Terence Crawford is a man confident in his abilities.
Despite his undisputed welterweight bout with Errol Spence Jr being billed a 50/50 by many, ‘Bud’ Crawford was adamant he would show the world a win with relative ease. He did just that.
It was yet another crowning moment in a campaign full of them, and the 36-year-old from Omaha was branded the best on the planet by plenty of fans, fellow fighters and analysts.
Another man hovering around the top of that list, although competing weights below, is Gervonta Davis.
When it was put to by Charlamagne Tha God on The Breakfast Club that ‘Tank’ – currently WBA Champion at 135 – had once said he would knock him out at welterweight, ‘Bud’ Crawford said ‘there are levels.’
“He just talking. He got the confidence in hisself that he believes he can do that because he’s been knocking all these fighters out that he’s been in the ring with. No knock to Tank, but there’s definitely levels. And if he come up to 147 and he’s thinking he’s just gonna knock Terence Crawford out, he’s got another thing coming.”
However unrealistic the bout is, it’s something Crawford says he would consider because of the money it would generate.
“I’d stay at 147 for him. That’s a big money fight. But then what? Everybody’s gonna say he’s too small, nobody’s gonna give me credit.”
The gap in weight is instead getting bigger, with Crawford making his 154 debut on August 3 against undefeated WBA Champion Israil Madrimov. Should he win, he’s made it clear that he wants to move up even further to super-middleweight and face undisputed champion Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
Davis has entered talks for a lightweight unification against Ukraine’s Vasiliy Lomachenko.
