Terence Crawford took to social media today, looking to validate himself for his past accomplishments in what appears to be a calculated strategy to increase his chances of getting selected by Canelo Alvarez for a mega-money fight.
Crawford’s strategy of pumping himself up by listing his past achievements against lackluster opposition will not make the fight with Canelo Alvarez happen. His resume is one of the poorest four-division world champions I can remember.
For Crawford to get that retirement payday against Canelo, he will have to face the walking guillotine of David Benavidez and try his best to earn the fight instead of listing his weak achievements during his carefully guided career.
Crawford may not like earning that Canelo bag, but that’s how it is. To meet with the King, you have to earn it. Begging won’t help. A whole bunch of fighters have already tried that approach to getting a fight against Alvarez, but it doesn’t work.
The four-division world champion Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) pointed out that his name will be forever “stamped in the history books.”
Fans aren’t buying Crawford’s attempts at self-validation because former four-division world champion Adrien Broner has beaten similar opposition during his career, but fans have already forgotten him. Like Crawford, no one will look back and talk about him when he retires. Crawford is basically another Broner, a fighter who glided through four divisions, winning titles against marginal opposition.
Crawford’s best wins:
Israil Madrimov: Razor close
Errol Spence: Washed up
Amir Khan
Shawn Porter
Kell Brook
Yuriorkis Gamboa
Ricky Burns
Viktor Postol
That resume is not good enough for Crawford to get the Canelo fight, and that’s just the way it is. Crawford’s resume is similar Broner-type, which is why he’s not popular.
Dam I did a lot to be fighting all bums!!!😂 haters hate, but my name will for ever be stamped in the history books for ever.✌🏿
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) September 20, 2024
13 world titles
4,division world champion
lightweight, WBO lineal champion
junior welterweight undisputed champion
Welterweight undisputed champion
junior middleweight, WBA champion
pound for pound #1 fighter in the world
2x Espy award winner best fighter in the world
three…— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) September 20, 2024
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