The American Terence Crawford transformed the most difficult fight of his life into the easiest. He exuded class and power in the ring at the T Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, devastated another star like Errol Spence, beating him by technical knockout in nine rounds, and unified the four main titles in the welterweight division (66,678 kg). And he did it for the second time: in 2017 he had concentrated the four junior welterweight titles. Now, he did it in the next higher category. And he goes for more because he wants more.
Crawford claims his place at the top of today’s pound-for-pound best podium. The same place where the Japanese Naoya Inoue is already, who last Tuesday won the crowns of the Council and the World Organization in the super bantamweight (55,338 kg) and is on his way to being considered the best boxer in the history of his country. In this sense, the last week was historic for international boxing: with a difference of just five days, the two best fought. And none disappointed. Rather the complete opposite.
Like Inoue with the American Stephen Fulton, Crawford annihilated another phenomenon like his compatriot Spence. And that enhances his triumphs, because they did not dazzle against occasional or manifestly inferior challengers: they did so against great adversaries, established champions in their weights. Spence was undefeated in 28 fights with 22 wins by knockouts and was the Council, Federation and Association welterweight champion. However, Crawford made him look like a beginner. He knocked him down three times (once in the second round and twice in the seventh), bloodied his face and was giving him a royal beating when at 2:32 into the ninth round, referee Harvey Dock took pity on him and pulled him out of the box. fight.
The second round knockdown changed everything. With a counter punching straight right hand, Crawford (66,564 kg) dropped Spence (66,678 kg) and mentally annihilated him. He showed her that he could lose and that he was going to lose. What came next was much better for the winner and much worse for the loser. Lefty, cold, determined, forceful, effective (he hit almost everything he threw) and with a right jab that resembled a hammer, Crawford reduced Spence to insignificance, who could only survive seven more rounds without accomplishing anything he wanted. I had planned.
Spence’s first knockdown, in the second round. (AFP)
It was a great night of boxing between two stars. And in the face of the greatest demand, Crawford had all the answers to all the questions. At 35 years old and now undefeated in 40 fights with 31 victories before the limit, the new four-time welterweight world champion and one of the two best boxers in the world looks to the sky and finds no limits. He already broke them all.
2023-07-31 03:01:00
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