These Fighters Nearly ENDED Terence Crawford! BRUTAL ENDING...

These fighters thought that Terren Crawford would be easy work in the ring. >> Need a mug. You can go for a knockup. Yeah, I will go for a moto. >> After intense training ahead of their fight with one of the poundfor-pound best boxers in the world. >> They turned out to be some of the toughest fights in Terren Crawford's professional boxing career. Oh. Oh. Kabayasquez comes forward AND BUD CRAWFORD WAS HURT. >> Caught me off guard coming in with my hands down being cocky. One side of my body got stuck. >> On June 28th, 2014, Terrence Crawford stepped in the ring with Yurcus Gamboa to defend his title for the first time. Gamboa had a strong game plan going into the fight and he hoped to apply pressure on Terrence from the very beginning of the fight. >> The game plan is simply be on the offense, you know, jump on him from the start, attack and develop the fight from there, but definitely take the initiative and and attack it. >> Terrence was confident in his own abilities though and he made sure that the whole world knew it before stepping in the ring with the mean machine Gamboa. I could assure you this time, you know, I train it probably the hardest and I'm just ready for whatever he brings to the table. >> Earlier in the fight, it looked as though Gamboa might have the advantage as he controlled the pace and distance of the fight from the very beginning. >> Two fighters so far. If I had to guess, I'd say that Profit has landed more blows than has Gamboa. But as Larry said, and I expect soon he's going to have to take some risks in spite of the crowd and the reaction that Crawford has, he's perfectly comfortable in doing exactly what he's doing. >> Crawford so calm all week long. Such a calm demeanor. I don't think this crowd will get to him in that sense. I think he'll be very under control all night long doing exactly what he needs to do. >> Good right hand on the inside. See if anything changes. There's the jab immediately in the face of Gamboa. A lot of the questions early was how uh if Gambbo was going to have any ring rest, >> but at this distance, Crawford can outbox him all night like this. >> His team speaking somewhat candidly, but it was a little tough for him making 135 this time around. you know, but at least the promoter wanting them to go to 140, but all of that's academic right now. >> And a little rough on the inside there. Both at 16 knockouts. Gamboa looks like he's going to put the metal to the pedal in this round. The picture changes. Good right hand on the inside, but didn't hurt Gamboa. Profit elects to go over southpaw for a couple of seconds and he gets whacked. >> Closing seconds of the third round. They exchange shots but I think Gamboa get the better of it. Have gone in favor of Gamboa. They have an outcore sheets but we're unofficial. chops him with the right hand. Fighting the softball stance. >> Well, he's not switching. He's just fighting left-handed now. >> Oh, this is a left hand throw. But did it shake Gamboa? And Boa's on the assault putting pressure still. >> That was a question too coming into the fight, Larry. Was Gamboa's chin. >> Two undefeated fighters. It wasn't until round five that Terrence really found his rhythm and dropped Gamboa with a clean right to the head. >> Right hand hook by remember Terren said when he fights as a southpaw he feels like he has more power with his left but he's not landing many left. He's not touching him when he's jabbing as a southpaw as this kid Gambo is very quick on his feet and with his hands. Oh, he hurt him with a right hand. >> Yeah, he shot him with the left hand. >> HE HURT HIM WITH the right THEN THE LEFT HAND DROPPED IT. Here's Gamboa now. And he's nailed with that left hand and dropped. You're right, Larry. He was getting brave and he was out of position. And the rest of this round, he's fighting on instinct. Gambbo got a little too reckless, >> but you said he was going to have to at some stage and he's real reckless now, but his legs not there. TERRENCE TOUCHES HIM UP WITH A PRETTY GOOD JAB. WHACKS HIM WITH THE LEFT HAND DOWNSTAIRS, LOADS UP WITH THE RIGHT HAND. >> Gbo is fighting back. >> He is hurt trying to hang on imposing his will on Gamboa RIGHT NOW. GAMBO IS STAGGERING. SLIDES TO HIS RIGHT, NAILS WITH ANOTHER RIGHT HAND. HE'S READY TO GO AGAIN FOR TIME IN THE FIFTH ROUND. NAILS HIM AGAIN. HE'S BACK ON his field. >> Took some heavy shots at the end of that round. So, let's see. >> Even out the fight. I think on our cards, right, Colonel at 47 all. >> Yeah, at the very least. But that's the least important thing right now. The thing is, can he continue the pace? He's planning as a right-handed fighter now. >> Whether he can weather this kid or not, um, he is showing us that he's got some. >> You get cracked by a good >> You don't get to be as good as him. >> Almost two minutes into this sixth round. >> Very flatfooted. I was just going to say that, Colonel. still looking a little shaky as he kind of walks forward with heavy feet. >> Closing seconds now. This the sixth round. >> Ref says fight on. >> I mean, you describe his his trunks are bathing suit right now. They're dripping that much, folks. >> Again, Bo's legs are totally back. So, whatever they've done in the corner, he's revived. And as I say that, he gets whacked. Well, as you pointed out, Colonel, he's been looking down. And when he looked down, Crawford popped him. Very slippery. Yeah. All those punches that Gamboa threw and nothing really touched properly >> compared to the early rounds. Uh Gamboa looks like he's going through motions now. Not >> now we see the advantage of the taller guy. >> Gina Rodriguez says, "Hey, get that corner cleaned up." In round nine, the fight came to a finish after Gamboa landed a strike that rocked Terrence and Terrence answered later in the round with a right uppercut that made the ref put a stop to the fight. Something happened in making something happen. I don't know if there's a home if if there's necessarily going to be a hometown advantage, but there shouldn't be a hometown disadvantage. And uh he'll get credit for everything he does at the very least. Oh, here's Gamboa in the process of landing some shots. NOW, HE DROPPED HIM. HIT HIM WITH THE RIGHT HAND, THEN THE LEFT HAND, AND THE KNEE WENT DOWN. TAKE a look at this knockdown. Now, you see who's on the assault. Not really landing many blows. And then bang, right across the jaw. Left hand and a solid right hand. And it dropped him down to the canvas. So Gamboa has been down twice in the fight now, but that changes the whole complexion of the fight right now cuz Gamboa is still on his feet. There's not a lot of time left in this eighth round. THERE HE IS AGAIN. AND HE GET HURT AGAIN as Gambo was throwing his shoe shine punches. Crawford blasted him one more time. Just got himself in position to make that call because he was kind of behind. Gino Rodriguez being the official that was able to call that immediately when that foot hit the canvas. Well, he's got to throw all caution to win. If he gets stopped, he gets stopped. But he can't win in the third, fourth, and fifth round. Actually, the second, third, and four. Right hand landed. And now Crawford's gone back to conventional. He lands an uppercut. Solid uppercut. >> I'm not sure what happened either, but when he went back to the corner after the last round, he looked a little tired to me. >> And it's my belief that he hurt Terrence Crawford at some stage in this ninth round. Car and PRANKED HIM AGAIN AND STRAIGHTENED out the right leg of Gamboa. HE BLOCKED HIM AGAIN. THAT'S A HARD KNOCKDOWN THAT TIME with the left HOOK to be a real champion. Remember, there are stages in that round where I thought that he might have been hurt and he drops him with a vicious left hook. He still has time to finish him off. 22 seconds. HE'S BACK AT HIM. GAMBOA IS TOTALLY OUT ON HIS FEET. CAN CATCH HIM ONE MORE TIME. THERE'S no quitting Gamboa. HE KEEPS BATTLING. FALLING FORTH DROPS HIM AGAIN. IT'S ALL OVER. TERRENCE PRO HAS STOPPED YURIO GAMBOA TO DEFEND HIS TITLE IN HIS HOMETOWN. never before defeated, obviously never knocked out, one of the most celebrated amateurs of his time. >> Terren has admitted that this was one of his toughest fights to date. But this next fight was even more epic. On December 14th, 2019 at Madison Square Garden, Terrence Crawford stepped into the ring with Ajitus Kavaliowskis. A lot of people here take credit away from him because of who he's going up against, but you know, he's a a good fighter in a heavy ambitious background and I can't thank him like >> while Terrence was taking a fairly seriously. Agitis was looking to go in for the kill when he jumped in the ring with the champion. >> One punch can change all all all powerful game plan. So any game plan he will have for me, I going to just go for knockout. It was clear that ADA just planned to win, but he still respected his opponent and his accomplishments. >> I respect Rford like like a best fighter in the world. Right now, he's pound for pound, so he's a champion, but I want to be a champion, too. >> After training rigorously, Agitis looked ready to take on Terrence in the ring. In the beginning of the fight, Agitis managed to land some hits and almost dropped Terrence, but the ref deemed it a slip. Either way, Terrence played it cautiously in the first few rounds. >> That's exactly what he's doing. And he just took the jab downstairs on Crawford. >> You rarely ever see guys go to Crawford's body. Terence Crawford has educated feet, trained feet. Kaviasquez doesn't. He likes to be still. They're not very quick. He doesn't really have a lot of creativity down low. >> Doubling up that jab is Crawford. He will range find a bit. By the way, long arms and always can maximize his range on that frame. Doesn't have the wear and tear and the miles on the odometer or been through what Khan had been through prior to that point. >> And that's why Crawford started fast in that fight because the scouting report on Amir Khan was that he couldn't take a shot. >> See Crawford masterful with that range, isn't he? >> I just like the I like the patience of Caviosquez. He's not rushing in there. He doesn't want to get countered. You know, he's taking his time trying to get Terence Crawford comfortable. >> I like the patience of Kabiosquez as well, too. Even though his feet aren't fast, he understands his range and where he needs to be. He's landing some good jabs and he's in this fight and he's thinking just like Crawford's thinking. >> I don't know if that's a good thing because you he don't want a sharpshooter like Crawford to be sitting back thinking, you know, he >> Good exchange that time. Right hand came in. He needs to shorten those shots up if he wants to step inside. >> So, best work we've seen so far in the early goingings goes to the challenger from Lithuania. >> Speed. >> That's how he did it in the second round as well with the right hand. >> Pull him back with his hands down. >> And now Crawford looks to exchange and pop a right hand. Now Crawford goes to the body. And look at the action we have here in round three as Kavayosquez. Another exchange. Over the next few rounds, Crawford found his pace and strength again and started applying pressure on agitas. And he even managed to drop him in the seventh round. But still now in back-to back rounds. Good work with the right hand for the upsetminded title challenger. And the power punches through three rounds. Kavasquez is landing 42% as they exchange here and Crawford's landing 30%. and he had a 19- 10 power connect edge through three. Let's check in with Bernardo. >> Terrence was not hurt. He's good. He recovered well. I didn't think it was a knockdown. All he needs to do is keep his hands up and not get caught in those exchanges. >> That's the report from the corner of Crawford. There was another right hand moments ago from Kaviosquez. Remember, he's in that southpaw stance and the right hand is the southpaw killer. That's what does damage damage against southpaw. Perhaps Terren should go back orthodox. We >> talked about that earlier, Joe. I'm not sure why he's been standing in front of Kaviasquez all night long. I anticipated and I think Kavasquez anticipated Crawford moving, boxing, and then trying to come to him mid to late in the fight. I think Crawford's doing a little bit too much too soon. >> Crawford right now is picking up the tempo. He sure is. He's willing to tread. Look at this. Stop. Don't hold behind the head. Don't do that. >> These right hands have now brought out the FIGHT IN CRAWFORD. THEY ARE EXCHANGING IN THE middle of the ring. >> I don't like the 50/50 exchanges, especially with a guy like Kaviasquez who has his feet planted and he's getting that big right hand off and he's landing it. >> 50/50 exchanges when you're this level of world champion, they give the underdog a great chance. Sweeping body shot from Bud Crawford. This crowd is loving this title fight already. The unexpected drama thanks to the right hands of Kaviocus. Crawford was looking to time that left hand that the upset minded challenger has come out redot. Caviosquez has landed a couple big right hands and now you can hear the buzz. People wondering how will this play out. Bud Crawford who is used to dominating the competition has a guy coming to him now and Andre Ward's scorecard has it two rounds a piece. Spud takes the first round, likely takes the last, but the second and third round when Kioskus landed flush with the right hands. In last two rounds, Kavioscus is enjoying a 37- 24 edge in punches landed. There are the power punches where he has a 31-21 connect advantage. I >> I don't like this game plan right now from Crawford. He's fighting fire with fire. He's getting hit with shots he shouldn't be getting hit with this early in a fight. Kavioquez has only been 10 rounds two times. Never been 12. Slow down the stronger fighter. If you're Kaviosquez, keep doing what you're doing. >> Kavas has got to let his hands go, Dre. That's all he got to do. Every time Crawford gets close, he needs to just let those bombs go. >> He's hurt right now. Kavas is hurt with that shot. >> And Bud senses it here. a minute ago in round five. >> Crawford just sniffed something out. HE SNIFFED THEM OUT. HE KNOWS THAT HE DON'T LIKE THE PRESSURE. >> And let me tell you something. Crawford doesn't mind this at all. >> But he got to be careful. >> Combination comes in from Crawford. He has taken control here in this fifth round. And why doesn't New York use instant replay? I thought what happened earlier was a knockdown. First time I recall Crawford being hurt since 2014 in Gamboa. It was absolutely a knockdown. Clearly a knockdown. >> You you would know his psyche as well as anybody's. Ray, it was an excellent visit you had with him recently and I know he's got great respect for everything you've done in your career. >> Nice change up from Terence Crawford. Led with the straight left and came with a nice little right hand to jab. >> Beautiful combination. Get out. Get out. Crawford got to be careful every time he shoots a shot. >> Let him go. Stop. >> Kavasquez is answering. >> Really impressed with the timing of Kavas. >> I am too. That has been why he's had his moments of success tonight. Coming to the halfway point of now this greatly intriguing welterweight championship fight. Terrence Bud Crawford 35 and0 with 26 knockouts against the mean machine. Kavayasquez who was coming off of a mediocre performance after rising up the rankings and then becomes the number one challenger unbeaten himself. Big underdog and yet he has fought about as good a fight as he can fight to this point. Bernardo is in the corner of Terrence Crawford with Brian McIntyre. >> I'm I'm looking for him to so he can get more rhythms so he can be a little bit more dangerous. Right now he don't got he don't got no rhythm but it look it looked like he might be coming into it now. I just think I think he like this competition. >> What about turning to the south to the from the southpaw to the orthodox stand? >> Once he feel it, he'll go to it. >> You're not asking him for it? >> No. Uhuh. Once he feel it, he'll go to it. >> Thank you very much. Does that surprise you that the trainer is saying it's on the fighter? >> It is on the fighter, Joe, because I think they're telling Terence the right things. They they had a game plan and I'm not sure this was the game plan, but sometimes as a fighter, you're stubborn. You can't explain it. It just happens. You don't want to move. You don't want to box. You just want to compete and fight. And that's what Crawford's doing. >> Oh, it's fun to watch. That's for sure. >> Crawford's having success when he's marching forward and punishing Cavays to the body. And again, I'm not sure from Kavioasquez if I do anything different. >> Look at that. Look at that. >> That's what you got to do right there. >> There's a left uppercut from Crawford. Steps right into that kitchen. >> He's smelling it now. He's he orthodox now. He smells the knockout. >> And now as a righty, Crawford comes in. There's a three-punch combination FROM THE CHAMP. OH, AND KAVIOASQUEZ COMES BACK and lands a combination. AND CRAWFORD JUST NAILS HIM. 5 6 7 8 >> Kabayosquez goes down. You want to fight? Here comes Bud. One of the best FINISHERS IN BOXING. LOOKING FOR THE UPPERCUT. STRAIGHT RIGHT HAND. OH, HE'S GOT KAVIOSCUS HURT HERE. LOOKING TO FINISH HIM HERE IN THE FINAL SECONDS OF ROUND SEVEN. KAVIOSKIS WILLING TO TRADE. MY OH MY, IS THAT GOOD STUFF. >> By round nine, Crawford had really found his rhythm. And after knocking a Giddage down twice with an uppercut and hook, the ref put a stop to the fight with Terren winning by TKO. >> And you heard Brian McIntyre, aka Bomac, his longtime mentor and trainer, say to him, "Are you comfortable staying right-handed?" The answer is yes. And that is how he did damage in that seventh round. >> Good work doubling up the left hand from Kaviocus. Bud did have the right arm pinned trying to block most of that with the elbow. Kaviocus willing to work on the inside. >> I think that's a ploy from Crawford. He just wants to get Kaviocus opening up. Crawford is looking right now for that opening. He's going to explode here in just a few seconds. Well, you can see him right to snap with that jab. There's that right hand that Bud wants to land. >> Yeah, but if Bud starts at the body, the head will be open. >> He just did. He had a sweeping left hand to the body and then came upstairs. >> Every time Bud Crawford goes down to the body when he starts to the body. It sets up the head shot. Nice right hand. >> And now Kavioskis right in the kitchen with a combination including the left hand. Double right uppercut from Crawford. >> Starting with that body work. >> Crawford bought Kavasquez right to him. Sat inside. Kaviasquez got lazy with his chin on the platter. Responding to what happened in the second and third round from the title challenger. He smiles and shakes it off and then goes with a four-punch combination. He needs to get those shots down to the body to bring the hands down to Kavioquez. And now back to that southpaw stance where he splits the guard with a left hand. >> Kavia's got to let that right hand go. Soon as Terence Crawford gets close, he needs to throw a right hand, a looping right hand. He needs to throw A SHOT AT CRAWFORD TO BACK HIM up off of him. >> He's throwing. He just ain't backing him up. >> Crawford very comfortable standing right in front, punching between punches as Kaviosquez. >> Nice. >> Drives him straight back and ties up. And that'll get him through round number eight. The last two rounds, Crawford has a 50-38 edge in punches landed. Round number nine. >> Bumper took that last round off and >> he's got a rhythm to him right now. >> Yeah, he's back. >> Oh, A LUNGING LEFT HAND THAT BACKS UP KAVASCUS. AND AN UPPERCUT. AN ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT UPPERCUT. >> 4 5 6 7 8 >> Terence Crawford made up his mind and I'm going to stop you for hurting me and I'm going to do whatever I have to do to to get that done whether I'm in the south stance or the right hand stance. And Kiosquez felt every bit of Terence Crawford tonight. And he realized that his levels to the game and this dude has an intensity that's different than most. And here's the end of the fight. Terrence Crawford again attacking with that looping left hand that was available for him earlier. And here it is again. >> Nice little uppercut coming around. Down goes Kaviasquez. Remember, he is one of the best closers in the business. Let's watch how he does it here. ONE PUNCH. THAT'S IT. BUD CRAWFORD TITLE DEFENSE. Got to get that last punch. >> Beautiful right hook right here. >> Yeah, that hurt. >> Right on the ear. >> That hurt. >> And down goes Caviasquez. And that was the end of the fight right there. >> I thought I'd entertain y'all for a little bit. You know, uh he's a strong fighter. He's uh adorable and I thought I'll give you the crowd something to cheer for and be excited excited about. >> Like really good IQ IQ in the ring. He's he with good IQ and he picks you up one like a like if you say like win like first, second, third round like oh you didn't good the third round can come. >> While these are some of Terren's toughest opponents to date, his resume is extensive. So, if you have your own pick for his toughest fight, comment it down below and like and subscribe for more.