Just two weeks ago, Crawford secured a points victory over Alvarez at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, taking the Mexican\u2019s super-middleweight titles to become the first three-weight undisputed champion of the modern era.<\/p>\n
And on Saturday (27 September), that historic triumph was celebrated with a parade in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska \u2013 hours before Crawford\u2019s birthday, in fact.<\/p>\n
However, in the early hours of Sunday morning, police ordered Crawford out of his vehicle at gunpoint. They later issued a statement explaining the situation and alleging \u201creckless driving\u201d by the unbeaten boxer.<\/p>\n
The Omaha Police Department said: \u201cOmaha Mayor John Ewing and Police Chief Todd Schmaderer are aware of a video circulating on social media regarding a traffic stop involving Terence \u2018Bud\u2019 Crawford early Sunday morning. Chief Schmaderer has authorised an internal affairs investigation.<\/p>\n
\u201cShortly before 1.30am, officers working in the downtown area observed a vehicle driving recklessly near North 12th and Capitol Avenue. A traffic stop was conducted at Cass Street.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile speaking with the driver, an officer observed a firearm on the driver\u2019s side floorboard. For safety, all four occupants were ordered out of the vehicle at gunpoint. The driver was later identified as Mr Crawford upon verification of his driver\u2019s licence and was issued a citation for reckless driving.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne passenger, a member of Mr Crawford\u2019s security team, was also found to be carrying a legal firearm. Police have confirmed that all occupants are legally permitted to carry firearms. A police supervisor and lieutenant responded to the scene at Mr Crawford\u2019s request.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor Ewing wrote on Facebook after the incident: \u201cI acknowledge the seriousness of what occurred and how trust between law enforcement and our community is important and shows the need to be continuously vigilant about building.<\/p>\n
\u201cOmaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer has pledged an internal investigation, which I support and want to be full and thorough. We will gather all the facts and be transparent with the public about our findings.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnderstand that my heart dropped in learning of this end to an otherwise wonderful day and evening celebrating our city\u2019s world boxing champion. Omaha needs to remember this important day as a good one while we seek answers to how it ended. Meanwhile, we must ensure that every resident, no matter who they are, feels safe and respected in Omaha.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crawford\u2019s victory over Canelo saw the American become a five-weight world champion and the first three-weight undisputed king of the modern era. To face Canelo, 35, Crawford moved two weight classes above his previous maximum.<\/p>\n
His performance against Canelo was lauded as one of the finest of this generation, while the fight itself \u2013 taking place in front of more than 70,000 fans in Vegas, and a reported 41 million viewers on Netflix \u2013 was marketed as one of the biggest in recent times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just two weeks ago, Crawford secured a points victory over Alvarez at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, taking…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,898,112],"class_list":{"0":"post-52903","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-latest-news-ticker","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}