Vicious Terence Crawford KO makes David Avanesyan a ‘crime scene outline’

There is just one fight the boxing world wants to see Terence Crawford to take next after massacring his latest opponent.

Terence Crawford is a beast. Photo: Getty Images and Twitter

Unbeaten American Terence Crawford knocked out David Avanesyan in the sixth round on Saturday to retain his WBO welterweight world title for the sixth time.

Crawford, fighting in front of home fans at the CHI Health Center arena in Omaha, Nebraska, sent Avanesyan sprawling with a right hook at 2:14 of the sixth, improving to 39-0 with 30 knockouts.

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A former undisputed light welterweight world champion, Crawford made his sixth defence of the title he claimed when he stopped Australian Jeff Horn in the ninth round in June 2018.

No opponent has taken Crawford the distance in more than six years.

He punished Avanesyan in the sixth with repeated left uppercuts, finally following one short left with the right hook that knocked the challenger out cold.

30th knockout in Terence Crawford’s career

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— Joe Nugent (@joenuge) December 11, 2022

Crawford’s 10th straight knockout ended the six-fight winning streak of London-based Russian Avanesyan, the reigning European Champion in the 147-pound division who fell to 29-3 with one draw and 17 knockouts.

Crawford’s latest victory could at last pave the way for a long-awaited matchup with fellow American Errol Spence Jr., unbeaten holder of the WBA, WBC and IBF titles.

The two had been in talks for a meeting this year and when that failed to materialise Crawford opted for the title defence against Avanesyan that was his lone bout in 2022.

Action Network’s Bryan Fonseca tweeted: “Terence Crawford will the welcome back KO. BEAUTIFUL one shot right hook KO. And Crawford is rarely a one shot KO type of dude.”

BlackSportsOnline’s Rober Littal wrote: “Nothing really shocking here Bud Crawford sleeps david avanesyan. Easy win and payday. Hopefully in 2023 no more Amazon drivers.”

Jeandra LeBeauf added: “Crawford knocked Avenysyan ALL THE WAY OUT. Sheesh. The man is laid out like a crime scene outline.”

Crawford is a brute. Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images

No one was home. Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images

But Crawford is still eyeing the fight against Spence.

Having said he made $10m for the fight against Avanesyan having signed with new promoter BLK Prime, Crawford is keen to get back to the negotiating table with Spence.

“This was a one-fight deal (with BLK Prime),” Crawford said. “Hopefully, we can go to the drawing board and these big fights come about in the near future.”

Spence, who owns a record of 28-0 with 22 knockouts, returned from surgery to repair a detached retina to score a 10th-round technical knockout of Yordenis Ugas in April to add the WBA belt to his WBC and IBF titles.

Spence had been set to fight Manny Pacquiao in August 2021 but withdrew from the matchup because of the eye injury.

It was the second major setback of Spence’s career after an October 2019 car crash led to him being hospitalised.

On Saturday, Spence posted a video on Instagram saying he’d been in another car accident, showing damage to his vehicle and saying he was hit by a 14-year-old driver who had run a red light after taking his parents’ car.

“It always happens to me,” Spence says in the video.

Crawford wished Spence well.

“I wish him well. I hope he’s alright — mentally, physically and emotionally,” he added. “Like I said before, he’s got a family he gotta feed. This is just a sport. We’re all fighting for that number one spot, so it ain’t personal. It’s just business.”

— with AFP

Originally published as Vicious Terence Crawford KO makes David Avanesyan a ‘crime scene outline’