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Former pound-for-pound number one fighter in the sport of boxing, Floyd Mayweather has discussed his opinion on who currently occupies that throne that he used to sit on.
Mayweather shared his opinion, that he feels the number one spot in boxing is currently occupied by Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford.
The Omaha native has racked up world title triumphs in both the lightweight and jr welterweight divisions, with Crawford claiming the undisputed title at 140lbs in his last fight.
Crawford and his team have now made their third move up in weight as they seek to stamp their mark on the glamourous welterweight division.“Terence Crawford, I just truly believe – he doesn’t have to be under my company for me to give a guy props,” Mayweather said.
“I’m not like that. If he’s ever free and he wants to go to another company, I would love to work with him, because I know what I can do to take him to that next level.”
I see a lot of you fighters happy I went up in weight😁 you should all thank me😉
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) December 15, 2017
“Raw talent, hell of a fighter. But there’s a lot of hell-of-a-fighters out there. He can fight his ass off. And that’s what I like about him.”
“He’s one of the guys that’s – he’s a mother*cker.”
“One thing I like about him is, I mean, he reminds me of a young Floyd Mayweather.”
“He’s a lot older than I was when he really started getting his props because I turned professional as a teenager.
🤣🤣he said I can't sell no tickets but they only sold 6thousand tickets in @jeffhornboxer last fight cut it out y'all know what time it is💪🏿
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) December 16, 2017
My career blossomed so fast because in under two years, I fought for a world title, which I truly believe I could’ve fought for a world title in my first fight. But it was all about patience. I’m glad I had patience. There was no rush. I [was] only 19 years old.”
After making his rise up in weight to 147 lbs official. Terence Crawford was instilled immediately as the mandatory challenger for the World Boxing Organization world title. That title is currently held by Australia’s Jeff Horn.
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