Terence Crawford is currently plotting his next move following his historic victory last month.
Crawford became the first male fighter in the history of boxing to become undisputed champion in three separate divisions when he defeated Canelo Alvarez at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to win all four world title belts at 168lbs.
It goes alongside his previous undisputed triumphs at super-lightweight and welterweight, while Crawford has also held world honours at lightweight and super-welterweight.
It’s unknown at this stage what the 38-year-old plans to do next, but it’s a fighter at super-welterweight that ‘Bud’ claims is ‘begging’ to step into the ring with him.
Speaking on All The Smoke Fight, Crawford explained how following his victory over Errol Spence at welterweight in 2023, a clash against Sebastian Fundora was explored, but the 6ft 5in champion had a different thought process to what he does now.
“[After the Spence fight] I want to fight Fundora. He got two belts, I want to become undisputed at 154. That was my train of thought. He said he didn’t want to fight me because I basically wasn’t big enough. I looked at them like huh? I don’t sell? That’s what his handlers were saying.
“They said they want to fight Spence because he’s a bigger fight. It’s cool. I’m not tripping on that because now they’re begging for a fight. Now they want to fight me.”
Fundora is the current WBC champion at 154lbs, making the most recent defence of his title with a seventh round retirement victory over Tim Tszyu in July.
He is set to return later this month when he defends his belt against Keith Thurman on October 25, where a victory could seemingly lead to a future showdown against Crawford.
