The first knockdown resulted from a counter left cross to the face as Porter swung wildly. The stoppage came at 1 minute, 21 seconds and marked the first time in Porter's career that he was stopped. Porter (31-4-1, 17 KOs) applied relentless pressure in a rugged, tit-for-tat battle before Crawford scored two knockdowns in Round 10, leading his father and trainer, Kenny Porter, to throw in the towel. No more.Ĭrawford (38-0, 29 KOs) notched the biggest win of his career Saturday at Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay, scoring a 10th-round TKO victory over Shawn Porter to retain his WBO welterweight title.īut the title defense didn't come easy - far from it. For years, he has been tormented by questions surrounding his résumé. LAS VEGAS - Terence Crawford jumped up and down in jubilation.
Terence Crawford defeats Shawn Porter by 10th-round TKO to retain welterweight title
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9, 2021, will go down in history as a great fight.”Ĭontact reporter Sam Gordon at Follow on Twitter.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser Wilder’s a strong puncher, and he’s a tough man,” Fury said. Perhaps next year.īut that fight can wait, because this one was unforgettable. Unified heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk has the IBF, WBA and WBO championships after upsetting Anthony Joshua last month.Ī unification could loom. The heavyweight division belongs to Fury, who has two signature victories over Wilder to go with another marquee win over Wladimir Klitschko. “I have never, ever seen a heavyweight fight like this,” said Fury’s promoter, Top Rank chairman Bob Arum. Wilder was taken to University Medical Center after the fight, according to a source. He also connected on 39 percent of his punches, compared with 20 percent for Wilder. Fury landed 150 punches compared with 72 for Wilder, per CompuBox. Referee Russell Mora promptly stopped the fight, resulting in a technical knockout. He dropped Wilder with a vicious right in the 10th round and closed the show in the 11th by cornering the 35-year-old Alabaman and connecting with one more sweeping right. He turned the tide in the fifth round and began stalking Wilder, who slowly started to fatigue. But Fury rose both times and recovered rather quickly. Wilder (42-2-1, 41 KOs) bounced back in the fourth round to knock down Fury twice with his trademark right hand. But he settled in rather quickly and walked Wilder down in the third round, connecting with two uppercuts and sending him to the canvas with a third right hand. Wilder was the aggressor early, blending left jabs to the body with straight rights while Fury (31-0-1, 22 knockouts) worked to his rhythm. He promised he would be better Saturday in the third fight.
But Wilder exercised a contractual rematch cause and was awarded the trilogy via arbitration. He dominated the rematch last year, scoring two knockdowns en route to a seventh-round stoppage. But Fury miraculously rose from the canvas and secured a split-decision draw by outboxing Wilder for most of the fight. Wilder floored Fury twice, including once in the 12th round. 1, 2018, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. It feels as if the epic trilogy began an eternity ago amid the delay caused by COVID-19, but it actually begin Dec. “I’ve always said I’m the best in the world and he’s the second best.” It was worthy of any trilogy in the history of the sport,” said Fury, a 33-year-old Briton, who celebrated by singing Marc Cohn’s “Walking in Memphis,” substituting “Vegas” for “Memphis.” The fight featured five knockdowns and a bevy of hard, clean shots that wobbled both fighters throughout the course of the 11 rounds. 22, 2020, at the MGM Grand Garden, and a second consecutive victory solidifies his status as the world’s best heavyweight and one of the sport’s biggest stars. Instead, he was in for a repeat of the rematch - and one of the greatest fights in heavyweight history.įury concluded the trilogy Saturday night by knocking out Wilder 1:10 into the 11th round at T-Mobile Arena before a rabid crowd of 15,820. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder promised “retribution, redemption and retaliation” before his trilogy fight against champion Tyson Fury. Deontay Wilder, left, and Tyson Fury, battle in the first round of a WBC Heavyweight World Championship bout at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Saturday, Oct.
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