Photo by Mikey Williams/Top Rank
On Saturday, October 24, 2015, Terence Crawford (26-0, 18 KOs) returns to the CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska in front of a hometown crowd to put his WBO 140-pound title on the line against Dierry Jean (29-1, 20 KOs).
The scheduled 12-rounder will be televised on HBO.
Crawford, after being crowned the 2014 Fighter of the Year and moving up to 140 pounds, is fresh off his stoppage win against Thomas Dulorme in April to win the vacant WBO title.
Crawford will be making his first defense against Jean, who previously fought for a title in the only loss in his career, which was against Lamont Peterson in January of 2014.
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The HBO telecast begins at 9:30pm ET, while the Top Rank undercard will begin streaming at 7:30pm ET via www.TopRank.TV www.
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Results:
Terence Crawford vs. Dierry Jean, 12 rounds, for Crawford’s WBO junior welterweight title
Terence Crawford vs Dierry Jean #CrawfordJean Knockdown 2 https://t.co/S8TV7Np3Ci
— ZombieProphet (@ZProphet_MMA) October 25, 2015
Crawford stopped Jean in Round 10 after a severly beating Jean in every round.
Crawford scored a knockdown in Round 1 after switching to southpaw and landing a powerful left hook. The WBO champion would spend the rest of the fight hunting Jean down before too much punishment forced Tony Weeks to stop the fight.
Mikael Zewski vs. Ayi Bruce, 10 rounds, welterweights
.@MikaelZewski won by KO at 1:41 of Round 5. #CrawfordJean
Congrats! pic.twitter.com/SDX9iF2yZy
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 25, 2015
Zewski knocked out Bruce in Round 5. The time of the stoppage was 1:41.
Andy Ruiz Jr. vs. Raphael Zumbano Love, 8 rounds, heavyweights
That right: bad for your health. pic.twitter.com/QerSB6oHZm
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 25, 2015
Ruiz scored a unanimous decision against Zumbano. The scored were 80-72 (2x) and 80-70.
Evgeny Gradovich vs. Aldimar Silva Santos, 8 rounds, featherweights
While we wait for the 8th to start, see Evgeny Gradovich's post-fight interview.
https://t.co/iWeWJD073J
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 25, 2015
In what was a close right, Gradovich scored a split-decision win against Santos.
After some tough rounds in the early part of the fight, Gradovich relentlessly pushed forward and outworked Santos in the later rounds.
The scores were 79-71, 75-77 and 78-74.
Julian Rodriguez vs. Alvaro Ortiz, 6 rounds, junior welterweights
Rodriguez scored a four-round decision against Ortiz. The scores were 40-36, 40-36 and 39-37.
Alex Saucedo vs. Angel Martinez, 6 rounds, welterweights
After the final bell, Saucedo taunted Martinez a little by following him around the ring & doing a little shimmy. pic.twitter.com/nbrTuK8AbP
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 25, 2015
Saucedo scored a unanimous decision win against Martinez. The scores were 60-52 (2x) and 60-54.
Zsolt Daranyi vs. Sean Wilson, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Darany stopped Wilson in Round Round. The time of the stoppage was 1:55.
RD 2: The ref let Daranyi clobber a turtled up Wilson for a looong time before finally, mercifully waving it off. pic.twitter.com/SQQdqfnA6b
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 24, 2015
Alfredo Martinez vs. Darin Hampton, 4 rounds, junior welterweights
Angel Martinez wins by UD. Scores: 40-33 (2x), 40-34.
https://t.co/Na9vJ4lCUS >> Alex Saucedo vs. Angel Martinez pic.twitter.com/KhKsYIHuwM
— Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) October 25, 2015
Martinez scored a four-round decision against Hampton. The scores were 40-33, 40-34 and 40-34
