December 17, 2025
“I gave this sport the whole lot I had. I confronted the most effective, moved by way of weight lessons, and made historical past by myself phrases. 42-0.”
Terence Crawford, the present No. 1 pound-for-pound five-division champion, is unexpectedly strolling away with an undefeated file and open mouths across the sports activities world.
Crawford, who beat Canelo Alvarez in September to develop into the undisputed tremendous middleweight champion, revealed his determination to retire on his YouTube channel, saying that he had nothing left to show.
The champion posted a photograph of hanging boxing gloves to intensify his level.
“I gave this sport the whole lot I had. I confronted the most effective, moved by way of weight lessons, and made historical past by myself phrases. 42-0. 3x Undisputed. 5 Division World Champion. No shortcuts. No excuses.”
Crawford insisted that this wasn’t an finish.
“This isn’t goodbye to boxing…it’s a thanks. Thank you to my household, my crew, my metropolis, and the followers who rode with me by way of each chapter. Thank you to the game for shaping the person I’m right now. The gloves could have come off, however legacy is ceaselessly.”
The boxer was recently stripped of his World Boxing Council (WBC) tremendous middleweight title after refusing to pay the sanctioning charges to the group.
According to ESPN, Crawford leaves with an undefeated file of 42-0, with 31 knockouts. The undisputed tremendous middleweight champion was additionally the undisputed welterweight champion after knocking out Errol Spence Jr. in July 2023. He grew to become the undisputed junior welterweight champion after defeating Julius Indongo in August 2017.
Crawford has fought in 5 completely different weight lessons (light-weight, junior welterweight, welterweight, junior middleweight, and tremendous middleweight) and has received 18 main world championships.
He was ranked No. 1 on ESPN’s Top 100 fighters of 2025.
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