Terence Crawford spared no prisoners when responding to Ryan Garcia\u2019s latest comments.<\/p>\n
The welterweight fighter, who won the WBC boxing<\/a> world championship with a mature and disciplined display against Mario Barrios in February, recently appraised \u2018Bud\u2019s career as a whole by remarking he \u201cleft more of his legacy on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n A five-weight world champion, Crawford retired from the sport following an extraordinary performance over Saul \u2018Canelo\u2019 Alvarez in 2025. This, two years after giving Errol Spence Jr. one of the all-time great 147-pound thrashings. <\/p>\n It was always unclear what Crawford could have gone on to achieve but considering he only fought once at super welterweight, and skipped middleweight to take Canelo\u2019s super middleweight titles, he could have, in theory, dropped back to 160 to challenge for a belt there \u2014 together with six-weight champion status. <\/p>\n It\u2019s something he himself acknowledged, calling the prospect of fighting Janibek Alimkhulany \u201cdangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cUndisputed don\u2019t mean anything if you know truly you didn\u2019t challenge yourself,\u201d Garcia said. \u201cI\u2019m speaking from knowing boxing and speaking from the heart as a fighter. Not just some random that can only see the surface level of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n Crawford didn\u2019t seem to appreciate the criticism from a fighter who had only just won his first title, and has two losses and one No Contest in his last five bouts.<\/p>\n \u201cToo bad you wouldn\u2019t have beat anyone I fought, tough guy,\u201d he said on X. <\/p>\n \u201cYou just now becoming a champ by default. You lost then they gifted you a title shot after a loss because you just not that guy and they wanna make money off, you bum.\u201d<\/p>\n Too bad you wouldn\u2019t have beat anyone I fought tough guy that knows boxing. You just now becoming a champ by default. You lost then they gifted you a title shot after a loss because you just not that guy and they wanna make money off you bum.\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23\ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n