By Chris Williams: Top Rank is reportedly considering having Terence Crawford make his first defense of his WBO welterweight title against Jose Benavidez following his win over Jeff Horn last Saturday. Benavidez (27-0, 18 KOs) is in the same Top Rank stable as Crawford, which makes the fight between them an obvious choice. Benavidez, 26, is the older brother of WBC super middleweight champion David Benavidez, but thus far he’s not made the same type of impact with his career.
By Chris Williams: Errol Spence Jr. didn’t have much to say about Terence Crawford’s demolition job last Saturday night in beating WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn by a 9th round knockout, but he did let the boxing fans know that he’s watching him by posting a meme of a person wearing a monocle.
By Jeff Aranow: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum believes he has a superstar on his hands in newly crowned WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford after his 9th round knockout win over champion Jeff Horn (18-1-1, 12 KOs) last Saturday night, and he says he’s got enough dates on ESPN for him to fight three or even four times per year. In other words, Crawford, 30, can fight as often as he likes, according to the 86-year-old Arum.
By Chris Williams: Former light welterweight unified champion Terence Crawford 33-0, 24 KOs) beat up and stopped WBO 147lb champion Jeff Horn (18-1-1, 12 KOs) in the 9th round knockout on Saturday night in his debut at welterweight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Crawford, 30, knocked Horn down in the 9th round.
By Chris Williams: Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) will be getting a guaranteed purse of $3 million from Top Rank for his title challenge against WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Horn’s guaranteed purse from Top Rank is $1.75 million, according to Dan Rafael.
By Chris Williams: Terence Crawford says he’s not Manny Pacquiao, and he’s bigger stronger and it’ll be a different story against Jeff Horn on Saturday night. Crawford states that he’s in his prime of his career, unlike Pacquiao, 39, who was past his best when he fought Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) last year in July. Horn beat Pacquiao by a 12 round unanimous decision in a close fight that could have gone either way.
By Gerardo Granados: A great boxing weekend nears, so we the fight fans should get ready to enjoy fights that fit all type of fans and boxing taste. This upcoming weekend has it all, be it brawlers, punchers, boxers and boxer punchers or title fights, paper belts, champions, former champions and young hungry lions on the rise.
By Chris Williams: Jeff Horn states that his fight this Saturday night against former unified light welterweight champion Terence Crawford is a bigger fight for him than his huge fight against former eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao last year in July.
Horn, 30, will be a huge underdog when he steps into the ring to defend his WBO welterweight title against the unbeaten Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) in front of what is expected to be a big crowd at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. The fight will be televised on ESPN.
By Allan Fox: Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs), Jermell Charlo (30-0, 15 KOs) and Leo Santa Cruz (34-1-1, 19 KOs) are favored to win their fights this Saturday night. Crawford will be fighting on ESPN against WBO welterweight champion Jeff Horn (18-0-1, 12 KOs) in a fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Terence “Bud” Crawford looks to conquer a third weight class when he battles WBO welterweight champion Jeff “The Hornet” Horn, Saturday, June 9 at 9:30 p.m. ET exclusively on ESPN+—the recently-launched multi-sport, direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company’s Direct-to-Consumer and International segment and ESPN. In anticipation of this superfight, Teddy Atlas sits down with Crawford for “Inside The Ring with Teddy Atlas and Terence Crawford,” a one-hour special analyzing the pound-for-pound superstar’s biggest fights and his progression to becoming one of the world’s best fighters today.