The reactions from the clash spoke volumes about where the fight was potentially headed. More results: Falcao wins technical decision in IBF middleweight eliminatorĮsquiva Falcao might have been given a blessing in disguise - even if it was pretty painful.Īn accidental head butt opened a cut on Falcao's forehead in the sixth round, and after he was unable to continue, Falcao scored a majority technical decision by scores of 58-56, 56-58, 58-57 over Patrice Volny. Crawford spent the round trying to gauge Porter, but Porter banks the first three minutes.
That's always been his nature and it isn't changing tonight. Round 1: Shawn Porter was the aggressor early. Some good exchanges, but Crawford was sharper. Crawford was able to time Porter with some counterpunches in a round with some quality action that brings the crowd to its feet. Round 2: Crawford switched southpaw, made an adjustment and started to measure Porter a little bit. A cut opened over Porter's right eye due to a clash of heads. Porter caught Crawford with a big right hook and knocks Crawford to the ropes. Round 3: The first big moment of the fight. Crawford hit Porter with a clean straight right out of the southpaw stance and got Porter trapped in the corner. But in the meantime, Crawford is landing some big punches. Round 4: Crawford is still looking for moments to counter the aggressive Porter. It wasn't always clean and pretty, but Porter's activity carried him through that round and was enough to win it, despite a late flurry from Crawford. Round 5: Porter is the one pressing the action right now while Crawford's inactivity could be an issue as the fight progresses. Porter tried to muck it up in close range but Crawford had his strongest three minutes so far. But Crawford suffered a cut over the left eye, a result of an accidental head butt. Crawford caught Porter with a good straight left out of the southpaw stance. Almost immediately after the bell rang to start the round, Crawford started throwing more punches in easily his highest output of the fight so far. Round 6: Whatever Crawford heard in the corner spurred him into action in the sixth round. Crawford shrugged it off, which suggests that he felt it a little bit. But what sealed that round for Porter might have been a right hook that seemed to catch Crawford pretty well in his corner. Round 7: A very tough round to score, which is par for this fight. It nullified Crawford's strong start to the round and likely will be one of the easiest scoring decisions for the judges so far.
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Porter threw a series of one-off, overhand right hooks that either grazed or landed on Crawford. Round 8: Porter with one of the best sequences of the fight. Crawford did a much better job of throwing straight punches and even though he wasn't terribly active, Crawford landed plenty of clean punches. That game plan for that round was simple for Crawford - counter, rip and move.
Kenny Porter, Shawn's trainer and father, climbs onto the top rope and asks for the fight to end. Round 10: The fight is over! Porter goes down twice, the second after Crawford lands a pinpoint straight right over the top. Porter (31-4-1, 17 KOs) applied relentless pressure in a rugged, tit-for-tat battle before Crawford scored two knockdowns in Round 10, leading Porter's father and trainer, Kenny Porter, to throw in the towel. The finish came at 1 minute, 21 seconds and marked the first time in Porter's career that he has been stopped.Ĭrawford (38-0, 29 KOs) made his fifth consecutive title defense, but it didn't come easy - far from it.
No more.Ĭrawford notched the biggest win of his career on Saturday at Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay Bay with a 10th-round TKO victory over Shawn Porter to retain his WBO welterweight title. For years, he has been hounded by questions surrounding his résumé. LAS VEGAS - Terence Crawford jumped up and down in jubilation. Terence Crawford stops Shawn Porter Isaac Dogboe outpoints Christopher Diaz
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