what weight class is terence crawfordnext crawford fight Later, Crawford would say the bout was “never easy.” When a reporter asked him to rank himself on the all-time greats list, he answered, “I’m up there.” And he took several unnecessary shots at journalists—his career stall wasn’t due to writers, who don’t possess a fraction of the power he’s ascribing to them—but to boxing, as a sport, and where it is now, besieged by promotional squabbles and match-ups like this that rarely come to be. But he ended on a funny one, telling the small audience that those who considered him too small might now want to think of him as too strong instead.
“You’re supposed to be in the house getting ready for a fight, and you're out here shooting dice and getting shot. You hang with those types of people, that's what happens. Ever since then, I've got a purpose. I could’ve been dead at that moment.”
Crawford made his first title defense on June 28, 2014, stopping the previously unbeaten Yuriorkis Gamboa in nine rounds. Bud closed out the banner year with a 12-round unanimous decision over Ray Beltran in November.
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Terence Crawford is set for his first fight since his career-defining win over Errol Spence Jr. this past July. Crawford, who became undisputed welterweight champion with his win over Spence, will make his junior middleweight debut against WBA champion Israil Madrimov on Aug. 2 in Los Angeles. A press conference is expected on Wednesday to formally announce the matchup.
In round seven, Crawford dropped Spence twice, once with a clean right uppercut early on and again late in the round with a right hook. Crawford led 79-70 on all three cards at the time of the stoppage and dominated the CompuBox stats with an 185 to 96 advantage in punches landed and an astounding 50% connect rate.
A four-round unanimous in March 2009 over Travis Hartman was followed by four straight knockouts, the last in December by second-round TKO over Corey Somerville. In 2010, Crawford rose to 12-0 (9 KOs) with stoppages over Marty Robbins and Ron Boyd.
"To be honest, I never wanted to be an Olympic gold medalist," Crawford said. "Midge and BoMac, they wanted me to stay in the amateurs and win a gold medal because they know how tough it is coming out of Nebraska. I wanted to be a world champion."
Round 8: Madrimov’s trainer is begging for combinations. Crawford triples up on his jab. Madrimov feints and feints and feints. He is not respecting his corner’s wishes. Crawford fires off another jab. More boos. This is officially a bad fight so far. Madrimov connects with a pair of right hands and that draws a reaction from Crawford. Nice exchange in the center of the ring. Crawford tries to sneak in a shovel hook right hand. Madrimov smacks Crawford with a slick overhand right. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Madrimov. (76-76 Madrimov.)
