{"id":946187,"date":"2026-10-30T09:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946187\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:02:08","slug":"terence-crawfords-advice-helped-drew-dober-find-the-finish-at-ufc-277","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/946187\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford\u2019s advice helped Drew Dober find the finish at UFC 277"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drew
\nDober<\/a> credits Terence
\nCrawford<\/a> with helping him adjust his approach against Rafael
\nAlves<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dober met Crawford at B&B Boxing in Omaha, Nebraska, and
\nrecalls the boxer leaving him bloodied during their first sparring
\nsession. Years later, Crawford offered advice from ringside that
\nDober says helped him finish Alves at UFC
\n277<\/a> in Dallas.<\/p>\n

How Terence Crawford helped Drew Dober adjust against Rafael
\nAlves
\n
\nDober said Crawford switched to southpaw to mirror his stance and
\nbloodied his nose with a jab. He recalled absorbing three punches
\nfor every one he attempted to throw.<\/p>\n

\u201cTerence Crawford bloodied my nose in the first 30 seconds of our
\nspar. I was a young fighter in a North Omaha gym,\u201d Dober wrote on
\nX. \u201cNever heard of the guy they called \u2018Bud.\u2019 He saw I was a
\nsouthpaw, switched to southpaw too, and stuck me with one jab. I
\nwas bleeding like a stuck pig.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crawford attended Dober\u2019s fight against Alves at UFC 277 in 2022.
\nDober said he struggled to connect cleanly because of Alves\u2019 head
\nmovement. As he returned to his corner after the opening round, he
\nnoticed Crawford calling from the front row and urging him to
\nattack the body.<\/p>\n

Dober followed that advice, finding success in the second round
\nbefore knocking out Alves with a body punch in the third.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the fight against Rafael
\nAlves<\/a>, I\u2019m trying to hit him in the face, I\u2019m throwing punches
\nand this man has amazing head movement\u2026\u201d Dober recalled. \u201cAfter the
\nfirst round, I\u2019m going over to my corner and I see Terence Crawford
\nin that front row. And he\u2019s just yelling at me, \u2018Drew, Drew.\u2019 So, I
\nlook at him and he goes, \u2018Go to the body, go to the body.\u2019 I was
\nlike, if Crawford says it. So, in the second round, I started going
\nto the body and started finding success. So, in the third round, I
\nthrew a liver shot and I dropped him with that liver shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dober (29-15, 1 NC) has won his last two fights by stoppage and
\nwill face Chris
\nDuncan<\/a> (15-3) at UFC
\n334<\/a> on Nov. 14 at Madison Square Garden in New York.<\/p>\n

Terence
\nCrawford<\/a> bloodied my nose in the first 30 seconds of our spar.
\nI was a young fighter in a North Omaha gym. Never heard of the guy
\nthey called Bud. He saw I was a southpaw, switched to southpaw too,
\nand stuck me with one jab. I was bleeding like a stuck pig.
\nhttps:\/\/t.co\/hrl8rYAiVR<\/p>\n

\u2014 Drew
\nDober<\/a> (@DrewDober)
\nOctober 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drew Dober credits Terence Crawford with helping him adjust his approach against Rafael Alves. Dober met Crawford at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":946188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[4225,64,63,802,223668,44,85],"class_list":["post-946187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-https-www-sherdog-com-news-news-ufc","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=946187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/946187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/946188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=946187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=946187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=946187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}