America’s Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford defeated Mexico’s Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez at Saturday night’s highly-anticipated bouts at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to become the Super Middleweight world champion. ‘Bud’ as he often reckoned as, came into the fight moving two weight classes and beat his rival in 12 rounds to lift the undisputed title.
With a win, Crawford became the only fighter in boxing history to win an undisputed title in three divisions via unanimous decision. The Omaha outboxed his opponent across the 12 rounds, winning 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113 as per the judges verdict to become the new WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF super middleweight champions.
Terence Crawford beats Canelo Alvarez in historic upset in Las Vegas
The American cemented his status as one of the greatest boxers in the boxing history with
an historic upset. Despite jumping up weight categories from his nature 147 lbs, punched throughout the 12 rounds, putting up a performance of ages with his speed and sharp skills. While the Mexican barged in hits to start the round one, Crawford returned the same, ending the round evenly matches.
However, the American continued to jab Canelo with both fighters responding with body shots, followed by Crawford’s charge through Alvarez’s defense in closely fought next few rounds. In the sixth rounds after an evenly matches rounds thus far, Crawford delivered clean one-two and continued to change his levels with rounds passing by to stamp his authority. With strong shots coming from both ends, Crawford’s strokeplay overpowered Alvarez with former reigning victorious.
Crawford's speed stood out as the difference-maker in the fight with the 37-year-old now 42-0 in his career.
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