’t even close!🙏🏿🤴🏿👑🥊

  21. I called it perfectly. Said it would be easy, said it would be a TKO, and said Spence wouldn’t make it to the 10th! looking like Martin when Hearns beat him up 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  22. I been telling people that Bud is a different animal and the world finally going to give him his props

  23. Man that fight had me sick az fuk but bigups to crawford he a dog forsure forsure

  24. I have been watching boxing for over 40 years and this is one of the most perfect boxing displays I have ever seen. Many mention the technique or the power but what I saw is pure art. An art of extremely high intelligence with self-discipline and a stable mentality combined with a perfect battle dance. You don’t see things like this every decade.

  25. Amazing display from Crawford, a masterclass! One of the best “Elite” performances i’ve ever seen! For the rematch i think Errol’s gonna need a lot more than 7lb! 🤔

  26. spence is not the same fighter after the car accident and it showed. But crawford is still a better fighter than spence ever was.

  27. Terence Crawford seriously made light work out of Errol Spence. I been said Errol ain’t ready for Bud and boy did it show 💯🔥🥊🤯

  28. Even though this was a mis-match, the ref should’ve let Crawford knock Spence down instead of stepping in. Even though Crawford would’ve won – leave it up to the fighters!

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