Inoue looked cautious against Doheny, who had scored four victories to acquire a good reputation here in Japan, in the first round. Naoya, in round two, started to throw fast and light combinations to the defensive Irishman with his high guard. Continue reading "Inoue-Doheny Full Report"
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Crawford earned a gold medal in the U.S. Pan American Games Box-Offs in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and a bronze medal in the U.S. National Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as well as in the Pan American Games Qualifier in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
"We practice that," said Crawford. "Normally in camp we do a flick and jab. But we knew that wasn’t going to work with Errol Spence because he’s durable, he’s strong. So, we had to practice a strong firm jab. The jab hit him and stopped him in his tracks."
Spence comes out in round three and stays on the front foot. He is showing that he isn't hurt and wants to take the fight to Crawford as soon as possible. Crawford is happy with this kind of fight, standing toe to toe with Spence.
"I’m proud to partner with Riyadh Season and HE Turki Alalshikh on their first boxing event in the United States. I cannot wait to get back in the ring in my fourth weight class and remind the world why I’m the best pound for pound fighter in the world," said Crawford. "Israil Madrimov is a tremendous and entertaining fighter, but on August 3, he will be my next victim. This is the Terence Crawford era."
Ngannou (0-1 in boxing), 37, a native of Cameroon, was making his pro boxing debut in his first fight since January 2022, and Fury (34-0-1, 24 KOs), 35, of Manchester, England, was installed as a 14-1 favorite to win the match and move onto an undisputed heavyweight championship fight versus Oleksandr Usyk.
On April 20, 2024, it was reported that Crawford would move up a weight class to challenge Israil Madrimov for his WBA super welterweight title in Los Angeles, CA on August 3, 2024. The WBC designated Crawford its welterweight champion in recess. In a closely contested fight where both fighters had success, Crawford won the bout by unanimous decision, with scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113, making him a 4 division world champion. This was the first fight since 2016 where Crawford had been taken the full 12 rounds.
But now, they're set to meet in one of the biggest events the sport can offer, a matchup that will decide supremacy at 147 pounds, and lend the winner a claim as the best boxer in the world regardless of weight. Already, Crawford is ESPN's No. 1 pound-for-pound boxer, with Spence three spots behind him at No. 4.
"We practice that," said Crawford. "Normally in camp we do a flick and jab. But we knew that wasn’t going to work with Errol Spence because he’s durable, he’s strong. So, we had to practice a strong firm jab. The jab hit him and stopped him in his tracks."
crawford and spence fight date 2023 (40-0, 31 KOs) came into the fight as the WBO champion and had stopped all seven opponents he faced since moving up to welterweight from junior welterweight in 2018. Many expected Spence to be his toughest test to date. But it wasn't even close.
Round 1 – No glove touch here, but they get right into striking range and exchange calf kicks. McKee looks for punches in combination upstairs, but Njokuani evades. More hard low kicks from Njokuani dig in. McKee charges forward with a combo, but Njokuani has his guard up. McKee fires off two more right hands. Njokuani circles, and is met with more right hands from McKee that are partially blocked. Njokuani fires off more leg kicks and McKee clinches, pushing the fight to the fence. The
referee calls for action as the fight starts to stall out. McKee goes a little harder for the takedown as the crowd begins to boo. Njokuani slips in a
nice short elbow. More boos now, and the referee gives them what they want by separating the fighters with just a few seconds left. Njokuani lands a few more strikes before the horn.
"I'm naturally right-handed. I had about 70 amateur fights – it was probably like, 60 wins, 10 losses," said Crawford, who owns amateur victories over future champions Mikey Garcia and Danny Garcia. "I remember all of those fights against Danny Garcia, Mikey Garcia, Diego Magdaleno. I still watch them from time to time. It wasn't a hard fight with Mikey – Danny Garcia was a harder fight for me."
On August 19, 2017, Crawford took on unified WBA/IBF champion Julius Indongo for the undisputed 140-pound title. Crawford was simply electric, putting Indongo away with a beautiful body shot in the third round for a historic victory.
Round 12: The fighters are asked to touch gloves at the start of round 12. They both look furious with one another. A Vargas combination gets through. He's going to have to be busier, but he's a wounded fighter. Ball looks for a winging right. A minute and a half to go in an unexpectedly uneventful round so far. The right to the body from Vargas. Hello, old friend! Ball with a jolting left hook just before the bell, however I make that Vargas round to pull a draw out of the fire
