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Unified junior welterweight champion Terence "Bud" Crawford will return to Omaha later this week for a press conference announcing his upcoming title defense against John Molina Jr. at CenturyLink Center.

The fighters will be at the arena's upstairs convention center at noon Thursday to make their Dec. 10 bout, which is scheduled to be televised by HBO, official. The press conference is open to the public.

Crawford recently traveled to Colorado Springs to begin training for the fight.

The bout would be the third of the year for Crawford (29-0, 20 knockouts). He successfully defended his WBO junior welterweight title for a second time against Hank Lundy in New York in February. He then added the WBC super lightweight belt to his collection by beating Viktor Postol in Las Vegas in July. The Molina fight would be Crawford's first bout in Omaha since late 2015.