Terence Crawford is months away from the biggest fight of his career.
The switch-hitter from Omaha, Nebraska is already a champion in four weight classes and has been undisputed in two, but looks to add to that legacy in September when he moves up two divisions to face Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
Crawford is aiming to be just the third man to defeat Canelo, who is undisputed at super-middleweight, in 68 fights. If he pulls it off, many feel he will retire from the sport of boxing having done it all and then some.
However, ‘Bud’ is keeping his cards close to his chest in that respect, having previously said that a rematch with Alvarez is possible and now, in an interview with All The Smoke Fight, stating he may move back down to super-welterweight and collect all four belts.
“I’m [fighting Canelo] for the opportunity, baby. The legacy. The legacy outweighs the money. Three-time undisputed. Oo-wee. Coming soon … I might go back down to 54 and do it again. I might go back down and do it again. You don’t know what I’m gonna do.”
Crawford – who would be the first male three-weight undisputed champion ever – is WBA World Champion at 154 pounds after beating Israil Madrimov in his sole fight at the weight, though the sanctioning body will soon likely make the belt vacant and call for the top contenders, Abass Baraou and Yoenis Tellez, to face off.
The other current champions Crawford would have to beat to achieve undisputed at 154 are Sebastian Fundora and Bakhram Murtazaliev. Those plans remain firmly out of the picture for now, with the American’s full focus on making history against Canelo in Las Vegas.
