Pound-for-pound superstar Terence Crawford (38-0, 29 KOs) defend his WBO welterweight title against current European Champion David Avanesyan (29-3-1, 17 KOs) at CHI Health Center in Crawford’s hometown of Omaha, Nebraska.
However, on social media, Crawford is more interested in trading barbs with the man everybody wants him to fight. A bitter fallout to the Errol Spence Jr. bout collapsing continues to rumble. Even when discussing his first fight in a year, Crawford hardly gave “Ava” a mention. “We have seen player empowerment movements in other sports. Now we are starting to see it in boxing,” said Crawford. “I have taken control of my career. My December 10 fight on BLK Prime starts my next chapter.”
Crawford chose to bring his latest world title fight back to his hometown of Omaha, Nebraskas. He hasn’t fought in front of the always raucous Nebraska crowd since a TKO victory over Jose Benavidez in October 2018.“ My hometown fans deserve another big fight, and we will pack the CHI Health Center again on December 10.”
Crawford is looking to extend his nine-fight knockout streak, which has gone under-appreciated by boxing fans and media. December 10 will mark Crawford’s sixth defense of his WBO welterweight title and his 17th straight world title fight across three weight divisions.
Cris Cyborg (1-0, 1 KO) is scheduled to make her U.S. boxing debut in the co-main event special feature attraction.
The bout will be offered via the BLK Prime streaming service.
Fight card:
▪️Terence Crawford vs. David Avanesyan, 12 rounds, for Crawford’s WBO welterweight title ▪️Cris Cyborg vs. Gabby Holloway, 4 rounds, women's junior middleweights ▪️Arnold Khegai vs. Eduardo Baez, 10 rounds, featherweight ▪️Jeremiah Milton vs. Dajuan Calloway, 6 rounds, heavyweight ▪️Steven Nelson vs. James Ballard, 8 rounds, light heavyweight
Undercard:
▪️Edel Gomez vs. Joseph Aguilar, 8 rounds, light heavyweight ▪️Boubacar Sylla vs. Javier Mayoral, 6 rounds, super lightweight ▪️Alan Garcia vs. Eduardo Pereira Dos Reis, 6 rounds, lightweight ▪️Robert Rodriguez vs. Jose Lopez, 6 rounds, super bantamweight ▪️Alton Wiggins vs. Phillip Carmouche, 4 rounds, super welterweight
