{"id":321506,"date":"2025-12-02T23:29:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/321506\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T23:29:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:29:07","slug":"terence-crawford-says-one-man-will-always-be-his-favourite-fighter-nobody-could-beat-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/321506\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford says one man will always be his favourite fighter: “Nobody could beat him”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terence Crawford<\/a> has named his favourite fighter of all time, firmly believing that the pound-for-pound legend could not be beaten in his prime.<\/p>\n

When analysing the multi-faceted style of \u2018Bud\u2019, it is clear that not one fighter, alone, is responsible for inspiring his dynamic approach in the ring.<\/p>\n

Rather, it is both Roy Jones Jr<\/a> and Floyd Mayweather, Crawford says, that heavily influenced his love for boxing when he was younger.<\/p>\n

In the case of former multi-weight world champion Jones, perhaps it was the American\u2019s high-risk strategy that really struck a chord with Crawford.<\/p>\n

So confident in his speed and athleticism, was Jones, that, even when he appeared to be in a vulnerable position, the explosive technician just always seemed to find a way out of trouble.<\/p>\n

Not only that, but his razor-sharp reflexes allowed him to fire attacks from angles which, more often than not, would only enhance the devastating impact of his fists.<\/p>\n

The same, albeit to a lesser degree, could be said for Crawford, whose elite footwork allows him to create angles that most other fighters would struggle to discover.<\/p>\n

At the same time, though, the more measured side to his style could perhaps be explained by the influence of Mayweather<\/a>, whose defensive capabilities are studied and revered in gyms across the world.<\/p>\n

In that sense, it is almost as if \u2018Bud\u2019 has merged the styles of his two boxing heroes, giving himself the best possible offensive and defensive skills.<\/p>\n

But still, while speaking with Piers Morgan<\/a>, Crawford insists that a prime Jones will always be his all-time favourite fighter.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy boxing hero? Roy Jones Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was unbeatable in his prime. Outside the ring, he loved to fish, he loved to play basketball \u2013 everything about Roy Jones Jr, I idolised.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then, when Floyd Mayweather came on the scene, as a young kid I used to run to the house and watch [Jones] and Floyd.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, for me, Roy Jones Jr will always be my favourite fighter of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford has named his favourite fighter of all time, firmly believing that the pound-for-pound legend could not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-321506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}