{"id":245946,"date":"2025-11-05T20:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/245946\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T20:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T20:24:08","slug":"terence-crawford-says-one-boxer-was-unbeatable-in-his-prime-hes-my-favourite-fighter-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/245946\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford says one boxer was ‘unbeatable’ in his prime: “He’s my favourite fighter ever”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terence Crawford<\/a> could well end his illustrious career undefeated.<\/p>\n

The pound-for-pound superstar has overcome all challenges since turning professional in 2008, claiming wins over fighters such as Errol Spence Jr<\/a> and Shawn Porter as he claimed undisputed honours at both super-lightweight and welterweight.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bud\u2019 won world titles at 135lbs and 154lbs, but his biggest ever win came in September when he defeated Canelo Alvarez at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas<\/a>, becoming the undisputed super-middleweight champion in the process.<\/p>\n

After his elite performance, many boxing fans believe that five-weight world champion Crawford won\u2019t ever be beaten, and the American himself has now revealed the boxing legend who he personally believes was unstoppable in his prime.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Piers Morgan<\/a> ahead of the clash with Canelo, Crawford named Hall of Fame inductee Roy Jones Jr<\/a> as the man in question.<\/p>\n

\u201cRoy Jones Jr. He was unbeatable in his prime. He\u2019s my boxing hero. He will always be my favourite of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jones won world titles in four divisions throughout the course of his glittering career, defeating fellow legends like Bernard Hopkins and James Toney along the way.<\/p>\n

After 50 professional fights, Jones had only tasted defeat once, a controversial disqualification loss to Montell Griffin which he avenged with a first round knockout win in their immediate rematch less than five months later.<\/a><\/p>\n

Jones struggled towards the back end of his career once his prime was over, with his final record standing at 66 wins and 10 defeats, but it is clear to see exactly why Crawford believes the boxing legend was unbeatable at his very best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford could well end his illustrious career undefeated. The pound-for-pound superstar has overcome all challenges since turning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-245946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245946","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=245946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}