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Crawford dropped Spence again twice in round seven and it was all-but over. With celebrities such as Chris Brown, Damian Lillard, Shannon Sharpe, Chance the Rapper and others pulling their phones out to capture the finish, Crawford took his time and tortured Spence with potshots.

Cruz has been angling to fight Gervonta Davis in a rematch after dropping a competitive unanimous decision to the knockout artist in 2021, but he said after the fight that he would be open to fighting Ryan Garcia as well.

On both closed-circuit and free television, the fight was watched by a record 300 million viewers worldwide. It was watched by a record 27.5 million viewers on BBC1 in the United Kingdom, about half of the British population. It was also watched by an estimated 5.4 million viewers in Italy, and 2 million viewers in South Korea.

Romero again showed his mettle by making it to the bell, but early in round eight was met with another onslaught of power punches from the hard-charging Cruz. This time, the barrage was enough to force referee Thomas Taylor to waive off the fight 59 seconds into the round. Cruz’s dominance was reflected in the punch stats as he out landed (129-85) and was more accurate (36% to 25%) than Romero.

Boxing fans looking for high-level action could hardly ask for anything better than the fight Devin Haney and Vasiliy Lomachenko delivered on Saturday night in Las Vegas. After 12 rounds of close action, it was Haney who emerged with a mildly controversial unanimous decision, maintaining his status as the undisputed lightweight champion.

Round One: Garcia starts jabbing and fires a hook. Tank is circling away and Garcia is in his face. Hook to the body by Garcia. Jab from Tank lands. A lot of respect right now. Left hook from Garcia lands after a pair of jabs. Tank struggling to get inside. Trying to find his range after a feel out first round.

"I only dreamed of being a world champion. I’m an over-achiever. Nobody believed in me when does terence crawford fight next I was coming up," Crawford said, and he also thanked Spence and his team for taking the fight and giving him this opportunity.

They said it: Patrick Cote: "Ben is a tall southpaw so I knew my footwork would be important. I didn’t push the pace enough in the first round, so when I got back to my corner they told me I needed to move forward more, push the pace and let my hands go. I didn’t win Powerball, but I hope I get that bonus, I had a great performance tonight. I’m the only one left from old school Canadian MMA. It was me and Sam Stout, but now that he’s retired it’s just me and it’s an honor to be the face of Canadian MMA right now. I want a top-15 opponent next; or there’s a guy coming back in August, his name is Nick Diaz, let’s do it Nick." Prefight reading/viewing

"Errol Spence is a tremendous talent and he’s got a great jab. We were worried about the jab coming in because that’s how he sets up all of his shots," Crawford said. "Our main focus was the jab. You take away his best attribute. The rest is history."

"I was very happy to win my professional debut and to know what I wanted in professional boxing," said Cruz. "I felt very excited to defeat four strong, undefeated opponents at the beginning of my career. The lesson that my defeat left me was that you have to be disciplined, committed and improve during each training session,"

In front of a star-studded crowd of 19,990, he long-anticipated showdown between Crawford and Errol Spence Jr. ended up being a brutal domination as Crawford knocked Spence down multiple times and finished the fight in dominant fashion with a 9th-round TKO.

"Like I said before, I only dreamed of being a world champion. I'm an overachiever. Nobody believed in me when I was coming up, but I made everybody a believer. I want to thank Spence and his team because without him none of this would have been possible."

"It means everything because of who I took the belts from," Crawford said. "They tried to blackball me. They kept me out. They talked bad about me. They said I wasn’t good enough and I couldn’t beat these welterweights. I just kept my head to the sky and kept praying to God that I would get the opportunity to show the world how great Terence Crawford is. Tonight, I believe I showed how great I am."

Crawford has not suggested a catchweight between 135 and 147 pounds for the fight with Davis. Essentially, Crawford seems to believe he holds the upper hand and can dictate terms to Davis, adopting a position of authority.

For a moment in the second round he hid his hands behind his back. But it was his long, flickering jab that was connecting, just directing Usyk's attention away from that right that Fury dug occasionally to the body.

The ring doctor climbs the apron to take a hard look at Spence before he goes out for the fifth round. Spence stumbled a bit as he returns to his corner. Not a good look, but he’s fine to continue. Spence resumes his power shots to the body, but it’s not long before Crawford is tagging Spence with punches from all angles. Spence is doing everything he can to keep attacking the body. When he lands a flush overhand, Crawford walks right through it unfazed. A famously ruthless finisher, Crawford might be near the finish line as Spence doesn’t look long for the day.