Crawford wins WBO junior welterweight title vs. DuLorme

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Terence Crawford won the vacant WBO junior welterweight title with sixth-round technical knockout of Thomas Dulorme on Saturday night.

The fight was stopped after Crawford knocked down Dulorme three times in the sixth round.

Crawford remained undefeated, winning as a heavy favorite in his first fight moving up to the 140-pound class.

He won the WBO lightweight title 13 months ago and then defended it twice in his hometown of Omaha.

The scheduled 12-round fight came a week before Crawford, now 26-0 with 18 knockouts, is scheduled to be in New York to accept his 2014 fighter of the year award from the Boxing Writers Association of America.

After the fight ended, promoter Bob Arum shouted "That's why he's the fighter of the year!"