{"id":352741,"date":"2025-12-16T23:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/352741\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T23:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:47:07","slug":"terence-crawford-announces-retirement-from-boxing-as-an-undefeated-five-division-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/352741\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford announces retirement from boxing as an undefeated five division world champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terence Crawford<\/a> has made the decision to hang up his boxing gloves.<\/p>\n

Crawford\u2019s next move had been heavily debated ever since he became undisputed super-middleweight champion with a victory over Canelo Alvarez in September.<\/a><\/p>\n

It was the latest major triumph in his career, having already achieved huge success in the sport, with undisputed wins at welterweight and super-lightweight and further world title triumphs at lightweight and super-welterweight.<\/p>\n

Many fans expected that \u2018Bud\u2019 could drop down to middleweight<\/a> in search of becoming a six-division world champion, but that is no longer the case after the American made his shock announcement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Posting on his YouTube channel<\/a>, Crawford revealed why he has made the decision to retire, bringing to an end his remarkable career.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery fighter knows this moment will come. We just never know when. I spent my whole life chasing something. Not belts, not money, not headlines, but that feeling, the one you get when the world doubts you but you keep showing up and you keep proving everyone wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis sport gave me everything, I fought for my family, I fought for my city, I fought for the kid I used to be, the one that had nothing but a dream and a pair of gloves, and I did it all my way. I gave this sport every breath I have, every spar, every triumph, every ounce of my heart. I\u2019ve made peace with what\u2019s next. Now, it\u2019s time. Thank you.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m stepping away from competition. Not because I\u2019m done fighting, but because I\u2019ve won a different kind of battle. The one where you walk away on your own terms. This isn\u2019t goodbye, it\u2019s just the end of one fight, and the beginning of another.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crawford also posted a message explaining further on the announcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been blessed to live out a dream that started long before the lights, the fans, or the world titles. From Omaha to the biggest stages in boxing, every step of this journey was earned through sacrifice, discipline, and faith.<\/p>\n

\u201cI gave this sport everything I had. I faced the best, moved through weight classes, and made history on my own terms. 42-0. 3x Undisputed. 5 Division World Champion. No shortcuts. No excuses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t goodbye to boxing\u2026it\u2019s a thank you. Thank you to my family, my team, my city, and the fans who rode with me through every chapter. Thank you to the sport for shaping the man I am today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crawford ends his career with a record of 42-0, and will go down as one of the greatest boxers in recent memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford has made the decision to hang up his boxing gloves. Crawford\u2019s next move had been heavily…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-352741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352741","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=352741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}