LAS VEGAS — If you’re lucky as a boxing fan, a given era in time will produce the kind of boxer who transcends the greatness around him and becomes the default measuring stick for everyone who comes after. In the 10 years since the Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao superfight effectively brought an end to the post-Roy Jones Jr. era that was …
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Alvarez arrived at the news conference marked up but unbowed. “I’m going to continue,” he said, swiftly putting to bed any suggestion he might call it a day. As a teenager, the flame-haired fighter would ride Guadalajara’s city buses for hours, peddling ice creams just to help his family get by. His first paydays in the ring were scarcely better …
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Getty Images Terence Crawford is crowding the history books. On Saturday, Crawford became the first three-division undisputed boxing champion of the four-belt era, overcoming his status as a marginal underdog to beat super middleweight champ Canelo Alvarez. Crawford moved up two weight classes to pursue greatness. The added muscle did not hamper him. Crawford implemented his signature speed and elusiveness …
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Alvarez targeted the body with his left hook in the second, but Crawford used his speed and accuracy to tag the Guadalajara native upstairs. The third saw Alvarez pressuring Crawford more, but “Bud” boxed effectively off his back foot, as he avoided any incoming fire to the head. Alvarez was landing his left hook to the body, but Crawford started …
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Getty Images There’s a new undisputed super middleweight champion of the world, and his name is Terence “Bud” Crawford. The native of Omaha, Nebraska took down Canelo Alvarez in a terrific fight on Saturday by unanimous decision to make history as the first man to go undisputed in three weight classes. Both men made piles of cash for their efforts …
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Terence Crawford has proved the doubters wrong. The former two-division undisputed champion moved up two weight classes and outworked Saul “Canelo” Alvarez over 12 rounds to become undisputed champion for a third time in his career. The early rounds saw Alvarez alternate between attempts to land thudding counterpunches and body shots. Crawford was settled into trying to force the action …
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Andreas HaleSep 14, 2025, 01:48 AM ET Close Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior …
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Andreas Hale Close Andreas Hale ESPN Andreas Hale is a combat sports reporter at ESPN. Andreas covers MMA, boxing and pro wrestling. In Andreas’ free time, he plays video games, obsesses over music and is a White Sox and 49ers fan. He is also a host for Sirius XM’s Fight Nation. Before joining ESPN, Andreas was a senior writer at …
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Tale of the tape Here’s how the fighters measure up ahead of tonight’s showdown. Both Canelo and Crawford came in a half-pound below the super middleweight divisional limit at Friday’s official weigh-in, which took place behind closed doors with the fighters in separate rooms. But for all the (very valid) talk about Crawford moving up two weight classes and Álvarez …
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Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford live results, round-by-round updates, ring walks for Netflix superfight Yahoo Sports Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford fight: Date, odds, start time, PPV price, undercard, complete guide CBS Sports Live Prelims | Canelo vs Crawford ufc.com What time is Canelo Alvarez vs. Terence Crawford? Ring walk time for Saturday fight USA Today Boxing’s biggest fight is streaming on Netflix — …
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