Terence Crawford retained his WBO lightweight title on Saturday night with a nearly flawless performance over 12 rounds to easily outpoint Ray Beltran. Crawford (25-0, 17 KO’s) controlled the fight, mostly from a southpaw stance, and gave his hometown Omaha, NE fans a virtuoso performance.
Official scores were 120-108, 119-109 and 119-109. InTheCorner.net scored the fight 119-109.
Beltran (29-6-1, 17 KO’s) challenged Crawford as the WBO’s #1 contender and most observers expected a close fight. But Crawford got out fast and proved to have an answer for Beltran’s attack, which mostly consisted of stalking and throwing isolated power punches.
