Terence Crawford is over 40 fights into an exceptional professional career.
Since making his debut back in 2008, the 37-year-old from Omaha, Nebraska has gone from strength to strength, capturing world titles across four weight divisions up until this point.
He became the first fighter in boxing history to win the undisputed world championship in two weight classes, achieving this feat at light-welterweight and welterweight respectively.
‘Bud’ could make even more history before the end of the year as he prepares to challenge Mexican superstar Canelo Alvarez for the undisputed super-middleweight championship in September, which would see the 37-year-old become the first three-weight undisputed champion of all time.
It will be Crawford’s first fight in a division higher than super-welterweight after he made the move up to 154lbs last August when he defeated Israil Madrimov to capture the WBA title.
As fans debate whether or not Crawford’s attributes, including his durability, will continue to carry up in the divisions, he has revealed that the hardest shot he has taken was not Madrimov at 154lbs, or the likes of Errol Spence and Shawn Porter at 147, but an Olympic Medalist down at 135.
Speaking on Ring Champs with AK & Barak, Crawford named Yuriorkis Gamboa as the man who caught him best.
“The hardest puncher that I got hit by? I don’t know. [Kavaliauskas] was the strongest, yeah he’s definitely the strongest puncher, he can punch. But I’d still have to say [Yuriorkis] Gamboa, he caught me with the hardest punch.”
Crawford defeated Gamboa in the maiden defence of his WBO world lightweight title back in 2014, defeating the Cuban via ninth round stoppage in their bout at the Century Link Center in Omaha.
