The two fought evenly for most of the first nine rounds before Crawford knocked down Porter twice in the tenth round and when Porter arose from the second knockdown, his father and trainer, Kenny Porter, stopped the fight to some controversy as many thought Porter could have continued.
I think that Porter may have been able to continue but what was the point?
Porter was going to give a 10-7 round away when he was down on points anyway and against a fighter that is known as the best finisher in the game, Kenny Porter made the right call.
For Crawford, arguably the best fighter in the game, he establishes a legacy as the most avoided fighter of his era and as the best welterweight in the world, unless you believe that Errol Spence holds that title.
While almost every boxing fan would love to see Crawford-Spence, Crawford has interesting alternatives such as young studs Vergil Ortiz or Jaron Ennis or even a move to 154 against Jermell Charlo or Brian Castano.
As for Porter, who announced his retirement at the end of the evening and who knows how long that will last, he can rest assured that he will be remembered by fans and historians far better than Keith Thurman, who won a close decision over Porter, Danny Garcia, who Porter won a close decision over, and maybe even Spence, who for all of his talents dodged Crawford by constantly using the fallback phrase "wrong side of the street" as his reason for not fighting him because Porter didn't say no to any fighters at any time- Those types of fighters are always remembered well.
I haven't seen the three fights in boxing challenge action with the following results
Esquiva Falcao won a technical decision over Patrice Volvy when the fight was stopped in the sixth round.
Janibek Alimkhanuly stopped Hassan N'Dam in the eighth round
Artem Dalakian retained his WBA flyweight title with a ninth-round stoppage of Luis Concepcion.
In the boxing challenge, I scored five points to Ramon Malpica's four and moved my lead to 154-136.
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