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Here Watch Online Terence “Bud” Crawford (37-0, 28 KOs) will put his WBO welterweight title on the line for the fifth time on Saturday night when he takes on two-time welterweight champion Shawn Porter (31-3-1, 17 KOs) in a pay-per-view bout at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
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Crawford, 34, has been at or near the top of the major pound-for-pound rankings for several years. He was a world champion at lightweight and then an undisputed junior welterweight champion before moving up to his current perch at 147 pounds. His talent is undeniable, but many feel his resume is lacking because he hasn’t fought many marquee names and lacks a signature win. Taking on Porter is a big step toward changing that perception.
Porter, also 34, isn’t as highly regarded as Crawford, but there’s no doubting his quality. He’s taken on the likes of Errol Spence Jr., Keith Thurman, Danny Garcia and a prime Adrien Broner. Win or lose, Porter’s aggressive and sometimes awkward style forces his opponents to use every ounce of their skill. His fight against Crawford shouldn’t be any different.
Crawford vs. Porter Fight Info
When: Saturday, Nov. 20 at 9 p.m. ET (main card)
Where: Michelob Ultra Arena, Las Vegas
How to Watch: ESPN+ pay-per-view (US), Sky Sports Main Event (UK)
Odds: Crawford -700 (bet $700 to win $100), Porter +500 (bet $100 to win $500)
Odds via DraftKings Sportsbook.
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Preview and Prediction
In 13 years as a professional, no one has been able to solve the challenge posed by Crawford in the ring. The Omaha, Nebraska, native is as slick and as skillful as they come.
His fights often start slowly, with Crawford patiently reading his opponent’s patterns and getting his own timing down. When he’s ready to go to work, he can be exacting and relentless. Crawford has an eight-fight stoppage streak, and there’s a variety to his finishes. He dispatched Julius Indongo with a body punch, used a vicious right uppercut to set up a finish against Jose Benavidez Jr. and, in his most recent fight, pummeled Kell Brook with a volley of punches to the head.
If his power and accuracy weren’t enough, Crawford can also go from southpaw to orthodox as easy as flipping a light switch, a talent he used to great effect in a TKO win over Egidijus Kavaliauskas in 2019.
So even though Crawford hasn’t always had the best opposition, there’s plenty of support for his status as a top pound-for-pound fighter. That doesn’t mean he’s going to be overly confident against Porter on Saturday, though. Crawford is well aware of the threat posed by the challenger.
“I respect everything Shawn does,” said Crawford, per Bad Left Hook’s Scott Christ. “He’s athletic, he can box, he can bang. He can move around the ring and cut corners, take angles. I’m not gonna sit here and say I don’t respect anything he does. I just think I do a lot of things better than Shawn.”
If there’s a fighter out there who can disrupt Crawford’s precise calculations, it’s Porter. He’s happy to come forward and get into big exchanges. He can also make it tough for opponents to get into a rhythm with clinching and a nose for close-range combat. According to ESPN Stats & Information (h/t ESPN’s Ben Baby), Crawford’s last five opponents have averaged 36 punches per round, while Porter averages 54 punches per round.
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“I live in disrupting your living,” Shawn Porter told reporters earlier in November. “I live in figuring out what makes you uncomfortable.”
If Porter can make the fight difficult and uncomfortable for Crawford from the start, he will have a shot at winning. Crawford probably has the deeper bag of tricks fighting at a distance, so Porter could have a hard time swaying the judges if that’s how the fight plays out.
It’s entirely possible Porter looks like the better fighter for a few rounds and pushes Crawford to the edge of his ability. However, Crawford has been in a few firefights in the past and is as calm as they come in the ring. Eventually, he will figure out how to slow down Porter and will land the more impressive punches. However, his stoppage streak might come to an end, as Porter has only been knocked down twice in his career and has always made it to the final bell.
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