Terence Crawford still hasn\u2019t given any hints about when he plans to return to the ring from his victory parade after his win over Canelo Alvarez.<\/p>\n
Fans are questioning whether the Nebraska native will sit idle for a year as usual, reveling in his victory over the 35-year-old Mexican star on September 13, 2025. They\u2019d like to see the newly crowned undisputed super middleweight champion Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) make a defense of his four belts before his 39th birthday in September 2026.<\/p>\n
No Source, No Confirmation<\/p>\n
\u201cCrawford is targeting his own event in March,\u201d said Chris Mannix on X<\/a>, giving no source for his Terence Crawford news on Tuesday, November 4th. Since no course is offered for this information, we\u2019ll place it in the rumor category.<\/p>\n If this information is accurate, it won\u2019t be Canelo that Crawford fights because the Mexican star always fights on Cinco de Mayo weekend in May. Assuming Bud is holding out, waiting for Canelo to give him the magic \u2018Yes\u2019 word, there\u2019s no chance he\u2019ll fight in March and put that fight at risk.<\/p>\n Turki Won\u2019t Fund a Tune-Up<\/p>\n It would be too quick if a turnaround for Crawford, and he might lose or get beaten up if he fights someone with talent. Let\u2019s look at it this way: Turki Alalshikh isn\u2019t going to pay Crawford $20-$50 million for a stay-busy fight in March. He would expect value. That would be risky for Crawford to give Turki what he wants if he chooses to fight in March, and then swing around to face Alvarez in a rematch in May 2026, potentially.<\/p>\n Iglesias & Mbilli Factor<\/p>\n At 168, Crawford has these two mandatory challengers:<\/p>\n Osleys Iglesias \u2013 IBF The problem with those two is that they have size, talent, and youth going for them. These are a form of pure krytonite for a small, aging Crawford, who barely beat Canelo with his low output style.<\/p>\n That approach wouldn\u2019t work against Mbilli or Iglesias. So, that rules them out as options for Crawford\u2019s next fight in 2026. If Terence is serious about wanting to be among the four all-time greats on the Mount Rushmore of boxing, fighting Mbilli or Iglesias could ruin that dream.<\/p>\n Legacy Play at Middleweight<\/p>\n Crawford mentioned last week that he\u2019s keeping his eye on the winner of the December 6th middleweight unification fight between Janibek Alimkhanuly and Erislandy Lara. This would be a legacy play for Terence if he moves down to 160 to fight for his sixth division world title.<\/p>\n If Crawford beats the winner of the Janibek-Lara fight, he would hold the IBF, WBA, and WBO middleweight titles. With Turki Alalshikh\u2019s involvement, he could come up with the money to encourage the last remaining belt-holder that Crawford would need, WBC middleweight champion Carlos Adames, to face him for the undisputed championship.<\/p>\n Veteran boxing columnist Graham Ilford brings dry humor and long-earned perspective to the sport.<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb – An Analyst’s Perspective<\/a> \u00bb Crawford Rumored to Target March Event, But Still Silent on Return from Canelo Triumph Parade<\/p>\n Last Updated on 11\/05\/2025 \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford still hasn\u2019t given any hints about when he plans to return to the ring from his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[71525,2560,6491,709,217,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-245748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-arts-culture-and-entertainment","tag-boxing","tag-celebrities","tag-fashion","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nChristian Mbilli \u2013 WBC<\/p>\n