Shakur Stevenson<\/a> believes Terence Crawford<\/a> could beat the UFC star in the ring or in the Octagon. <\/p>\n Shakur Stevenson is a three-weight boxing world champion with a perfect 24-0 record. <\/p>\n The 28-year-old has been training with Terence Crawford for years, and during that time, he has discovered that, unlike most boxers, \u2018Bud\u2019 possesses the wrestling skills that could allow him to successfully transition to MMA. <\/p>\n Stevenson wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see Crawford KO or submit Ilia Topuria in the UFC Octagon.<\/p>\n \u201cThose guys gotta leave \u2018Bud\u2019 alone,\u201d Stevenson said about UFC fighters.<\/p>\n \u201cI think \u2018Bud\u2019 Crawford is just different. In the boxing ring with him, you\u2019re not going to last more than one round, I don\u2019t think. You\u2019re better off in the UFC. \u2018Bud\u2019 is a guy that I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he went to the UFC and beat the s\u2014 out of some guys, too. He\u2019s got a great wrestling background. I\u2019ve seen him wrestle real wrestlers on some everyday s***.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2019Bud\u2019 looks bigger than that guy [Topuria], and he\u2019s got longer arms. I just wouldn\u2019t put it past him. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised, come fight night, if they do an MMA fight, if \u2018Bud\u2019 done knocked him out or choked him to death, something like that. I just wouldn\u2019t be surprised.\u201d<\/p>\n Terence Crawford advised to retire<\/p>\n Terence Crawford has been urged to retire<\/a> from boxing by Shakur Stevenson after beating Canelo Alvarez<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t wanna see him fight anymore,\u201d Stevenson added. <\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t. It\u2019s just a lot, it\u2019s a lot. From training camps, the wear and tear on your body, and me being his brother, I really have endless love for this guy. I don\u2019t wanna see (him fight again), I think he\u2019s done everything in the sport that he can do.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s nothing else that can be done. He made one of the best fighters of our generation look average, and I think that\u2019s a huge accomplishment, and I think it\u2019s time for him to retire on his high horse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of boxing\u2019s biggest stars thinks Terence Crawford would do well in MMA. \u2018Bud\u2019 is fresh off a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":149556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,802,786,17499,785,13417,85,959,787],"class_list":["post-149555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-fighting","tag-ilia-topuria","tag-mma","tag-shakur-stevenson","tag-sports","tag-terence-crawford","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Terence](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235319874-1-1024x731.jpg\")
Photo by Harry How\/Getty Images for NetflixShakur Stevenson predicts Terence Crawford vs. Ilia Topuria <\/p>\n