{"id":193918,"date":"2025-10-12T00:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T00:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/193918\/"},"modified":"2025-10-12T00:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T00:52:08","slug":"terence-crawford-urged-to-accept-fight-for-the-ages-with-undefeated-former-unified-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/193918\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford urged to accept &#8216;fight for the ages&#8217; with undefeated former unified world champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eddie Hearn wants to see Terence Crawford face Jaron Ennis in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Crawford has yet to commit to his next move in the sport and is pondering his future after becoming undisputed 168lbs champion with <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3552219\/terence-crawford-canelo-alvarez-undisputed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">victory over Canelo Alvarez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Crawford has completed it all in boxing and it is unclear if he will choose to continue fighting\" height=\"540\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760230328_95_crop-3556298.jpg\" data-caption=\"Crawford has completed it all in boxing and it is unclear if he will choose to continue fighting\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760230328_95_crop-3556298.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Crawford has completed it all in boxing and it is unclear if he will choose to continue fightingCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>He has teased both retirement from the sport and potential fights at 160lbs, or whatever route will provide any life-changing financial incentive.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly and Carlos Adames <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3586872\/terence-crawford-offered-title-fight-most-avoided-champion-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have offered to step in<\/a> with Crawford in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>But now it is a familiar face who wants to take on Crawford, several years after the pair were originally ordered to face each other.<\/p>\n<p>Eddie Hearn wants his charge Jaron Ennis, who has been tipped as a future pound-for-pound king in the sport, to step in with Crawford imminently.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;For me, that is a fight for the ages, against (Terence) Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut, we have to prove ourselves \u2014 look, Terence is only going to fight \u2018Boots\u2019 if there\u2019s loads of money on the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause he knows how good Ennis is, and he\u2019s not gonna fight anymore, unless it\u2019s for a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has to earn his shot against Crawford, but that is the fight in nine to 12 months time \u2014 three fights down the line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ennis&#8217; would arguably be the biggest remaining test on the table for Crawford within the three weight classes he is open to competing in.<\/p>\n<p>Will Terence Crawford vs Jaron Ennis actually happen?<\/p>\n<p>Crawford vs Ennis seems unlikely given a bout previously failed to materialise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ennis has wanted to face Crawford for several years and will remain hopeful he can lure him into a meeting\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Amanda Westcott\/SHOWTIME\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SHO-Ennis-Villa-Fight-Night-WESTCOTT-68.jpg\" data-caption=\"Ennis has wanted to face Crawford for several years and will remain hopeful he can lure him into a meeting\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/SHO-Ennis-Villa-Fight-Night-WESTCOTT-68.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Ennis has wanted to face Crawford for several years and will remain hopeful he can lure him into a meetingCredit: Amanda Westcott\/SHOWTIME<\/p>\n<p>In July 2023 while both at 147lbs, <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/2227227\/jaron-ennis-terence-crawford-boxing-pound-for-pound-champion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crawford was ordered to face &#8216;Boots&#8217; for the IBF title<\/a> by the governing body, but the bout didn&#8217;t happen.<\/p>\n<p>Crawford&#8217;s team reportedly suggested they&#8217;d be unable to fight Ennis, and the showdown remained on ice with the champion stripped of his title.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Bud&#8217; later suggested Ennis had been given opportunities to bring the clash to life but had turned them down.<\/p>\n<p>A huge all-American clash would be huge for the sport, but Ennis is yet to make the same splash as Crawford commercially despite his elite skills.<\/p>\n<p>Crawford has also already captured a world title belt at 154lbs, where Ennis will debut this weekend against Uisma Lima.<\/p>\n<p>So it is deemed more likely <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3554412\/terence-crawford-next-fight-weight-switch-retirement-canelo-alvarez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">that he will choose to return at 160lbs<\/a>, with the chance to make further history more attractive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn wants to see Terence Crawford face Jaron Ennis in 2026. 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