{"id":328095,"date":"2025-12-21T12:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T12:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/328095\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T12:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T12:14:07","slug":"roy-jones-jr-makes-his-view-clear-on-whether-terence-crawford-was-right-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/328095\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr makes his view clear on whether Terence Crawford was right to retire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roy Jones Jr<\/a> gave an emphatic four-word answer when asked to comment on Terence Crawford<\/a>\u2019s unexpected retirement announcement.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bud\u2019 called time on his illustrious career earlier this week<\/a>, leaving behind a glittering legacy that has secured his Hall of Fame status beyond any reasonable doubt.<\/p>\n

What is perhaps most remarkable, though, is that Crawford claimed his first world title at 135lbs, back in 2014, and then exited the sport after becoming an undisputed super-middleweight champion.<\/p>\n

This, for many, is the 38-year-old\u2019s most extraordinary achievement, especially when considering that he moved up two weight divisions to face Canelo Alvarez in September.<\/p>\n

But despite giving up several physical advantages, Crawford nonetheless produced a masterful performance to dethrone the then-168lb king with a clear unanimous decision victory<\/a>, becoming a three-division undisputed champion.<\/p>\n

Along with that, many will highlight the Nebraskan\u2019s truly dominant display against Errol Spence Jr, who he faced in 2023, as a career-defining moment.<\/p>\n

Again, Crawford was written off by a vast selection of aficionados, most of them suspecting that Spence would be far too imposing for the five-division world champion.<\/p>\n

Taking on the challenge in typically tenacious fashion, however, Crawford was able to dismantle his American rival with a destructive, nine-round clinic.<\/p>\n

With his greatness cemented, it now seems the perfect time for \u2018Bud\u2019, who was reportedly in talks to rematch Canelo next year, to sail off into the sunset.<\/p>\n

Someone who agrees with that sentiment is pound-for-pound legend Jones, who offered a brief reaction to Crawford\u2019s retirement in an interview with Fight Hub TV<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeautiful thing; perfect timing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roy Jones Jr gave an emphatic four-word answer when asked to comment on Terence Crawford\u2019s unexpected retirement announcement.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-328095","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\/328095","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=328095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}