{"id":486283,"date":"2026-03-20T18:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486283\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:27:11","slug":"terence-crawford-asked-where-he-ranks-himself-among-the-all-time-greats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486283\/","title":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford asked where he ranks himself among the all time greats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Terence Crawford<\/a> has reflected on his accolades and career-defining performances, considering where his legacy places him among the all-time greats.<\/p>\n

The former five-division world champion called time on his decorated career in December, having achieved undisputed status across three weight classes.<\/p>\n

Not only that, but the masterful technician retired unbeaten after moving up two weight divisions and dethroning Canelo Alvarez<\/a> in his last outing, collecting all four major titles at 168lbs.<\/p>\n

Equally, Crawford\u2019s ninth-round finish over Errol Spence Jr<\/a> in 2023 will go down as one of the most surprisingly one-sided fights at the highest level.<\/p>\n

But while most would consider \u2018Bud\u2019 an all-time great, there are perhaps others who would argue that a list of such pound-for-pound legends is already set in stone.<\/p>\n

Sugar Ray Robinson, for instance, is widely regarded as the greatest fighter in history, given his resounding success between welterweight and middleweight and astonishing 174-19-6 (109 KOs) record.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the likes of Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather often appear in top 10 lists of this nature, while the remaining spots tend to be a little more subjective.<\/p>\n

As far as Crawford is concerned, though, he should be placed among legends such as of Robinson, Ali and Mayweather, telling Weighing In with Travis Hartman<\/a> that his achievements speak for themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll just say [my legacy] puts me as one of the best: [one of the] greatest boxers in the history of the sport, given all the things that I\u2019ve done in the sport of boxing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing that I haven\u2019t accomplished \u2013 not one belt that I haven\u2019t held. Only thing left is the Hall of Fame.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Crawford crafted a phenomenal career, the only criticism that could be made is that, through no fault of his own, his resume does not include a large selection of elite names.<\/p>\n

But still, having defeated every fighter put in front of him, \u2018Bud\u2019 should absolutely be recognised as a generational great.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Terence Crawford has reflected on his accolades and career-defining performances, considering where his legacy places him among the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-486283","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\/486283","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=486283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}