{"id":274525,"date":"2025-11-21T00:40:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/274525\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T00:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T00:40:07","slug":"roy-jones-jr-advises-terence-crawford-to-fight-one-final-opponent-and-then-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/274525\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr advises Terence Crawford to fight one final opponent and then retire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roy Jones Jr<\/a> has encouraged Terence Crawford<\/a> to secure one last lucrative showdown, even if it happens to be against a somewhat unconventional opponent.<\/p>\n

Like many, the pound-for-pound legend believes that Crawford simply has nothing left to prove, and is perhaps just one fight away from calling time on his scintillating career.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the three-division undisputed champion has already cemented his legacy, especially after jumping up two weight classes to dethrone Canelo Alvarez this past September.<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite giving up a clear size advantage, and being widely pegged as the underdog, Crawford produced a masterful display to claim all four major titles at 168lbs.<\/p>\n

A ninth-round finish over Errol Spence Jr, too, has only added to Crawford\u2019s greatness, with his dominant victory back in 2023 seeing him reign supreme at 147lbs.<\/p>\n

But now, it appears that the 38-year-old, who has recently expressed his interest in targeting a sixth weight division, could soon go one step further.<\/p>\n

Just a few weeks ago, Crawford called out unified middleweight champion Janibek Alimkhanuly<\/a>, who will look to claim a third title against WBA belt-holder Erislandy Lara on December 6.<\/p>\n

But while this seems to be a serious option for Crawford, Roy Jones Jr has suggested that the Nebraskan should instead turn his attention towards UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria.<\/p>\n

Whether this potential crossover matchup has any legs remains to be seen, but Jones has nonetheless highlighted Topuria as a possible opponent for Crawford.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Titanplay<\/a>, the multi-weight world champion said that \u2018Bud\u2019 should face the MMA star before sailing off into the sunset.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he retires next, it\u2019d be the best thing. Had I retired after I beat Antonio Tarver the first time, we wouldn\u2019t be having conversations about the greatest of all time. And we still shouldn\u2019t, because facts are facts.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if Crawford does anything more, that\u2019s what he should do [fight Ilia Topuria]. He deserves the reward at this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook how long he waited before he got the attention he has now. He deserves one more of those. If anything, that\u2019s what he should do.\u201d<\/p>\n

A fight between Crawford and Topuria does seem unlikely, and nowhere near the money-spinner that was Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor, with the potential clash against Janibek still seemingly the frontrunner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr has encouraged Terence Crawford to secure one last lucrative showdown, even if it happens to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274526,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-274525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274525","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=274525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}