{"id":163026,"date":"2021-11-21T05:08:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T06:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=163026"},"modified":"2021-11-21T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2021-11-21T10:59:04","slug":"crawford-retains-wbo-title-with-tko-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=163026","title":{"rendered":"Crawford retains WBO title with TKO win"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terence Crawford stopped Shawn Porter in the 10th round by technical knockout Saturday night in one of the most anticipated bouts of the year.<\/p>\n

Crawford (38-0) retained his WBO welterweight title and extended his streak of KOs or TKOs to nine in front of a sold-out crowd of 11,568 at Mandalay Bay.<\/p>\n

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Porter (31-4-1), who has risen to become a legitimate top-five welterweight, and was easily the best opponent of Crawford\u2019s career, displayed relentless aggression in the early rounds.<\/p>\n

Crawford\u2019s switch-hitting flex didn\u2019t necessarily work when he turned to southpaw early in the fight, as Porter adjusted accordingly and connected often.<\/p>\n

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After playing defense and smiling more than punching, Crawford finally showed signs of offense in the sixth round and came alive in the ninth and tenth rounds.<\/p>\n

Crawford knocked down Porter early in the 10th round with a left uppercut and then delivered an exclamation point with a devastating right hook to the temple.<\/p>\n

Porter\u2019s trainer and father, Kenny, threw in the towel and called for referee Celestino Ruiz to stop the fight.<\/p>\n

On the undercard, Esquiva Falcao (29-0) beat Patrice Volny (16-1) by way of a technical decision at 2:18 of the sixth round, after the fight was stopped because of an inadvertent head butt. Janibek Alimkhanuly (11-0) remained undefeated with an eighth-round TKO over Hassan N\u2019Dam (38-6).<\/p>\n

Adam Lopez (15-3) and Adan Ochoa (12-2) fought to a no-decision. The bout was stopped due to a cut to Ochoa caused by a headbutt. Karlos Balderas (11-1) scored his second straight KO win with a fourth-round TKO over Julio Cortez (15-4). In his pro debut, Tiger Johnson had a fourth-round TKO over Antonius Grable (3-2-1).<\/p>\n

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