{"id":840835,"date":"2026-08-03T00:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T00:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840835\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T00:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T00:44:13","slug":"terence-crawford-says-hater-world-champion-should-thank-him-for-making-him-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/840835\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford says ‘hater’ world champion should thank him for making him big"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terence Crawford<\/a> believes he played a crucial role in the establishment of a two-division world champion, whose style is often compared to his own.<\/p>\n

The former three-weight undisputed king announced his retirement in December, just a few months after dethroning Canelo Alvarez with a unanimous decision victory<\/a> at 168lbs.<\/p>\n

His most scintillating performances arguably came at 147lbs, however, as the American amassed seven straight stoppages before scoring a ninth-round finish over Errol Spence Jr in 2023.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bud\u2019 was then ordered to defend his undisputed crown against Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis, the then-IBF mandatory challenger, only to instead move up in weight.<\/p>\n

Ennis, meanwhile, was subsequently elevated from \u2018interim\u2019 to full welterweight champion, before unifying his division with a sixth-round stoppage of Eimantas Stanionis last year.<\/p>\n

Now campaigning at 154lbs, the American is a two-weight unified champion after dethroning Xander Zayas with a seventh-round finish<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n

But while attempting to craft his own Hall of Fame-worthy career, Ennis\u2019 name is still repeatedly mentioned in the same breath as that of Crawford.<\/p>\n

Speaking with The Real Report<\/a>, \u2018Bud\u2019 even suggested that \u2018Boots\u2019 comparisons have been made for the best part of a decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like Boots\u2019 whole motion is built off Terence Crawford. He should thank me. If there was no Terence Crawford at this pinnacle, who would they be talking about?<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he was an amateur in the Olympic trials, they were like, \u2018Man, this dude fights like you, Bud\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to let him have his era [and] wish him the best. [But] I feel like he\u2019s a hater. Why would I need to hate on him? I wanna see him win; I wanna see him go far.\u201d<\/p>\n

The styles of Crawford and Ennis are similar in the sense that, while switching between orthodox and southpaw, both fighters have an aptitude for counterpunching on the front-foot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford believes he played a crucial role in the establishment of a two-division world champion, whose style…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-840835","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\/840835","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=840835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}