Terence Crawford retained his WBO welterweight title and kept his undefeated record,
knocking out David Avanesyan in the final minute of the sixth round tonight in Omaha, Neb.
Crawford (39-0, 30 KO) got some good looks from the game Avanesyan here,
But he never seemed to be losing control of the bout or anything. Avanesyan (29-4-1, 17 KO) came to fight,
Which even the bout’s detractors knew he would, but once Crawford really flipped.
The switch in round six and started sitting down on shots,
He was out of his depth — which is also what the bout’s detractors expected.
The knockout was a wicked shot, a right hook that came at the end of a combination,