Terence Crawford VS Jose Benavidez Jr. Full Fight Highlights

OMAHA, Neb. -- As welterweight world titleholder Terence Crawford continued to take the trash talk, disdain and knockout threats from Jose Benavidez Jr., he had one constant response: Wait for the fight, and he would shut him up. That’s just what Crawford did -- and in style -- as he outclassed Benavidez before scoring a violent, 12th-round knockout to retain his 147-pound title for the first time before a raucous crowd of 13,323 on Saturday at the CHI Health Center in Crawford’s hometown. The crowd was the largest Crawford has drawn to date, and he gave the hometown fans a show. After dominating virtually the entire fight against an opponent who simply would not -- or could not -- throw many punches, Crawford knocked Benavidez down with a thunderous right uppercut with about 45 seconds left in the fight. He battered him until referee Celestino Ruiz stepped in to wave off the fight at 2 minutes, 42 seconds as the crowd went wild. “I did what I said I was going to do. T