Terence Crawford beats Errol Spence Jr to win undisputed welterweight title

Errol Spence Jr was knocked down 3 times successful a combat dominated by Terence Crawford

Terence Crawford dismantled Errol Spence Jr to go the four-belt era's archetypal undisputed welterweight champion.

The triumph makes him the archetypal antheral to triumph undisputed titles successful 2 value classes arsenic helium stripped his home rival of his WBC, WBA (Super) and IBF titles.

Spence, 31, was undefeated successful 28 fights and the Las Vegas showdown was his eighth satellite rubric bout successful a row.

But Crawford, successful his 18th consecutive title bout, staked a steadfast assertion arsenic the world's champion boxer arsenic helium extended his triumph streak to 40 fights astatine T-Mobile Arena.

"I'm an overachiever, cipher believed successful maine erstwhile I was coming up," Crawford said.

"It means everything due to the fact that of who I took the belts from. They speech atrocious astir maine and I kept praying to God I would get the accidental to amusement the satellite however large I am.

"And tonight, I judge I showed however large I am."

Spence has the enactment to activate an contiguous rematch and Crawford said helium was unfastened to agreeing a 2nd fight.

"Of people the nationalist volition bargain it," helium said.

"If the combat happens again, I'm beauteous everyone volition travel retired and amusement enactment for us."

Crawford excessively slick for valiant Spence

Terence Crawford extended his unbeaten streak to 40 pro fights

Spence made his entranceway archetypal contempt being the unified champion. Crawford won a coin flip astatine the quality league connected Thursday, meaning helium could determine who occupied the champion's spot.

Dressed successful achromatic and achromatic with reddish trim, Spence walked 2nd for the archetypal clip since stopping Kell Brook to triumph his archetypal satellite rubric successful 2017.

The ringwalks made it wide Crawford fans were outnumbering Spence and T-Mobile Arena raised the extortion erstwhile American rap superstar Eminem emerged from the fume alongside Crawford, dressed successful achromatic and a fishnet implicit his shoulder.

Crawford said a speedy supplication earlier entering the ringing and the signifier was acceptable for 1 of the astir intriguing contests successful boxing successful the past 20 years.

A tentative opening circular saw neither antheral consenting to engage. Spence dropped down his jab successful the 2nd and recovered success, but it rapidly emerged that Crawford was looking for immense counters.

One whipped centimetres past Spence's look past Crawford recovered his people moments later, dropping an advancing Spence with a antagonistic one-two.

Spence, wobbled, was backmost connected his feet rapidly and Crawford delivered a beardown close connected his hostile astatine the bell.

Spence Jr had been unbeaten successful 28 fights

The velocity and timing of Crawford sparked moments of panic from Spence, who tried to propulsion up successful the 3rd and enforce himself.

But Crawford was excessively speedy for his rival, repeatedly tagging Spence with counters.

He was smacked with an uppercut successful the 4th past ducked into respective hooks from Crawford earlier eating a monolithic agelong near that sent humor flying from the Texan's nose.

Crawford continued to prime Spence isolated successful the fifth, selecting his shots cleverly and punishing his hostile with combinations.

Spence tried to combat occurrence with fire, but his timing was present wholly skewed arsenic Crawford began to propulsion forward.

After warring truthful overmuch of the bout brilliantly connected the backfoot, Crawford was present pouring forward.

Spence attempted to fend him disconnected with his jab, but the Omaha autochthonal punched done his defences with his own, tagging him repeatedly with near hands and mixing successful uppercuts astatine adjacent range.

At the midway constituent Crawford could number himself astatine slightest 5 rounds ahead, including the 10-8 knockdown round.

But this dominance wasn't capable for the WBO champion. He fto Spence travel onto him aboriginal successful the seventh earlier countering with a thunderous uppercut followed by an close hook that enactment his rival down for the 2nd time.

Spence was again speedy disconnected the canvas, but unsteady connected his feet. Crawford sensed an extremity was adjacent and stepped connected the gas.

Spence bounced disconnected the ropes trying to debar the onslaught, but flew consecutive into different close hook that sent him down again.

The doorbell rang to prevention Spence and a convincing statement could person been made to propulsion the battered champion retired of the contest.

Nevertheless helium emerged for the eighth hoping to onshore 1 punch that could crook the combat astir - but Crawford's superiority was entrenched and helium boxed beautifully disconnected his jab, bamboozling Spence astatine volition with his velocity and movement.

Spence's look was present battered, opening to swell severely connected the near side. His punches lacked power, portion Crawford's jab snapped backmost the caput of his opponent.

The ninth circular saw the punishment yet extremity for Spence erstwhile Crawford invited him to combat occurrence with occurrence and the valiant champion did conscionable that.

But portion Crawford was calm, Spence was wild. Another close hook landed to stun Spence and arsenic his hostile unleashed a flurry of punches, the referee stepped successful to halt the contest.

Crawford was elated successful celebration, dancing with his household aft checking connected his chap pound-for-pound great.

Crawford said earlier the combat the victor could telephone himself the champion combatant successful the satellite successful immoderate value part and fewer would surely find it hard to disagree with 'Bud' aft specified a ascendant performance.