Promoter Eddie Hearn went on a classic rant, reacting to his fighter, Israil Madrimov losing his WBA Junior middleweight title to Terence Crawford by a questionable twelve round unanimous decision on Saturday night in a fight that easily could have gone their way at the…
This was a nip and tuck fight all the way, with 4 or less landed punches separating the combatants in 11 of the 12 rounds. Crawford threw 158 more punches than Madrimov, but that only translated into 11 more punches landed. Crawford landed 21 more…
In a close affair, Terence Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) captured his fourth division world title, dethroning WBA junior middleweight champion Israil Madrimov (10-1-1, 7 KOs_ by a narrow 12-round unanimous decision on Saturday night in front of a sold-out BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
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LOS ANGELES – Hip-hop icon Eminem warmed up the crowd at BMO Stadium on Saturday night with a brief concert to mark Riyadh Season's debut boxing event in the United States.
Terence Crawford, the best fighter in the world, and Israil Madrimov, the WBA…
Arlen Lopez continues his quest for a third gold medal | Photo by MOHD RASFAN/AFP via Getty Images
The road to the gold medal matches is getting shorter in Paris. Olympic boxing in Paris continues today with two sessions…
Terence Crawford is now a four-division world champion | Mark Robinson/Matchroom Boxing
Terence Crawford is now a four-division world champion. Terence “Bud” Crawford won a world title in his fourth weight class, beating Israil Madrimov to capture the WBA…
In the Main Event at the large BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, former unified World Welterweight champ southpaw Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford, 41-0 (31), #153 ½, of Omaha, NEB, defeated WBA World Super Welterweight champion Israil ‘The Dream’ Madrimov, 10-1-1 (7), #154, of Khiva, UZB, Indio,…
Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela (14-2, 9 KOs) outboxed WBA light welterweight champion Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (26-3-1, 18 KOs), beating him by a 12-round split decision in the chief support bout on Saturday night at the BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.
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Rayo’s…
Cruz was only able to land 23% of his total punches and 27% of his power punches while Valenzuela landed 33% and 41% respectively. In addition to being more accurate, Valenzuela landed 53 more punches than Cruz and 26 more power punches than Cruz. Valenzuela…
LOS ANGELES – Tour de force Isaac Cruz saw his meteorotic rise come to a sudden crash Saturday night in Los Angeles courtesy of Jose Valenzuela, as the swarming brawler met his match against a precise marksman.
Cruz (26-3-1, 18 KOs) may have had…