{"id":659861,"date":"2026-06-26T19:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659861\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T19:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T19:19:08","slug":"undefeated-former-world-champion-says-terence-crawford-would-be-easy-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/659861\/","title":{"rendered":"Undefeated former world champion says Terence Crawford would be ‘easy work’"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Terence Crawford<\/a> was to ever come out of retirement, there is one active fighter who believes their potential showdown would be \u201ceasy work\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bud\u2019 called time on his glittering career last December, just a few months removed from his unanimous decision victory over Canelo Alvarez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prior to their super-middleweight encounter, Crawford was considered the consensus underdog but nonetheless produced a legacy-defining display, becoming a three-division undisputed champion.<\/p>\n

The American\u2019s most accomplished performances arguably came at 147lbs, however, as all eight of his welterweight victories ended inside the distance.<\/p>\n

Most notably, Crawford dethroned Errol Spence Jr with a ninth-round stoppage<\/a> in July 2023, before moving up to 154lbs and outpointing Israil Madrimov for the WBA title.<\/p>\n

But despite \u2018Bud\u2019s\u2019 resounding success between those two weight classes, in particular, Jaron \u2018Boots\u2019 Ennis ultimately believes he would defeat Nebraskan in convincing fashion.<\/p>\n

\u2018Boots\u2019 unified the welterweight division with a sixth-round finish over Eimantas Stanionis in April 2025, and now looks to dethrone unified super-welterweight champion Xander Zayas.<\/p>\n

The pair will square off at the Barclays Center, New York, this Saturday, and despite this being only his second outing at 154lbs, Ennis has been made a sizable favourite.<\/p>\n

Clearly brimming with confidence, the 28-year-old even told MILLION DOLLAZ WORTH OF GAME<\/a> earlier this week that a possible Crawford clash would be \u201ceasy work\u201d.<\/p>\n

While he was the IBF mandatory challenger at 147lbs, \u2018Boots\u2019 was particularly bullish in his effort to fight Crawford, who instead moved up in weight and dethroned Madrimov.<\/p>\n

And now, with \u2018Bud\u2019 having retired from the sport, it appears the Ennis fight is even less likely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Terence Crawford was to ever come out of retirement, there is one active fighter who believes their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656031,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-659861","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\/659861","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=659861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}