Terence Crawford vacates IBF 140-pound world title he won on Aug. 19

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    Terence Crawford's run as the undisputed junior welterweight world champion did not last long. Only 11 days, to be exact.

    With a purse bid looming for a mandatory defense against Sergey Lipinets on Thursday, Crawford on Wednesday vacated the IBF version of the 140-pound world title knowing that making the fight with Lipinets under the organization's time frame was not possible.

    Read more http://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/...d-ibf-version-junior-welterweight-world-title
     

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