Round 10: Valenzuela already throwing punches in bunches again, leading with his jab. Valenzuela is finding his target anytime he wants to seemingly. Valenzuela goes hard to the head with a pair of hooks. Cruz ties up and resets. Valenzuela has Cruz completely fighting off his back foot at this point, this is wild. Valenzuela slips a looping right hand. Oh, nice counter left from Cruz. Valenzuela rolled with that shot a bit but it was still Cruz’s best punch in awhile. MMA Fighting scores it 10-9 Valenzuela. (97-93 Valenzuela.)

Backing up Crawford and Madrimov is a lineup with several notable names, including former heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz (35-2, 22 KOs) taking on Jarrell Miller (26-1-1, 22 KOs), and Isaac Cruz (26-2-1, 18 KOs) defending his WBA super lightweight title against Jose Venezuela (13-2, 9 KOs).

"People don’t know how long that’s been manifesting inside him, inside the gym and inside the team. Now we’re at this point, and there will be no stones unturned," BoMac said. The disrespect they’ve felt for years, like they’re the B-side in this fight, BoMac believed would turn Bud into something boxing hasn’t seen yet. "Keep treating us like we the m— B-side," he said. "Keep throwin’ dirt in our face. Like, f– y’all, we just here to fill a spot. Nah, m—, you just here to fill that spot. The reality is that the real boxing world knows who the best m— fighter is."

Word of those sessions got around. Still, it was 2014 before Crawford finally got a title shot in Glasgow, with 10,000 fans cheering for a Scotsman named Ricky Burns. Midge, now 73 and in declining health, made the trip, hoping to see Bud become his first protege to win a world title. Miss Debra offered her usual prefight benediction: "You ain't s---. Gonna get your ass kicked."

"Hell yeah we gotta do it again," Spence said. "I'm going to be a lot better. It's going to be a lot closer. It's probably going to be in December before the end of the year. Hell yeah we gotta do it again. ... Hopefully at 154."

Spence, a member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, was compared early in his professional career to the legendary Sugar Ray Leonard in terms of his ability to do everything in the ring. Spence is a southpaw and Leonard was orthodox, but Spence is a brilliant boxer who has a great chin, big pop in both hands and terrific lateral movement. He can fight well going forward and backward.

Fighters appear to be loosening up, but no fireworks yet. Crawford using that jab. Madrimov’s gloves mostly holstered. Crawford opens up with a jab and a right, but neither connect with force. Madrimov fires two rights, and Crawford responds with a jab. Zzzzzz. A snoozefest? Crawford lands body shots late to take the round. Crawford 20, Madrimov 18.

Round 5: Physician checking on Spence between rounds. Just precautionary it seems, this one will continue. Spence is wearing it on his face. Crawford picks Spence apart with counters to open the fifth. Spence wants to attack the body in close but he gets a warning for a low shot. Crawford goes 1-1-2. He’s loading up the left. crawford fight card leads with the left and drives a right into Spence’s side. Spence fires back with right hands. Good left from Spence lands hard. Another round for Crawford, but Spence isn’t out of this one.

Yes, Alimkhanuly cruised in an eighth-round TKO win over the veteran, and yes, he was never in any risk of losing. However, for someone highly touted such as Alimkhanuly (11-0, 7 KOs), it wasn't an ideal performance.

Crawford was really in complete control starting in the second round of this fight, punishing Spence with a hard, steady jab, and seemingly landing uppercuts and hooks almost at will, countering magnificently, and Spence just never got anything going in the fight.

As Cruz was getting into an offensive groove in the second half of the fight, a cautious Cabrera was throwing one punch at a time, measured and calculated rate – seemingly enough to keep the judges satisfied, as proven by the scores that were turned in.

In the co-main event, hard-hitting Mexican contender Isaac "Pitbull" Cruz (25-2-1, 17 KOs) edged out the previously unbeaten Giovanni Cabrera (21-1, 7 KOs) via split decision to emerge victorious in their WBC and WBA Lightweight Title Eliminator.

HE Turki Alalshikh said: "We are delighted for Riyadh Season to host its first overseas event in Los Angeles and this fight in the United States is a special one to mark this moment. We want to give people around the world the opportunity to enjoy their own Riyadh Season experience and this is exactly what we hope to achieve by staging this and also future events around the world."

His relatives climbed inside the ring, mom clad in a gold jumpsuit, jumping all over the place. The ring all but sagged from the number of bodies crammed inside. It seemed like all of Omaha managed to talk their way in.

Crawford showcased an incredible jab throughout the fight. Rather than a range-finder or a simple tool to set up better punches, Crawford's jab was a true weapon. Whenever Spence would start to gain any momentum, Crawford would shoot out a thudding jab that would stop Spence dead in his tracks.