Terence Crawford

Terence Crawford (born September 28, 1987) is an American professional boxer. He is a unified light welterweight champion, having held the WBO title since 2015; and the WBC, Ring magazine, and lineal titles since July 2016. Previously he held the WBO, Ring, and lineal lightweight titles in 2014. As of October 2016, Crawford is ranked by The Ring as the world's fifth best boxer, pound for pound, and was voted fighter of the year for 2014 by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA).

Crawford is a fast, hard-hitting, and highly technical fighter who is recognized for his ability to comfortably switch hit from orthodox to southpaw.

Amateur career highlights

2006 National PAL Championships, 132 lbs – gold medalist^[1]
2006 Blue & Gold National Championships, 132 lbs – gold medalist^[1]
2007 U.S. Pan American Games Box-Offs, 132 lbs – gold medalist^[1]

Professional career

Debut and development

Crawford made his professional debut on March 14, 2008, knocking out Brian Cummings in Round 1. Compiling an early career record of 19-0 with 15 by way of knockout against largely unheralded opposition.

Crawford had his first notable bout on the undercard of the second fight between Brandon Rios and Mike Alvarado, against former WBO lightweight champion Breidis Prescott (26-4, 20 KOs). Prescott was originally scheduled to face WBA junior welterweight champion Khabib Allakhverdiev, who withdrew with an injured elbow. Crawford was originally supposed to meet Robert Osiobe on the same card, but accepted the offer to fill in for Allakhverdiev on three-days notice. Crawford nevertheless outboxed the hard hitting Colombian and secured a unanimous decision victory. Crawford received a purse of $125,000, whilst Prescott received $50,000. This was the first time Crawford fought a 10-round fight and his first time fighting at the 140 lb. limit.^[2]

Crawford vs Sanabria

Crawford fought Alejandro Sanabria (34-1-1, 25 KOs) on June 15, 2013. Held at the American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, USA, the fight served as an eliminator for the WBO world lightweight title and was also for the vacant WBO NABO lightweight title. In the 6th round, Crawford landed a devastating left hook, sending Sanabria to the canvas. Though Sanabria was able to return to his feet within the count, the fight was waved off by referee Laurence Cole, giving Crawford a TKO victory.^[3] This was the last time Sanabria fought.

WBO lightweight champion

Crawford vs. Burns

Five months after besting previously undefeated Russian fighter Andrey Klimov in another elimination bout, Crawford traveled to Scotland to take on Ricky Burns for the WBO lightweight title. Crawford easily won the fight, boxing well on the outside and picking his shots against the overmatched but game Burns, winning the title and improving his record to 23-0.^[4]

Crawford vs. Gamboa

Fighting for the first time as a professional in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, Crawford made his first title defense against undefeated Cuban fighter Yuriorkis Gamboa.^[5] This was only the second title fight ever held in Omaha, the first being in 1972, when heavyweight champion Joe Frazier defeated the Omaha/Council Bluffs product Ron Stander by 4th-round TKO.^[5] Gamboa won the early rounds using his speed advantage, but Crawford eventually adjusted, knocking Gamboa down once in the 5th round, again in the 8th, and finally twice in the 9th to secure a TKO win.^[6] Crawford stated after the fight "I was warming up, getting used to his style in the first couple of rounds. I just wanted to test him out, I felt like I could make an adjustment with my jab, because he's always dropping his left hand. I thought I could get him with my jab in the southpaw stance."^[7]

Crawford vs. Beltran

Held at The Century Link Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, Crawford made his second defense of the WBO title against Ring Magazine Number 1 contender Raymundo Beltran, earning a 12-round unanimous decision win.^[8] After the fight, Crawford announced his intentions to leave the lightweight division (with a weight limit of 135 pounds) to fight as a junior welterweight (with a 140-pound limit).

WBO light welterweight champion

Crawford vs. Dulorme

Crawford made his debut at junior welterweight on April 18, 2015 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas against Thomas Dulorme, with the vacant WBO junior welterweight title on the line. The fight was stopped after Dulorme was knocked down three times in the 6th round, granting Crawford a TKO victory.

Crawford vs. Jean, Lundy

With a dominant performance that mixed superlative boxing skills with crunching power, Crawford knocked out Dierry Jean (29-1, 20 KOs) on October 24, 2015 at CenturyLink Center, Nebraska to retain the WBO light welterweight title. Crawford landed 169 total punches out of 533 thrown, and an impressive 40 percent of his power shots. Over the last three rounds, Crawford out-landed Jean 59 to 9.^[9] Crawford was ahead on all three judges scorecards at the time of stoppage (89-80, 90-79 twice).^[10]

In his next bout against Hank Lundy (26-5-1, 13 KOs), Crawford showed exactly why he's been earmarked as America's next great prizefighter. He defended his junior welterweight championship on February 27, 2016 with a scintillating fifth-round TKO of Lundy before a sellout crowd of 5,092 at the Theater of Madison Square Garden. Crawford connected with 89 of 247 punches (36%), compared to 47 of 411 for Lundy (22%). Lundy won a fast paced first round. Crawford then overwhelmed him with head and body punches which found the mark by volume and accuracy. Lundy went down in a corner in the fifth round. He beat the count, but the bout was soon stopped.^[11]

Unified light welterweight champion

Crawford vs. Postol

On May 3, 2016 it was finally confirmed that Crawford and Viktor Postol (28-0, 12 KOs) had officially signed a contract for the highly anticipated super-lightweight unification fight on July 23 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Both fighters entered the ring with a matched record of 28 wins, no losses. Both men also entered the MGM Grand Garden Arena for the first time in their respective careers. Crawford won by unanimous decision and unified two light welterweight world titles before a crowd of 7,027. Crawford also claimed the vacant Lineal and Ring Magazine titles.^[12] Crawford scored two flash knockdowns in the fifth round, on going away on all three scorecards 118-107, 118-107 and 117-108. ESPN.com also scored the fight 118-107 for Crawford. Postol resorted to rabbit punching in the 11th round. He nailed Crawford with a right hand behind the head, for which Postol was penalized one point, adding to Crawford's advantage. With the victory, Crawford staked his indisputable claim to division supremacy and set himself up for much bigger fights, possibly against a returning Manny Pacquiao. Crawford's purse for the fight was $1.3 million.^[13]

Crawford vs. Molina

Crawford was not due to fight next until 2017, however due to the potential Golovkin-Jacobs fight being postponed to early 2017, this freed up the December 10 date for HBO. Arum confirmed Crawford would like to take the date and was also looking at potential opponents. World titleholder Eduard Troyanovsky (25-0, 22 KOs) and Antonio Orozco (25-0, 16 KOs) where early named being discussed.^[14] Arum announced a deal was in place, with contracts yet to be signed for a fight between Crawford and 33 year old contender John Molina Jr. (29-6, 23 KOs) on December 10, 2016 at Crawford's hometown at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Molina previously defeated Russian contender Ruslan Provodnikov in a 12 round unanimous decision in June 2016, where he claimed the vacant WBO International super lightweight title.^[15][16]

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
30	N/A	N/A	John Molina Jr.	N/A	– (12)	Dec 10, 2016	CenturyLink Center, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.	Defending WBC, WBO, The Ring, and lineal light welterweight titles
29	Win	29–0	Viktor Postol	UD	12	Jul 23, 2016	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.	Retained WBO light welterweight title; Won WBC, vacant The Ring and lineal light welterweight titles
28	Win	28–0	Hank Lundy	TKO	5 (12), 2:09	Feb 27, 2016	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, U.S.	Retained WBO light welterweight title
27	Win	27–0	Dierry Jean	TKO	10 (12), 2:30	Oct 24, 2015	CenturyLink Center, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.	Retained WBO light welterweight title
26	Win	26–0	Thomas Dulorme	TKO	6 (12), 1:51	Apr 18, 2015	College Park Center, Arlington, Texas, U.S.	Won vacant WBO light welterweight title
25	Win	25–0	Raymundo Beltrán	UD	12	Nov 29, 2014	CenturyLink Center, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.	Retained WBO lightweight title; Won vacant The Ring and lineal lightweight titles
24	Win	24–0	Yuriorkis Gamboa	KO	9 (12), 2:53	Jun 28, 2014	CenturyLink Center, Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.	Retained WBO lightweight title
23	Win	23–0	Ricky Burns	UD	12	Mar 1, 2014	Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow, Scotland	Won WBO lightweight title
22	Win	22–0	Andrey Klimov	UD	10	Oct 5, 2013	Amway Center, Orlando, Florida, U.S.
21	Win	21–0	Alejandro Sanabria	TKO	6 (10), 0:17	Jun 15, 2013	American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas, U.S.	Won vacant WBO–NABO lightweight title
20	Win	20–0	Breidis Prescott	UD	10	Mar 30, 2013	Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
19	Win	19–0	Sidney Siqueira	TKO	6 (8), 2:47	Nov 10, 2012	Wynn, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
18	Win	18–0	Hardy Paredes	TKO	4 (8), 0:40	Sep 13, 2012	Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
17	Win	17–0	David Rodela	KO	2 (6), 2:30	Jun 8, 2012	Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
16	Win	16–0	Andre Gorges	KO	5 (6), 0:44	Apr 14, 2012	Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
15	Win	15–0	Angel Rios	UD	8	Sep 10, 2011	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.
14	Win	14–0	Derrick Campos	TKO	2 (6), 2:31	Jul 30, 2011	Softball Country Arena, Denver, Colorado, U.S.
13	Win	13–0	Anthony Mora	KO	1 (6), 1:58	Feb 26, 2011	Heartland Events Center, Grand Island, Nebraska, U.S.
12	Win	12–0	Ron Boyd	TKO	1 (6), 2:28	Jul 31, 2010	Sovereign Bank Stadium, York, Pennsylvania, U.S.
11	Win	11–0	Marty Robbins	KO	3 (6), 0:51	May 1, 2010	Johnson County Fairgrounds, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.
10	Win	10–0	Corey Sommerville	TKO	2 (4), 1:25	Dec 19, 2009	Cotton Eyed Joe, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
9	Win	9–0	Steve Marquez	TKO	1 (4), 2:35	Oct 31, 2009	Cambria County War Memorial Arena, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
8	Win	8–0	Miguel Delgado	TKO	3 (4), 1:02	May 2, 2009	Cambria County War Memorial Arena, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
7	Win	7–0	Lucas Rodas	KO	1 (4), 1:52	Mar 21, 2009	U.S. Bank Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
6	Win	6–0	Travis Hartman	UD	4	Mar 7, 2009	Valencia Ballroom, York, Pennsylvania, U.S.
5	Win	5–0	Michael Williams	TKO	2 (4), 1:14	Nov 8, 2008	Valencia Ballroom, York, Pennsylvania, U.S.
4	Win	4–0	Aaron Anderson	UD	4	Aug 22, 2008	Johnson County Fairgrounds, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.
3	Win	3–0	Damon Antoine	UD	4	Jul 26, 2008	Valencia Ballroom, York, Pennsylvania, U.S.
2	Win	2–0	Filiberto Nieto	RTD	1 (4), 3:00	Apr 3, 2008	Michael's Eighth Avenue, Glen Burnie, Maryland, U.S.
1	Win	1–0	Brian Cummings	KO	1 (4), 0:26	Mar 14, 2008	Athletic Club, Denver, Colorado, U.S.	Professional debut

Titles in boxing

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Terence Crawford from BoxRec