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CRAWFORD STOPS BROOK IN 4TH ROUND

Terence Crawford improved to 37-0 (28 KOs) with a sudden finish to a tactical match against Kell Brook on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Brook was badly hurt by a counter right hand and staggered to the ropes where referee Tony Weeks called for a standing eight count. Crawford pounced on his dazed opponent and Weeks waved it off at the 1:14 mar,

Brook (39-3, 27 KOs) had the upper hand in the first round as Crawford started slowly as is his norm. Brook wasn’t much more active, but he won the round and the second round was more of the same with the action increasing slightly.

Round three saw Crawford firing more shots from his southpaw stance with Brook answering with his own right hand. The fourth round followed this same form until Crawford landed the fight-changing counter right hand.

With the win Crawford retained the WBO welterweight title.

CRAWFORD, SANTA CRUZ STAY UNBEATEN

HBO and Showtime went head-to-head tonight with a pair of undefeated champions defending their titles in the respective main events. Terence “Bud” Crawford and Leo Santa Cruz both passed their tests with stoppage wins.

Crawford (28-0, 20 KO’s), had a live challenger in Hank Lundy to deal with and the Omaha, NE native thrilled the fans at Madison Square Garden with a TKO5 to retain the WBO super lightweight title.

Likewise, Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KO’s), sent his Southern California fans home happy with a fifth-round knockout of Kiko Martinez (35-7, 26 KO’s) to keep the WBA super title at featherweight.

Crawford got a stiff test from Lundy (26-6-1, 13 KO’s) in the first round as the challenger threw heavy shots, sometimes from wild angles and postures. Crawford quickly switched to a southpaw stance and fought that way till the end. Lundy got some solid power shots in during that first round, but the fight changed at the start of round two.

The pace slowed to a more measured battle and Crawford gained the upper hand due to his precise boxing skills.

In the final round, Crawford hurt Lundy with a flush right hand to the  jaw and he followed up to score a brutal knockdown. Lundy was able to continue but the fight was waved off moments later with Crawford landing at will and Lundy covering up against the ropes.

Official time of the stoppage was 2:09 of round five.

Out west, Santa Cruz started very quickly and dropped the hard-charging Martinez twice in the first round. It was pinpoint punching from Santa Cruz landing flush on the challenger, who came in willing to take a few shots.

He got them, as Santa Cruz nearly ended the fight in the first round.

But Martinez rebounded and fought well over the next few rounds, backing the champion up and landing solid shots of his own. It was a spirited fight until the fifth round when Santa Cruz got his man in trouble again with power shots and closed the show with a lethal barrage of unanswered shots. This fight also ended at the 2:09 mark of round five.

CRAWFORD SHINES AGAINST BELTRAN

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.

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