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Terence Crawford made the first successful defense of his World Boxing Organization (WBO) lightweight title, stopping previously unbeaten former champion Yuriorkis Gamboa in 9 rounds on Sunday, June 29 (PH time).
Galvanized by the reception of fighting in front of his hometown fans at the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska, Crawford (24-0, 17 knockouts) scored knockdowns of the former WBA/IBF featherweight titleholder in rounds 5, 8 and twice in the ninth before the referee waved off the count at the 2:53 mark.
“I told Gamboa he picked the wrong fighter and the wrong city and I was right,” Crawford told ESPN. “I never felt any danger in the fight.”
Gamboa (23-1, 16 KOs) had won the flyweight gold medal at the 2004 Olympics before defecting from his native Cuba to turn pro in 2007 but had struggled with inactivity in recent years, fighting annually in fights that didn’t advance his career.
Crawford, 26, now emerges as a premier player in the sports lighter divisions after winning the title with a dominant victory over Ricky Burns in March. – Rappler.com
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