Friday, April 19, 2019

Khan vs Crawford Live PPV Boxing

Crawford vs Khan weigh-in results and live stream


Today at 4 pm ET on ESPN2 and also streaming live on ESPN+, Terence Crawford and Amir Khan hit the scales for tomorrow night’s ESPN pay-per-view main event, which will be for Crawford’s WBO welterweight title.

Khan vs Crawford Live PPV Boxing

Crawford (34-0, 25 KO) is the big favorite against the talented-but-flawed Khan (33-4, 20 KO), who will be looking to shock the world against one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the sport today, a three-division titleholder in his prime.

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The pay-per-view undercard will feature top prospects Teofimo Lopez and Shakur Stevenson in action, as well as Felix Verdejo, who is not too far from being a top prospect himself, looking to get back in action after suffering an upset loss about a year ago.

The action begins at 9 pm ET on Saturday, and will cost $69.95 for the pay-per-view. Prelim fights will air on ESPN2, beginning at 6 pm ET on Saturday.
Saturday night, boxing heads to PPV when Terence Crawford (34-0; 25 KOs) defends his WBO Welterweight (147 lbs.) title against Amir Khan (33-4; 20 KOs) in the first Top Rank on ESPN PPV. Crawford vs. Khan takes place this Saturday, April 20 and airs live with a fight time of 9:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. PT.
    Pound for pound greatness - Ring Magazine has him at #2 on their pound for pound list, and you’re likely to find some that call him #1 (not me, though - Lomachenko keeps that spot on my card). He’s been rising up those ranks for the past few years, and should Loma fall, he’ll be a lock for #1.
    Dominating multiple divisions - Right now, Crawford is a world champion at Welterweight, and ranked #2 in the division behind Errol Spence. Prior to that, he was the undisputed king at 140 lbs., unifying all the titles there before leaving the division. Prior to THAT, he became the undisputed king at Lightweight. Every division he has been to, he’s become the king. Except one.
    Where are the Welterweights? - Welterweight is a seriously stacked division, with Spence, Keith Thurman, Shawn Porter, Manny Pacquiao, and Danny Garcia joining Crawford. This is just Bud’s third fight in the division, and that lack of longevity as a Welterweight is why he’s ranked #2. He’s fought Jeff Horn, Jose Benavidez, and now Khan. None of those are bad fights. But none are great either, and certainly not the fights people wanted when they envisioned Crawford coming to Welterweight. If he’s truly the world’s #2, he needs to get in there with the best.
    Beating opponents up - There’s a certain pattern that has emerged to Crawford fights. He often starts a little slow in the opening couple rounds, then starts getting more loose, starts switching stances, and slowly turns up the pressure. As the fight goes on, he becomes more aggressive, more vicious, typically putting opponents away in the middle to late rounds. It’s been a brutally effective strategy so far.
    55,000 - That’s how many buys Crawford did the last (and only) time he was on PPV when he faced Viktor Postol. That’s truly dreadful. But both Fury vs. Wilder and Spence vs. Garcia performed well, each topping 300,000. We’ll see if Crawford’s 2nd shot gets him in their company.

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