Terrence Crawford vs Errol Pence boxing live updates from Las Vegas fight

The salivating showdown sees unbeaten Individuals Errol Spence and Terence Crawford exchanging punches for the primary time the place they are going to battle to grow to be the primary undisputed welterweight champion of boxing’s four-belt period.

Unified WBC, WBA and IBF Welterweight World Champion Errol “The Reality’’ Spence Jr. will tackle WBO 147-pound world champion Terence “Bud’’ Crawford for the Undisputed Welterweight World Championship. ORDER ON MAIN EVENT ON KAYO SPORTS >

“Once I grow to be undisputed in two world-class weight divisions,” it’s going to be nice,” stated Crawford, the World Boxing Group champion.

Spence is the World Boxing Council, World Boxing Affiliation and Worldwide Boxing Federation champion.

Spence, who brings a report of 28-0 with 22 knockouts to the bout, promised a “massive present” — a day after he vowed to interrupt Crawford down and “break his will.”

Crawford, who owns a report of 39-0 with 30 knockouts, is a former light-weight and undisputed gentle welterweight world champion who has gained all seven of his fights at welterweight by knockout.

“I really feel like if I didn’t combat him, his identify would all the time depart a stain on simply my identify, and if he didn’t combat me, my identify would all the time depart a stain on his identify, irrespective of if he wished to say it or not,” Spence stated this month.

1.45pm – Spence dropped in second spherical

Terrence Crawford put Errol Spence on his bottom within the last seconds to finish Spherical 2.

Crawford caught Spence overcommitting to a punch and adopted it up with two jabs straight down the center.

Spence seemed to be on wobbly legs, however was cleared to proceed and solely needed to endure one other few seconds earlier than the tip of the spherical.

1pm – Manny Pacquiao visits dressing room

Boxing immortal Manny Pacquiao visited the dressing room of Errol Spence simply hours earlier than the American made his solution to the ring.

Pacquiao posted on Twitter he made the journey to Las Vegas particularly for the combat.

The legendary fighter was alleged to combat Errol Spence in August 2021 earlier than Spence suffered a indifferent retina.

1pm – Santiago shines on undercard

Mexico’s Alexandro Santiago earned a unanimous 12-round determination over former four-division champion Nonito Donaire to say the vacant World Boxing Council bantamweight world title.

Santiago, 27, claimed the primary world title of his profession as he denied the 40-year-old “Filipino Flash,” who was aiming to rebound from a brutal second-round knockout loss to Japan’s Naoya Inoue 13 months in the past.

Donaire, who has held world titles at flyweight, bantamweight, super-bantamweight and featherweight, saved it shut within the early going and rocked Santiago with a left hook within the third spherical.

However he couldn’t match Santiago’s tempo because the combat progressed, the Mexican touchdown a barrage of convincing blows within the ninth spherical and rapidly halting Donaire’s momentum within the when the Philippines fighter got here out seeking to land a giant blow.

One decide scored the bout 115-113 and the opposite two noticed it 116-112 for Santiago, who improved to 28-3 with 5 drawn and 14 knockouts.

“It’s been an honor to combat such a legend like Nonito Donaire,” stated Santiago, who was delivered to tears within the ring as Donaire provided a congratulatory hug within the ring.

Donaire fell to 42-8 with 28 knockouts and stated he thought he had extra go do within the ring.

“Dissatisfied,” he admitted, however added: “I really feel good nonetheless. I really like the game a lot.” He stated he and his spouse, Rachel, who trains and manages him, can have a dialog to “see the place we go from there.

“However I do know I felt good,” he stated. “There have been just a few issues that didn’t set off.” Was that as a result of he’s 40 years outdated, Donaire was requested.

“I say ‘Hell no’ to that,” he stated.

The combat at T-Cellular Enviornment was on the undercard of the extremely anticipated welterweight world title unification bout between unbeaten Individuals Errol Spence and Terence Crawford.

— with AFP

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