{"id":774706,"date":"2026-07-02T04:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/774706\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T04:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:11:10","slug":"terence-crawford-defends-taunting-ilia-topuria-after-ufc-white-house-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/774706\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford defends taunting Ilia Topuria after UFC White House loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Boxing legend Terence Crawford doubled down on mocking former UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria\u2019s loss at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Ilia Topuria\u2019s unbeaten run came to a shocking end at UFC Freedom 250 earlier this month. In an instant classic against Justin Gaethje, Topuria lost by TKO (corner stoppage) in one of the biggest upsets in UFC history.<\/p>\n<p>Topuria\u2019s poor showing at UFC Freedom 250 came after years of brashness and excessive confidence, deservedly so after his recent results. Ahead of UFC Freedom 250, Topuria made headlines when he claimed that he would defeat the likes of Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/ilia-topuria\/ilia-topuria-calls-out-terence-crawford-lying\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in potential boxing crossover fights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Crawford, who sat cageside as Topuria lost on the White House lawn, didn\u2019t let Topuria off the hook after his loss. Crawford mocked Topuria on social media after the event, which left UFC superstar Conor McGregor coming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bjpenn.com\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/conor-mcgregor-defends-ilia-topuria-against-pitiful-terence-crawfords-taunts-after-ufc-white-house\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to the dethroned champion\u2019s defense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Terence Crawford doubles down on Ilia Topuria criticism after \u2018bad first impression\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In a recent appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/XnW5pJoYC1s?si=pE1j8sLDErBa3Zt1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Ariel Helwani Show<\/a>, Crawford was asked about his online mockery of Topuria and doubled down on his comments.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t know who he was until he came out saying he would knock me and Canelo out, and I\u2019m like, \u2018Who\u2019s this guy?\u2019 This is the guy that everybody talked about,\u201d Crawford said of Topuria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody\u2019s saying he got this enormous boxing ability, that he can go into boxing and do real well. So, I\u2019m really tuning in. This is my first time seeing him in a fight. The first impression wasn\u2019t the best. For him to come out and say he\u2019s gonna beat me, one of the best fighters of all time, knocking me out, I think it was a sign of disrespect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been doing boxing since I was 7 years old,\u201d Crawford continued. \u201cThere\u2019s no way that this guy is gonna come in there and do anything to me that I ain\u2019t never seen before. So, seeing him get hit with the jab and the 1-2 the whole fight, I\u2019m like, \u2018What? What\u2019s everybody excited about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What is your favorite fight from Terence Crawford\u2019s boxing career? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boxing legend Terence Crawford doubled down on mocking former UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria\u2019s loss at the White&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135139,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,3262,638,82,13036,640],"class_list":["post-774706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ilia-topuria","tag-mma","tag-sports","tag-terence-crawford","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774706","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=774706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}