{"id":583289,"date":"2026-04-03T17:28:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/583289\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T17:28:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:28:07","slug":"were-different-levels-terence-crawford-rules-out-comeback-against-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/583289\/","title":{"rendered":"“We’re different levels”: Terence Crawford rules out comeback against world champion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terence Crawford<\/a> has rejected a return to the fight game, turning down an offer to face an active world champion, believing that he is simply on a \u2018different level\u2019.<\/p>\n

Since defeating Canelo Alvarez in September, there have been a host of fighters clamouring for the opportunity to face \u2018Bud\u2019 and potentially hand him his first professional defeat.<\/p>\n

Nothing has transpired though, with fights against Jaron Ennis, Janibek Alimkhanuly and even a lucrative rematch with Canelo<\/a> unable to lure Crawford out of retirement.<\/p>\n

Instead, Crawford has simply laughed off any talk of a comeback, beaming proudly at how his accomplishments have made him a target, whilst in the past it was he that was desperate to land a fight against one of boxing\u2019s biggest names.<\/p>\n

Recently, there has been a new potential opponent calling for a shot against one of boxing\u2019s modern greats, with newly-crowned WBC welterweight world champion Ryan Garcia being the latest fighter hoping to secure a clash with Crawford.<\/p>\n

In an interview with FightHub<\/a>, Crawford was asked if he would face Garcia in a \u2018massive fight\u2019 but stated that there is \u2018nothing to entertain\u2019 as he and Garcia are on \u2018different levels\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cRyan is just being Ryan. It\u2019s OK. Me and Ryan are on two different levels, so there is nothing to entertain really.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whilst a showdown with Crawford is out of the question, Garcia may be set to face Teofimo Lopez in July.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford has rejected a return to the fight game, turning down an offer to face an active…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-583289","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-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583289","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=583289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}