Terence “Bud” Crawford (34-0, 25 KOs), perhaps the sport’s best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet, promised to punish Jose Benavidez Jr (27-1, 18 KOs), from the moment each fighter signed on the dotted line. The Omaha, Nebraska, native did just that in stopping Benavidez in the 12th round of their WBO World Welterweight title fight.
After surgically breaking down Benavidez from the fifth round on, Crawford, 31, finally landed the kill shot with less than a minute left in the fight: A devastating right uppercut that will be replayed on knockout highlight reels for years to come.
Benavidez, who talked a wealth of trash heading into Saturday night, stating he would “Snatch his (Crawford’s) soul” and “He’s a B****, I’ll give him money to fixed up his F****** up teeth,” managed to beat the count from Crawford’s “shoryuken” of an uppercut, but could not recover.