terence crawford
'bud'
Nation
Date of birth
september 28, 1987 (35 Years Old)
Height
5 ft 8 (173 cm)
Reach
74 in (188 cm)
Wins
40
Losses
0
Ko's
31
terence crawford
'bud'
Nation
DATE OF BIRTH
september 28, 1987 (35 Years Old)
Height
5 ft 8 (173 cm)
REACH
74 in (188 cm)
wins
40
Losses
0
ko's
31
Notable Opponents
Titles Won
WBA (super) world junior welterweight + welterweight
WBC world junior welterweight + welterweight
WBO world lightweight + junior welterweight + welterweight
IBF world junior welterweight + welterweight
The Ring world lightweight + junior welterweight + welterweight
Titles Won
WBA (super) world junior welterweight + welterweight
WBC world junior welterweight + welterweight
WBO world lightweight + junior welterweight + welterweight
IBF world junior welterweight + welterweight
The Ring world lightweight + junior welterweight + welterweight
Background
With 70 official bouts and 58 wins on his record, Terence Crawford wasn’t an exceptional amateur but he also wasn’t just mediocre. He won three amateur tournaments during his career, and further added Bronze and Silver medals to his awards when he competed in the Golden Gloves and the U.S. National Championships.
Aside from good performances in prestigious tournaments, Crawford also faced various boxers that would eventually become the top in the professional field including Mikey Garcia, Danny García and Sadam Ali, the latter of who he faced and lost to in the 2008 Olympic qualifiers. He became a professional shortly after this disappointment, making his debut in March of 2008.
Accomplishments
Crawford started out as a Lightweight where he was eventually acknowledged as a certified talent before later moving up. He won his first title (WBO NABO) at Lightweight in 2013. His second title – a world title – was won in 2014 when Terence Crawford beat then-champion Ricky Burns for his WBO world title by UD.
With his first world title in his possession, Crawford went on to push himself for greater rewards as he faced a strong contender in Yuriorkis Gamboa for a successful first title defense while he also faced the top Lightweight and renowned veteran Ray Beltrán to become a lineal champion when the won The Ring title, both in 2014.
Fresh from proving himself to be the best Lightweight, Terence Crawford moved up to Junior Welterweight where he again impressed against the top fighters of the division while remaining unbeaten. He first beat WBO world champion Thomas Dulorne to become the world champion once again in 2015, and he continued to face top opposition in world champions Viktor Postol – who he unified within 2016- and Julios Indongo, becoming undisputed after beating the latter in 2017.
He took up another challenge when he moved up to Welterweight, instantly beating WBO world champion Jeff Horn in 2018 en route to another winning run where he beat contenders and former/current world champions such as José Benavidez Jr., Kell Brook and Shawn Porter (from 2018 to 2021) to solidify his status as a pound-for-pound fighter and one of the best talents of his era.
He faced a top 10 Welterweight contender in David Avanesyan late in 2022 and cruised to a knockout win to retain his title for the sixth time of his career. It was after this match that talk for an Errol Spence Jr. seemed to ramp up which eventually led to the undisputed fight between the two welterweight champions being scheduled for July 29th.
On July 29th, Terence Crawford would proceed to make history after soundly defeating Errol Spence Jr. by TKO in the 9th round, becoming the first undisputed welterweight champion of the four-belt era and the first male boxer to become undisputed in two weight classes.
Boxing Style
Capable of fighting in both the Orthodox and Southpaw stance, Crawford has far surpassed the label of “stance-switcher” to become included amongst the top rankings of the pound-for-pound list for several years.
Terence Crawford is also very well known for being highly-skilled, generally being capable of everything that is required of a modern boxer, and his performances in the ring has easily helped identify Crawford as a future great. Due to his versatility, his style is difficult to describe but he more or less seems most comfortable as a counterpuncher where he often operates at mid-range.
He has excelled in a number of aspects including footwork, defense and ring IQ, and just like he is able to switch stances, he is capable of switching between passivity and aggressiviness in a moment’s eye blink. Generally, his style is difficult to deal with for any opponent as they need to take into account everything in order to come out victorious. As a result, Crawford has perfectly maintained his unbeaten record and supplemented his victories with a number of KO’s that has made him a dangerous puncher in every division he’s fought in so far.