OMAHA, NE (News Channel Nebraska) – NCN’s very own Andy Klassen interviews Bud Crawford about his upcoming match with Amir Khan.
Bud Crawford, Omaha native is a former lightweight champion and undisputed junior welterweight world champion. He will make his second welterweight title defense against Amir Khan on April 20 in the main event of a Top Rank Boxing card. ESPN will carry the match on pay-per-view (9 p.m. ET).
Bud unified all four junior welterweight titles in his 2017 ESPN debut before moving up to 147 pounds last year. In his first bout at welterweight, he scored a technical knockout in the ninth round against former champ Jeff Horn in Las Vegas. Crawford defended his title for the first time in Omaha in October with a 12th-round TKO of Jose Benavidez Jr.
