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\n Terence Crawford became the first male boxer to capture three unified division titles when he defeated Canelo Alvarez by unanimous decision on Saturday night to win the super middleweight championship before an announced record crowd of 70,482.\n <\/p>\n
\n Two judges awarded Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) the match 115-113 and the third 116-112. The Associated Press scored the fight 118-110 in favor of the 37-year-old from Omaha, Nebraska.\n <\/p>\n
\n Crawford, who moved up two weight classes, went down to a knee even before the decision was announced and then wept after he was named the winner.\n <\/p>\n
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\n He won before a pro-Alvarez crowd, but there were significant chants of \u201cCrawford\u201d in the bout\u2019s later rounds, and even Canelo backers didn\u2019t try to boo them down.\n <\/p>\n
\n This was the first defeat for Alvarez (63-3-2, 39 knockouts), the 35-year-old champion from Mexico, since losing by unanimous decision to Dmitrii Bivol on May, 7, 2022.\n <\/p>\n
\n This fight already was being compared with some of the greatest in Las Vegas\u2019 rich history<\/a> well before the two contestants tapped gloves.\n <\/p>\n \n The setting of Allegiant Stadium itself separated this bout because it was the first match at this venue. Never in question was the attendance record for a Las Vegas fight \u2014 29,214 in 1982 for heavyweight champion Larry Holmes\u2019 13th-round knockout of Gerry Cooney at Caesars Palace\u2019s specially constructed outdoor stadium \u2014 would fall on this night.\n <\/p>\n \n It also surpassed the largest attendance for a sporting event in the 5-year-old stadium. The previous record of 63,969 was set Sept. 1 of last year when Southern California defeated LSU 27-20<\/a> to open the college football season.\n <\/p>\n \n There was plenty of star power in the stands, including boxing Hall of Famers, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones Jr., Thomas Hearns and Julio Cesar Chavez. Actors Sofia Vergara, Michael J. Fox and Charlize Theron, comedians Dave Chappelle and Tracy Morgan, and ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith \u2014 who was booed \u2014 were among the fans.\n <\/p>\n \n But this fight\u2019s impact went beyond Las Vegas. Because it was on Netflix rather than pay-per-view, promoters hoped the card would draw in viewing numbers not seen since perhaps the 1970s when big-time bouts often were on broadcast networks.\n <\/p>\n![\"Terence](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ap25257218127457.jpg\")
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