We only write about the best, Terence Crawford put on the best performance of his career in his biggest fight, dominating Errol Spence Jr. from start to finish Saturday at T-Mobile Arena, claiming the undisputed welterweight championship.
Referee Harvey Dock calls the fight removing Crawford from Spence at 2:32 of the ninth round as Spence was reeling around the ring from Crawford’s fast, accurate blows. Crawford was landing relentlessly at will when Dock stopped it. Crawford landed 185 of 369 total punches, dominating Spence in a way not seen in a major fight in years. Spence’s face was showing the wear of the beating from the third round on and it could have been stopped as early as the seventh.
In the process of scoring the ninth-round TKO and raising his record to 40-0 with his 31st KO, Crawford became the first male boxer to be undisputed in two weight classes, adding welterweight to the super lightweight undisputed title he previously owned. I see no flaws in his game nor can I name any possible contenders that stand a chance.
Crawford dropped Spence in the second and twice in the seventh, and after a slow first-round, he throttled Spence and pummeled him with clean, hard shots.
Crawford added the IBF, WBA and WBC belts that Spence owned to the WBO title he brought into the fight.
Spence trainer Derrick James told Yahoo Sports before the fight that he felt the significance of the bout would raise the games of both men. Crawford raised it to remarkable heights.
