The Pivot.<\/a> \u201cJust everything that I went through in camp. I wanted to retire after [Errol] Spence. I always told myself I wanted to retire from boxing, I don\u2019t want boxing to retire me.<\/p>\n\u201cSo just going through all the aches and pains and the things that\u2019s not talked about. It\u2019s just like how many more of these do you want to go through? Canelo is that last fighter at the end of the game. I reached [the heights], where is there to go after that?\u201d<\/p>\n
Of course, Crawford retiring on top is a rare feat for any combat sports athlete and that also played a part in his decision to walk away when he did.<\/p>\n
Immediately after announcing his retirement, Crawford admits he was bombarded with messages asking if he was really done or why he was calling it a career after such a monumental win.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of people ask me \u2018oh you\u2019re not retired\u2019 or \u2018why are you retiring? You\u2019ve got a lot more fight in you!\u2019\u201d Crawford said. \u201cWhy would I give it all to you though? Why not take some more with me and use it for something else. When I put all that energy into my kids or into something outside of boxing. I want to have a life outside of boxing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to be like those fighters that stayed in too long. They can\u2019t enjoy the fruits of their labor. They can\u2019t enjoy playing with their family. They can\u2019t enjoy being able to have a decent conversation. That played a part, too.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crawford retired with a perfect 42-0 record and he\u2019ll likely go down as one of the best boxers in recent history given his jaw-dropping list of accomplishments.<\/p>\n
While there\u2019s always going to be another payday thrown his way in an attempt to entice a comeback, Crawford promises that he\u2019s satisfied with his career and there\u2019s no need to keep fighting now.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m at peace,\u201d Crawford said. \u201cI did everything I set my sights out to do. I done it my way. I don\u2019t got nothing left to prove. Of course, it\u2019s a great feeling. It\u2019s a bittersweet feeling but at the same time, I accomplished that kind of feeling. I did that. So I\u2019m cool with where I\u2019m at.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford became a three-division undisputed champion when he put on a boxing masterclass against Canelo Alvarez but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486108,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,1920,1347,85],"class_list":["post-486107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-latest-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486107","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=486107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}