{"id":152442,"date":"2025-09-18T16:34:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/152442\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T16:34:07","slug":"terence-crawford-retirement-update-emerges-as-the-boxing-stars-plan-after-beating-canelo-alvarez-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/152442\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford retirement update emerges as the boxing star&#8217;s plan after beating Canelo Alvarez revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Terence Crawford has seemingly made his decision, and it sounds like good news for fans of the undisputed super middleweight champion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/tag\/terence-crawford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crawford<\/a> did not give much away regarding his future after a monumental result this past Saturday at Las Vegas\u2019 Allegiant Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>In the main event of a Netflix card promoted by UFC CEO Dana White and Turki Alalshikh, <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/09\/14\/canelo-alvarez-vs-terence-crawford-result-dana-whites-netflix-super-fight-goes-the-distance-in-las-vegas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crawford defeated the legendary Canelo Alvarez<\/a>. In the aftermath of a victory that has cemented his status as an all-time great, the 37-year-old wouldn\u2019t close the door to potential retirement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said before, I don\u2019t know,\u201d Crawford said post-fight regarding the possibility of hanging up his gloves. \u201cI got to sit down with my team and we\u2019re going to talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, it seems \u2018Bud\u2019 has done just that and made his decision.<\/p>\n<p>Terence Crawford\u2019s trainer reveals his retirement decision<\/p>\n<p>Having moved up two weight classes and pulled off a memorable upset to become the first male boxer in the four-belt era to win the undisputed championship in three weight divisions, many are wondering what could come next for Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/09\/18\/ufc-fighter-rejects-ilia-topuria-vs-terence-crawford-because-we-lost-conor-mcgregor-after-his-crossover\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a crossover match with UFC champion Ilia Topuria<\/a> to Turki Alalshikh\u2019s apparent preference, David Benavidez, to <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/09\/18\/terence-crawford-called-out-by-23-0-boxing-champion-who-said-unstoppable-canelo-alvarez-would-beat-him\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crawford\u2019s long-discussed showdown with rising star Vergil Ortiz<\/a>, a number of options have been floated in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>The key to any of them is the continuation of the Omaha native\u2019s active career, and his trainer Brian McIntyre revealed where his fighter stands on retirement following the victory over Alvarez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course,\u201d McIntyre replied when asked by Fight Hub TV if Crawford wants to fight again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to see him get some rest, spend some time with his family. Holidays are coming up, maybe do a little traveling, then get back in the gym and assess where he\u2019s at after that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a damn good fighter. I love working with him,\u201d McIntyre continued. \u201cIf he says, \u2018Let\u2019s go two, three more times,\u2019 let\u2019s go two, three more times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Terence Crawford has already shut down one opponent option<\/p>\n<p>Even before Saturday\u2019s super fight, Crawford already addressed one potential matchup, and his assessment doesn\u2019t bode well for the Riyadh Season lead.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2025\/09\/17\/terence-crawford-explained-why-he-isnt-interested-in-facing-the-opponent-that-turki-alalshikh-named\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alalshikh teased Crawford vs David Benavidez<\/a> following \u2018Bud\u2019s\u2019 win over Alvarez, but the newly crowned undisputed super middleweight king shut that down earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thing is, Benavidez is a big dude,\u201d Crawford said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=D-tX8x_w7TY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Pound 4 Pound<\/a> podcast. \u201cNot to say I won\u2019t fight him, I fought his brother. His brother was big when I fought him. The only reason why I entertain Canelo is because he\u2019s not a big dude. He might be thick but he\u2019s not a big dude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBenavidez is like six foot something, then he\u2019s gonna come in 190, 200 (pounds) maybe, you know what I mean?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never know, that\u2019s a big dude\u2026I might as well go to heavyweight if I fight Benavidez,\u201d Crawford added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford has seemingly made his decision, and it sounds like good news for fans of the undisputed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,957,85,959],"class_list":{"0":"post-152442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-canelo-alvarez","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-terence-crawford"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152442","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=152442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}