WBO welterweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) talks about his December 10 clash with WBO #6 ranked David Avanesyan (29-3-1, 17 KOs) at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The bout will air live on BLK Prime PPV. Tickets go on sale Monday.
“I am an exciting fighter and the best closer in the sport,” said Crawford. “I have knocked out every fighter I have faced since 2016. I’m going to put on another entertaining fight on December 10 and continue my knockout streak. David Avanesyan is a tough opponent who is riding a strong knockout streak of his own. He’s upset some really good fighters and has nothing to lose. That makes for something that the fans will want to see.”
On the direction of his career…
“We have seen player empowerment movements in other sports, and now we are starting to see it in boxing. I have taken control of my career and my December 10 fight on BLK Prime is the start of my next chapter.”
On fighting in Omaha for the first time since 2018…
“My hometown fans deserve another big fight, and we are going to pack the CHI Health Center once again on December 10.”
Crawford is soon to line up with Andrade for the most boring opposition of a champion. Who cares if you can close the show against B-level fighters? Fight Spence, or someone else with a legit resume. Crawford is a great champion but he’s heading down a road toward being overhyped and overrated. Get in the ring with someone legit and close your mouth about closing the show against competition that can’t compare.
If you knew that the PBC NEEDS to protect Spence and Davis from defeat as they are its only hope to survive. Should Spence and Davis lose, no more PBC and god knows how Spence and Davis showed their interest in taking the easy road. They mentioned it BOTH! Yeap! BOTH! Spence said it himself and Mayweather, with Davis by his side, said the same thing! WAKE UP GUYS! Crawford has been undisputed before, won titles in 3 weight divisions, but Spence has yet to move up in weight. Davis did it, but it was ALWAYS for the same belt, that WBA Regular shit,. which is not that credible. The only thing that the PBC did good for those fighters is to get them PPV status, so yes they don’t want to lose them to Crawford, Ennis, Vergil Ortiz, Haney, Lomachenko or Shakur Stevenson. They’ll rather do in house fights vs Thurman or even Charlo, but they’ll make guys like Crawford lose their time. That’s exactly the way it is.
That’s because Spence is friends with Jermell Charlo.
So you are saying if Indongo weighed in as a welterweight the day before Crawford, and Spence would have made his first IBF defence after Brook and chose Indongo instead of Lamont Peterson, that Spence wouldn’t have KO’d Indongo with a body shot?
Crawford using the Indongo unification fight 5 years later to hype his pay per view in Dec 2022 is BS. Few fans care he was in one undisputed title fight in his career.
He beat Porter by KO who is Spence’s toughest opponent to date. FYI
Dude stop it lol. Spence beat Porter when he was WBC champ. BUD stopped him when he was semi-retired. The biggest names on Bud’s resume are guys Spence beat years prior. I them both but I’m just speaking facts.
I’m DONE commenting on both Spence & Crawford until they fight one another! This is soooo disappointing!!
A person that pats themselves on the back has a cheering section of ONE!
Wonder if Mayweather and Crawford were fighting in the same era if that fight would have been made?
Fraud Gayweather would of waited until bud is old or got knocked out like he did with Pacquiao, then fight him and probably win a uneventful boring ass jab, clinch, hit and run decision. Mayweather wouldn’t fight killers in thier prime.
Floyd is older than Manny and prior to the fight all Manny fans thought he was gonna win so save the excuses.
Ya L,
Like he waited for Canelo, Diego Corrales, and Ricky Hatton to lose and get old? All undefeated and widely respected. Throw long time champ Genaro Hernandez in there too, he only had one loss when he entered the ring against Mayweather. Your comment is uneducated exaggeration.
who are these killers? please name them… and for the love of god dont say margarito por favor!!!
No, because Fraud doesn’t fight black fighters.
Of course it would have been made, just after Crawford shows real signs that he’s slowed down or after a couple of losses. Yeap!
Yes sir pound for pound the best bump the Spence fight I just love Boxing
Statistically the best closer in the sport would be Beterbiev since he is undefeated and knocked out every opponent.
I predict less than 50k buys.
Totally lost interest in him because of his mouth.A good boxer, of course, but not one I will put on the shelf where I have my favorites.
Not at 35 Bud..
If you knew that the PBC NEEDS to protect Spence and Davis from defeat as they are its only hope to survive. Should Spence and Davis lose, no more PBC and god knows how Spence and Davis showed their interest in taking the easy road. They mentioned it BOTH! Yeap! BOTH! Spence said it himself and Mayweather, with Davis by his side, said the same thing! WAKE UP GUYS! Crawford has been undisputed before, won titles in 3 weight divisions, but Spence has yet to move up in weight. Davis did it, but it was ALWAYS for the same belt, that WBA Regular shit,. which is not that credible. The only thing that the PBC did good for those fighters is to get them PPV status, so yes they don’t want to lose them to Crawford, Ennis, Vergil Ortiz, Haney, Lomachenko or Shakur Stevenson. They’ll rather do in house fights vs Thurman or even Charlo, but they’ll make guys like Crawford lose their time. That’s exactly the way it is.
not interested and its ppv i dont see anybody interested in this fight crawford is talented but what a waste fighting c fighters
Much better if he has pacquiao thurman garcia spence in his resume, too bad it all didnt happen 6 or 7 yrs ago whatever the case may be.
Crawfish is the best at closing against unknowns, wanna bes and past their prime fighters he has become todays best cherry picker and its easy to be undisputed if your fighting home depot workers i mean he beat the twice beaten Burns for his 1st title then beat the featherweight Gamboa then beats the 5 loss Lundy for his 1st 140lb title then he did beat the unbeaten Postol to unify 2 belts then he beat Indongo who had two belts but nobody had ever heard of him and has doing nothing since so he basically fought limited talent then he fights Jeff Horn who was gifted a victory over Pacquiao and has fought untested and leftovers since then so ok he BS his way out of the Spence fight so he picks the #6th ranked fighter instead of the #1 Ortiz or the #2 ranked Ennis??? seems to me like he doesnt want to take that risk………………….
He literally just had a chance to to prove he is all business. Yea, we get it, him n spence will never fight but he cld have taken on Ortiz or figure out a way to fight boots to show the world he is a true champion BUT he chose the easy route. What a waste of a “champion”
Crawford waits too long letting his best years pass by fighting bums maybe it’s not his fault but I feel the same path as Mikey Garcías after he left top rank. Crawford wants those fights but is unable to get them done and that why boxing it’s turning into bullshit that Nobody wants to talk about anymore ..
Hope he gets beat, even though that’s highly improbable. I won’t be watching.
If you wouldnt watch one of the best fighters in the world because you have personal dislike for him, then you are either not a boxing or a shi@@ty boxing fan. Tell us just who you would watch. Who posts just to say they won’t watch a fight. Petty Ignorance is real out there.