{"id":301469,"date":"2025-12-06T02:29:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/301469\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T02:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T02:29:10","slug":"terence-crawford-names-the-only-boxer-capable-of-causing-him-problems-in-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/301469\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford names the only boxer capable of causing him &#8216;problems&#8217; in the ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Terence Crawford has barely put a foot wrong during a perfect 42-0 run.<\/p>\n<p>Every single one of his victories has either come by way of knockout or unanimous decision, with little to no controversy attached to any of them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Terence Crawford in action against Canelo Alvarez\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/terence-crawford-lands-left-canelo-1023202833.jpg\" data-caption=\"Eubank Jr said he would relish the opportunity to test his skills against either Crawford or Canelo after facing Benn for the second time\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/terence-crawford-lands-left-canelo-1023202833.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Eubank Jr said he would relish the opportunity to test his skills against either Crawford or Canelo after facing Benn for the second timeCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>The Omaha puncher stunned the boxing world in September when he jumped up two weight classes to snatch the <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/1290750\/boxing-world-champions-oleksandr-usyk-canelo-alvarez-gervonta-davis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO super middleweight titles<\/a> from fellow modern great <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/canelo-alvarez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canelo Alvarez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In doing so, he became the first male three-weight undisputed champion of the four-belt era and joined an elite group of fighters to have held world titles in five separate weight classes.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the body of work, you could easily make a case for <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/terence-crawford\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crawford<\/a> beating any fighter around his weight, past or present.<\/p>\n<p>But the 38-year-old candidly admits that a prime <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/floyd-mayweather-junior\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Floyd Mayweather<\/a> would have caused him &#8216;problems&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE ON BOXING Terence Crawford&#8217;s trainer didn&#8217;t hesitate when asked if he&#8217;d beat Floyd Mayweather and Sugar Ray Leonard<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s so crazy to say y&#8217;all never got to see me at my full potential because nobody brought it out of me because I was knocking them out,&#8221; wrote Crawford on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I pay homage to the ones before me, but Floyd Mayweather [would be] the only one I would have had problems with, because of his mind. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And I\u2019m done talking about it, go argue with yo momma.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Craw blimey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/3552219\/terence-crawford-canelo-alvarez-undisputed\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">After Canelo&#8217;s wide unanimous decision loss to Crawford<\/a>, the Mexican reignited a long, drawn-out debate that will never receive a definitive answer.<\/p>\n<p>The words he uttered: \u201cCrawford is way better than\u00a0Floyd Mayweather.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are few better placed to make such a judgement than <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/canelo-alvarez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canelo<\/a>, who remains the only man to have shared the ring with both.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Floyd Mayweather celebrating his win against Andre Berto\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"GETTY\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-487999088.jpg\" data-caption=\"Mayweather ended his professional career unbeaten with a perfect record of 50-0\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-487999088.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Mayweather ended his professional career unbeaten with a perfect record of 50-0Credit: GETTY<\/p>\n<p>In 2013, when he was 23-years-old, Canelo was dismantled just as convincingly by Mayweather in a defeat that lit a fire under the Guadalajara boxer.<\/p>\n<p>The opinion of Hall of Fame promoter <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/bob-arum\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Arum<\/a> is almost as valuable, having guided both men through large portions of their respective careers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crawford [beats Mayweather] because Crawford fighting a guy his size is unique,&#8221; Arum told\u00a0ESNEWS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The one thing that Crawford has that most other fighters don&#8217;t have is that he is totally ambidextrous.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So when he shifts from orthodox to southpaw, he is equally effective either way.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Canelo and Arum think Crawford would win, there are just as many preeminent voices who would back Mayweather.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s why fantasy matchups will remain the most active threads on boxing forums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford has barely put a foot wrong during a perfect 42-0 run. 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