Terence Crawford was absolutely ecstatic as he watched his son capture a wrestling state championship.

Terence Crawford Jr., a 14-year-old freshman at Omaha North High School, won the Nebraska Class A 106-pound state title at the CHI Health Center in Omaha.

Cameras captured the boxing great reacting enthusiastically from the stands as the moment quickly spread across social media. It marked a rare public glimpse of emotion from a fighter long known for his composure.

The freshman navigated the state tournament with a 4-0 record, earning two pins along with a technical fall and a major decision. In the final, he defeated Grand Island’s Riley Pedersen by a 13-1 score to claim the title.

Crawford Jr. concluded his first high school season with a 36-6 overall record, underscoring a strong debut campaign. Following the victory, he reflected on the performance and the preparation behind it.

“It feels great. I just had to be dominant out there. I expect what I train for, so I know if I am training hard, then the results will show for themselves.”

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“The feeling of being a state champion is better than I expected; it’s so great for me. It feels great for me that my family saw me on top of the world, top of the state.”

Crawford Sr., who stepped away from boxing in December 2025 after defeating Canelo Alvarez to become the undisputed super middleweight champion, attended the tournament in support of his son.

Observers noted his animated reaction as the final whistle confirmed the result, which was captured by those in attendance.

The celebration highlighted a different side of the former champion, whose professional career spanned 17 years and included titles across five weight divisions.

With a state championship already secured as a freshman, Crawford Jr. has begun establishing his own competitive identity in Nebraska wrestling.

“My Whole Body Went Stiff!” – Terence Crawford Reveals the One Rival Who Hit Him Harder Than Anyone Else

Terence Crawford gave an unexpected response when asked to name the fighter who hit him the hardest, causing one side of his body to stiffen.

The former five-division world champion faced a selection of elite punchers, including Canelo Alvarez and Errol Spence Jr, before calling time on his illustrious career last year

Despite the one-sided nature of their showdown in 2023, Spence was considered a heavy-handed operator at 147lbs, having ended 22 of his 28 professional victories inside the distance.

The same, of course, could be said for Canelo, who had demonstrated his world-class power in multiple weight divisions prior to facing Crawford last September.

But Crawford, while contending with a size disadvantage at 168lbs, was nonetheless able to unanimously outpoint the Mexican and become a three-division undisputed champion.

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Along with Spence and Canelo, the unbeaten American also faced dangerous puncher Egidijus Kavaliauskas, who arguably scored a knockdown – which was ruled a slip – during their welterweight encounter in 2019.

It was down at 135lbs, though, where Crawford believes he was hit the hardest, against Olympic champion Yuriorkis Gamboa in 2014.

The Cuban entered their clash as a former world featherweight champion, but nonetheless punched with enough authority to inspire an urgent response from ‘Bud’.

For that reason, Crawford insisted on FULL SEND PODCAST that Gamboa, on a pound-for-pound metric, was the biggest puncher he faced as a professional.

“It’s got to be Gamboa. He caught me off-guard, coming in with my hands down – being cocky – and he just caught me to [an extent that] one side of my body got stiff.

“It was like ‘boom’ – he shocked me. I was like, ‘Damn, now I gotta get him out of there’.”

Having been forced to go through the gears, Crawford scored four knockdowns en route to a ninth-round stoppage victory over Gamboa, successfully defending his WBO world title.

Fortunes Divided: Terence Crawford Rises as Errol Spence Faces Uncertain Future

Whenever we reflect on the 2023 welterweight superfight between Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jnr, we tend to focus on how the fight ended rather than our feelings beforehand. That is to say, we picture Crawford with his arms raised in victory, and we picture Spence on the canvas, his dreams shattered and his face disfigured. We think only of the result: Crawford TKO 9 Spence. We think only of Crawford’s undeniable brilliance and how that display in Las Vegas set him on a path to greatness.

Yet surely to think in those terms – narrow, revisionist – does a disservice to both Crawford and the fight itself. It strips from the fight, in particular its original context, appeal, and beauty. It removes the uncertainty we all experienced going into it, as well as the excitement we felt knowing Crawford and Spence would at last be sharing a ring following years of circling one another. That, in retrospect, was what made the fight feel so special at the time. It was what had many trying to outdo one another with their pre-fight predictions, as though guessing correctly was a sign of intelligence. The truth is, though, nobody had a clue. Not really.

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Both Crawford and Spence had been near-perfect in their respective careers to that point and had a combined professional record of 67-0. They were, back then, considered not only rivals but equals – flipsides of the same coin, Thing One and Thing Two. In Crawford, you had the genius technician with the sharp counters and one-shot power, while in Spence you had stamina and body-punching and an ability to keep pushing round after round. Combined, you had a bit of everything. They could do it all. But who could do it the best?

Terence Crawford Draws a Hard Line: Ali’s Fate, No Comeback at Any Price

Back in September, under the bright lights of a sold-out Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Terence Crawford shook up the world. Jumping up two weight classes to challenge Saul “Canelo” Alvarez for the WBC super middleweight title, the Omaha-born Southpaw didn’t just survive; he outclassed the Mexican Demolition Man to secure a fifth-division crown by decision.

The natural welterweight’s craftsmanship sent shockwaves across the community. Then, just months later, came another stunner: Crawford announced his retirement. In boxing, retirements are often treated as pauses rather than periods.

However, Crawford has made it clear that no “number” will entice him to lace the gloves again. Rather, “Bud’s” stance is not rooted in exhaustion or disillusionment, but in conviction, one shaped by an unflinching understanding of what boxing takes, even from those it crowns immortal, the glory long gone while the “sting” lingers for years.

In a sport built on comebacks, cash incentives, the glitz, the glamor, and the irresistible pull of unfinished business, Crawford (42-0) is doing something increasingly rare in boxing, walking away on his own terms and refusing to look back. Such decisiveness is uncommon, particularly for a fighter still in his prime.

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The British heavyweight, who stepped away after his punishing defeat to Oleksandr Usyk last year in January, hinted at his return by the year’s end, ready for another run. Money, legacy, or restlessness -whatever the motivation, Fury’s reversal fits an infamously familiar pattern in boxing. However, Crawford has made it clear he isn’t cut from the same cloth and has no intention of following that path.

During a recent exclusive on “The Pivot,” the Pound-for-Pound great firmly shut the door on any comeback talk. “There is not a number that can get you back in that ring? 80 million? 100 million?” Channing Crowder poked, and the 38-year-old didn’t hesitate, “No,” he replied, “because now you’re selling your soul.”

The host, however, pushed further, admitting that for $100 million, he wouldn’t think twice even if it meant doing just that. Crawford’s response came swiftly, much like his trademark right-hand counter, and carried unmistakable disdain. – “What are you going to stand up for if everything’s about money? Like, I was never in the sport because of money.” The undefeated boxer reaffirmed that from the time he first laced a pair, he wasn’t chasing money; he was chasing a title. Everything that followed, according to him, was simply “extra.”

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That is profound. It reframes his legacy not as something still chasing validation, but as something already complete. With 31 knockouts, world titles across five divisions – lightweight, light-welterweight, welterweight, light-middleweight, and super-middleweight divisions, and three undisputed crowns to his name, Crawford believes there is nothing left to prove, no challenge compelling enough, and certainly no number large enough, to draw him back into the ring.

By his own account, Crawford has spent three decades in the sport, starting at age seven, with his professional bout at 20, and now it’s time to shift his focus to family and a healthy life beyond competition.

The sweet science, for all its glory, has never been kind to time. The damage doesn’t always show itself in the ring. More often, it waits, surfacing years/decades later. Sadly, the sport is filled with champions who stayed for one fight too many and paid for it with their lives.

No example carries more weight than Muhammad Ali‘s. Widely regarded as the greatest boxer of all time, Ali’s brilliance and courage elevated the sport to heights it had never reached.

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But the wars that built his legend followed him into retirement. In his later years, Ali became a sobering counterweight to his own greatness, struggling with the most basic tasks as Parkinson’s took hold. It was a stark reminder that boxing’s rewards are often matched by consequences no belt or purse can ever erase.

For Crawford, The Ring’s Boxer of the Year 2025, Ali’s story isn’t about regret. It’s about clarity. When he explained why he’s walking away, he didn’t point to money or motivation, but to what happens after the fighting stops. “We all look up to Muhammad Ali as the most iconic boxer,” Crawford said before addressing the brutality of the sport. “To see him deteriorate like he did, we don’t want to be like that. You’re the greatest fighter of all time, but you can’t take care of yourself… It’s not worth it.”

It’s a brutal truth that fighters don’t always want to face while they still can compete. Even the greatest aren’t spared. In short, belts and titles don’t protect the body, and legacy certainly doesn’t erase the damage.

Isn’t Over,It’s Beginning. Crawford Measures Himself Against Mayweather and Roy Jones Jr.

In boxing, legacy isn’t just about belts, records, or highlight reels. It’s about where a fighter stands when the gloves are finally hung up—when the noise fades and history starts sorting out who truly mattered. Few conversations spark more passion than comparisons across eras, and now Terence “Bud” Crawford has stepped straight into the fire. By measuring his career against two of the sport’s untouchable icons—Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Roy Jones Jr.—Crawford has reignited one of boxing’s most volatile debates.

This isn’t arrogance. It’s inevitability.

Terence Crawford is not just undefeated; he’s dominant. A former undisputed champion at super lightweight and a multi-division titleholder, Crawford has done what many elite fighters chase but never catch. He didn’t just collect belts—he unified divisions, dismantled champions, and did it with a switch-hitting style that left opponents guessing until it was too late.

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What separates Crawford from many modern greats is how complete he is. He can box, brawl, counter, lead, and finish. Southpaw or orthodox, patient or vicious—it rarely matters. His stoppage of Errol Spence Jr., once considered his most dangerous rival, wasn’t just a win. It was a statement. A career-defining demolition that forced the boxing world to reevaluate everything it thought it knew about pound-for-pound supremacy.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. remains boxing’s ultimate measuring stick. Undefeated. Five divisions. A master of defense so refined it felt surgical. Mayweather didn’t just beat opponents—he neutralized them, broke them down mentally, and walked out untouched.

When Crawford’s name is mentioned alongside Floyd’s, critics immediately point to longevity and commercial dominance. Mayweather ruled across generations, adapting as his body aged and his opponents evolved. He fought—and beat—hall-of-fame names under the brightest lights imaginable.

Crawford, by contrast, has often operated without the same promotional spotlight. But that’s where the debate gets uncomfortable. While Mayweather mastered avoidance late in his career, Crawford thrives in engagement. He doesn’t just outthink opponents—he stops them. And for purists, that difference matters.

The question isn’t whether Crawford eclipses Mayweather’s legacy. It’s whether dominance should be measured by perfection… or destruction.

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If Mayweather represents flawless execution, Roy Jones Jr. represents something else entirely: the highest peak boxing has ever seen.

At his best, Roy Jones Jr. didn’t seem human. Hands down. Reflexes defying physics. Power from impossible angles. He jumped divisions, embarrassed champions, and even captured a heavyweight title in an era where such moves were unthinkable.

Crawford’s comparison to Jones hits a different nerve. Like Roy, Crawford thrives on instinct. He reads fighters in real time, adjusts mid-fight, and punishes mistakes with ruthless efficiency. There’s a certain freedom in how Crawford fights—a willingness to experiment, to take risks, to impose his will.

But Jones’ decline looms large in these conversations. His brilliance burned fast and bright. Crawford, so far, has shown a more controlled evolution—less flash, more precision, but with the same killer instinct.

Three Careers, One Uncomfortable Question

He may never have Mayweather’s pay-per-view empire or Roy Jones’ jaw-dropping athletic mystique. But Crawford is building something just as dangerous: a legacy of inevitability. When he steps into the ring, opponents don’t just lose—they get figured out, broken down, and often stopped.

In an era obsessed with protecting “0s,” Crawford risks everything. He seeks challenges. He wants the best names. He wants the hardest fights. And now, by welcoming comparison to Mayweather and Jones, he’s made it clear—he’s not chasing approval. He’s chasing history.

Terence Crawford Finally Addresses the Question Boxing Can’t Stop Asking—Mayweather or Roy Jones Jr.?

Following his retirement, Terence Crawford is being placed into many fans’ list as one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters since the turn of the millennium. Now, ‘Bud’ has revealed how he believes he outperformed Floyd Mayweather and Roy Jones Jr.

Crawford defeated Canelo Alvarez back in September in a win that will be referenced for generations, becoming boxing’s second three-division undisputed world champion, 87 years after Henry Armstrong became the first.

Off the back of that career-best triumph, Crawford opted to walk away from the sport whilst he was sat atop it, hanging up the gloves with both an undefeated record after 42 fights and the status of being a five-division world champion.

Reflecting upon his time in the ring, Crawford told The Pivot Podcast of his pride in becoming the undisputed super-lightweight champion back in 2017, and why he feels he’s surpassed Mayweather and Jones Jr.

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“I was on a mission. That mindset was, ‘I am not celebrating this fight, because I am trying to get to that fight. That is the fight that I want to get, to show y’all, these are just stepping stones’, to me, in my mind.

“I celebrated being undisputed. That was the greatest feeling ever because nobody did it in so long. I was the third person in the four-belt era to do it, nobody was thinking about or trying to become undisputed.

“I set my sights out, I said that I wanted all the belts. Once I did that, it was like ‘man, Floyd didn’t do this, Pacquiao didn’t do this, what can they say? Roy Jones Jr, my favourite fighter, didn’t do this’.

“I got something over them, that they didn’t do in their career. I’m not saying that they couldn’t have done it, but they didn’t do it.”

The undisputed super-middleweight title has since become fragmented, with Jose Armando Resendiz picking up the WBA strap and Christian Mbilli being elevated to full WBC champion.

Meanwhile, Hamzah Sheeraz is expected to take on 38-year-old Alem Begic in a clash for the WBO super-middleweight title, whilst Osleys Iglesias is set to challenge for the vacant IBF title against an unnamed opponent.

Terence Crawford Discusses Revealing Another Pregnancy to His Longtime Girlfriend

Terence Crawford is a superstar boxer with a perfect record, but he isn’t devoid of mistakes elsewhere in life. A clip recently resurfaced where the 37-year-old athlete recalls telling his longtime girlfriend, with whom he shares six children, about him having a baby on the way with another woman.

“You said something interesting, you said the last one is not by her,” Shannon Sharpe said during their April interview on Club Shay Shay. “Right. Last one not by her,” Crawford replied. “Things happen,” he said when the NFL Hall of Famer asked how he could say that with such a blank expression. “You know, different circumstances.

Sharpe asked him to walk him through the process of telling his high school sweetheart, Alindra Person, about his forthcoming baby. “‘Ni**a got one on the way,’” he said. The sports analyst was dumbfounded at how blunt he was, and Crawford said, “Sh*t, you can’t lie. How you gonna lie? You better tell her now or it’s going to be worse when they baby come.”

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Crawford continued recalling the experience to Sharpe, boiling it all down to “I’m just a man.” Naturally, Sharpe asked for his girlfriend’s reply, specifically if she yelled, screamed, or attacked him. Crawford made multiple gestures signifying that he didn’t want to say what happened, but something did indeed happen. Watch the full interview above.

Crawford is set to face Canelo Alvarez on Sept. 13 in Las Vegas. The fight will be live-streamed on Netflix, following Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, who headlined the inaugural live boxing card on the platform. Tyson and Paul drew 108 million viewers in a fight that the legendary boxer lost. Crawford is 41-0 in his boxing career and has held world championships in four different divisions. He is the first male boxer to become an undisputed champion in two different divisions within the “four belt era.”