CRAWFORD FACES INDONGO AT HOME IN NEBRASKA

WBC super lightweight champion Terence “Bud” Crawford returnS to the ring in August against IBF and WBA champion, Julius Indongo in an intriguing bout between unbeaten 140-pounders.

Crawford vs. Indongo is on Saturday August 19 at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska. It’ll be broadcast live and exclusively on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.

Crawford (31-0, 22 KOs) from Omaha, Nebraska, is a two-division world champion who has won six of his last eight bouts by KO.

Indongo (22-0, 11 KOs), originally from Windhoek, Nambia, has become a unified champion by defeating tough opponents including Eduard Troyanovsky and Ricky Burns.