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ARTICLE VIEW:
Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford makes history with victory over Canelo
Alvarez
By Associated Press
Updated:
3:29 AM EDT, Sun September 14, 2025
Source: AP
Terence Crawford became the first male boxer to capture three unified
division titles when he defeated Canelo Alvarez by unanimous decision
on Saturday night to win the super middleweight championship before an
announced record crowd of 70,482.
Two judges awarded Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) the match 115-113 and the
third 116-112. The Associated Press scored the fight 118-110 in favor
of the 37-year-old from Omaha, Nebraska.
Crawford, who moved up two weight classes, went down to a knee even
before the decision was announced and then wept after he was named the
winner.
He won before a pro-Alvarez crowd, but there were significant chants of
“Crawford” in the bout’s later rounds, and even Canelo backers
didn’t try to boo them down.
This was the first defeat for Alvarez (63-3-2, 39 knockouts), the
35-year-old champion from Mexico, since losing by unanimous decision to
Dmitrii Bivol on May, 7, 2022.
This fight already was being compared with well before the two
contestants tapped gloves.
The setting of Allegiant Stadium itself separated this bout because it
was the first match at this venue. Never in question was the attendance
record for a Las Vegas fight — 29,214 in 1982 for heavyweight
champion Larry Holmes’ 13th-round knockout of Gerry Cooney at Caesars
Palace’s specially constructed outdoor stadium — would fall on this
night.
It also surpassed the largest attendance for a sporting event in the
5-year-old stadium. The previous record of 63,969 was set Sept. 1 of
last year when to open the college football season.
There was plenty of star power in the stands, including boxing Hall of
Famers, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones Jr., Thomas Hearns and
Julio Cesar Chavez. Actors Sofia Vergara, Michael J. Fox and Charlize
Theron, comedians Dave Chappelle and Tracy Morgan, and ESPN personality
Stephen A. Smith — who was booed — were among the fans.
But this fight’s impact went beyond Las Vegas. Because it was on
Netflix rather than pay-per-view, promoters hoped the card would draw
in viewing numbers not seen since perhaps the 1970s when big-time bouts
often were on broadcast networks.
This could be more the norm going forward now that UFC President and
CEO Dana White is involved in boxing, this being his first card in
collaboration with fellow promoter Riyadh Season. The UFC reached a
last month, choosing to puts its product on the streaming service
rather than the PPV model that combat sports have used for their most
important events.
There was not much action through the first eight rounds, at least not
enough to keep a casual boxing fan tuned into the broadcast, though
Crawford was the quicker, more athletic and better boxer to that point.
The action picked up significantly in the ninth. Crawford went after
Alvarez early with several combinations. His momentum got stopped when
Alvarez headbutted Crawford, causing a brief timeout 41 seconds into
the round. Crawford, nevertheless, was the superior fighter the rest of
the way.
That didn’t change the rest of the fight.
In the co-main event, Ireland’s Callum Walsh (15-0, 11 KOs) easily
defeated Fernando Vargas Jr. (17-1, 15 KOs) of Las Vegas by scores of
99-91, 99-91, 100-90. Hall of Famer Vargas Senior was a IBF, IBA and
WBC super welterweight champion.
Also, WBC interim super middleweight Christian Mbilli (29-0-1, 24 KOs)
of France retained his title after a draw with Lester Martinez (19-0-1,
16 KOs) of Guatemala. Judges Patricia Morse Jarman scored the fight
97-93 for Martinez, Chris Migliore 96-94 for Mbilli and Glenn Feldman
95-95.
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