Benavidez has been waiting three years to get a piece of Crawford, who is regarded as arguably the best pound-for-pound boxer in the sport today.
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The growing hostility between the two will come to a head when Crawford defends his WBO welterweight title against Benavidez at the CHI Health Center in the champ’s hometown of Omaha, Nebraska on Saturday (Oct. 13), live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes at 10:30 p.m. ET.
The 30-year-old Crawford (33-0, 24 KOs) moved up to welterweight and scored a ninth-round TKO over Jeff Horn in June. Last month, he signed a multi-year extension with Top Rank, and part of that announcement included him cementing his first WBO welterweight title defense matchup.
Benavidez (27-0, 18 KOs) is coming off a first-round knockout of Frank Rojas in June.
Here are all the details for the Crawford-Benavidez fight card:
(All times Eastern.)
Terence Crawford vs. Jose Benavidez Jr. date, start time
The Crawford-Benavidez fight is slated to begin Saturday night (Oct. 13) at 10:30 p.m. The full fight card begins live-streaming at 7:00 p.m.
How to watch and live-stream
You can watch the Crawford-Benavidez fight on ESPN and ESPN Deportes. You can live-stream the full fight card on ESPN+.
Crawford, Benavidez records
Crawford (33-0, 24 KOs)
Benavidez (27-0, 18 KOs)
Crawford vs. Benavidez fight card
Terence Crawford (c.) vs. Jose Benavidez Jr. for WBO welterweight title
Shakur Stevenson vs. Viorel Simion, featherweights
Carlos Adames vs. Josh Conley, junior middleweights
Mike Alvarado vs. Robbie Cannon, junior welterweights
Ismail Muwendo vs. Andre Wilson, lightweights
Steve Nelson vs. Oscar Riojas, light heavyweight
Jose Valenzuela vs. Hugo Rodriguez, junior lightweights
Keeshawn Williams vs. Ramel Snegur, welterweights
