Terence Crawford quite recently waived boxing a goodbye and announced his retirement publicly. He has achieved colossal success in his illustrious boxing career. Canelo was his final opponent, after that competitive knock he updated his professional record to 42-0 (31 knockouts).
The sudden withdrawal came as a shock to many because the audience was under the impression of seeing Crawford competing more frequently but the champion left everyone with one message: “Nothing left to prove”.
Interestingly, Crawford was recently asked if he would ever consider competing in the world of MMA and his simple response was ‘no’. Unhappy with the risk to reward ratio. He justified by explaining how MMA doesn’t pay well enough and also highlighted how it’s more dangerous.
Many MMA fighters have complained about unfair fighter pay and have switched to boxing to secure handsome fortunes. Notable examples are Tyron Woodley, Nate Diaz, Jorge Masvidal and Anderson Silva.
The final 30 seconds of Terence Crawford’s boxing career.
Still staying aggressive and looking for a knockout in the championship rounds even as he’s ahead on the scorecards.
42-0
31 KOs
5 Division World Champion
3x Undisputed Champion
One of the 🐐pic.twitter.com/lOSa2DkoOR
— Netflix Sports (@netflixsports) December 17, 2025 Terence Crawford’s Perspective
In a recent interaction with Adin Ross, Terence Crawford briefly explained why he would never switch to MMA.
“Nah, they don’t pay enough. Man, you get messed up in wrestling, just in general. To do wrestling, kicking, boxing, and elbowing, man, you can have it”.
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Let’s take the time to add some humor:
Ilia is looking for a boxing match with Terence pic.twitter.com/1kVGASGc1s
— The People’s MMA 🦈 (@ThePeoplesMMA) September 8, 2025