Boxing legend Terence Crawford and UFC welterweight star Joaquin Buckley kicked off one of the year\u2019s most surprising feuds.<\/p>\n
Boxing stars Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson ruffled some feathers in recent comments they made during a stream with influencer Adin Ross. The two boxers downplayed MMA compared to boxing, and Stevenson called out UFC champ Ilia Topuria<\/a> for a massive crossover fight.<\/p>\n While MMA has arguably taken over boxing in terms of combat sports popularity, the \u2018sweet science\u2019 is in the midst of a comeback, with blossoming stars like Stevenson and Crawford leading the charge. In recent months, this has reignited the debate over whether or not boxers or MMA fighters are the superior combat sports athletes.<\/p>\n This prompted UFC welterweight Joaquin Buckley to get involved in the debate, as he slammed Crawford and Stevenson for their recent takes on MMA versus boxing.<\/p>\n Terence Crawford claps back at Joaquin Buckley over Boxing vs. MMA comments<\/p>\n In a recent Instagram<\/a> post, Buckley responded to Crawford and Stevenson\u2019s remarks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cI hate y\u2019all boxers, so disrespectful to us athletes in the UFC,\u201d Buckley said of Crawford and Stevenson.<\/p>\n \u201cYou a h**! You don\u2019t want to go out there and put on your best performance. So with that being said, stop disrespecting us. We are way more entertaining than y\u2019all, it just is what it is. When we watch you guys fight, it\u2019s predictable for who is going to win. There\u2019s no excitement in that. In the UFC? You don\u2019t know who\u2019s going to get it!<\/p>\n \u201cIf we came outside literally where I\u2019m at right now, I could kill you.\u201d<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t take long for Crawford, a former wrestler, to respond to Buckley\u2019s comments on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201c[LAUGHS] yeah I can see why he\u2019s nowhere near the top. This guy is clueless,\u201d Crawford replied to Buckley.<\/p>\n \u201cWho\u2019s even fighting in the streets anymore? Talking about who he can kill in the streets. He must of forgot they make switches for them kind of tough guys.\u201d<\/p>\n Whose side are you on? Terence Crawford or Joaquin Buckley? Weigh in below in the comments!<\/p>\n