Terence Crawford continues his pursuit of Saul ‘Canelo‘ Alvarez.
The 36-year-old from Omaha, Nebraska recently won a world title in his fourth division, has been undisputed in two and is yet to be defeated in 41 fights.
His campaign at this point is all about legacy, and the only person he feels can truly add to what he has already achieved is a fellow four-division champion, Canelo. The Mexican hold unified titles two divisions up from Crawford’s latest outing, but that gap in weight has done nothing to deter the American from consistently calling for the fight to be made.
With the backing of Riyadh Season, it’s expected that a second offer to Canelo will be made now that neither man has a fight to focus on. If it is rejected – perhaps in favour of a rematch with Dmitry Bivol – then some in the sport believe Crawford will retire rather than defend his current WBA Super-Welterweight belt or push for unifications.
Now, the man himself has appeared to confirm that he will stick around.
“I don’t know, hopefully we can get that fight. You know, if not then, hey, we move onto the next.”
‘Bud’s apparent interest in finding a new challenge should talks with Canelo not come good goes against thoughts from the likes of promoter Eddie Hearn, who predicted he would hang up the gloves if the fight doesn’t happen. His trainer, Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre, had also said that calling it a day was an option given they had did all there was to do in the sport.
Crawford has always said that retirement is close by and has even dismissed challenges from younger stars like Jaron Ennis, saying he is only in favour of big money, legacy-defining match-ups. Where he goes without Canelo remains to be seen, but there are plenty of fighters who would jump at the opportunity.
