Unified welterweight champion Terence Crawford has responded to suggestions that he could be set to move up to the super-welterweight division and take on Tim Tszyu in a bid to become a four-division world champion.
Crawford established himself as boxing’s number one pound-for-pound fighter with a generational stoppage win over Errol Spence Jr back in July, to become the first male multi-divisional four-belt undisputed title-holder.
However, ‘Bud’ has been unable to fight since, after being made to wait for confirmation of Spence’s availability for a second bout following his activation of a rematch clause.
Now it is clear that Spence is unable to fight, as a result of his upcoming cataract surgery, Crawford is free to take on who he pleases, and in an interview with Boxing Social, he admitted that a clash with Tszyu at super-welterweight is one that is definitely on his radar.
“Tszyu’s got a tough fight in front of him with Thurman. Hopefully after that fight we can see the next move. We’ve got a few guys on the roster for my next fight – Tszyu/Thurman is one of them.
“Right now, I think that the way that my career is going, I’m looking for the biggest and most lucrative money fights, and the bigger fights are in a higher division. So, I might be moving up.”
As the 36-year-old states, WBO super-welterweight champion Tszyu, has a difficult fight against Thurman to concentrate on.
Although, should Crawford opt to move up in weight, he would become the mandatory challenger for the Aussie’s title and likely force an extremely high-profile showdown, where Tszyu would have the opportunity to make himself a household name around the globe.
Therefore, it is all to play for when Tszyu meets Thurman on March 30th in Las Vegas for PBC’s debut PPV event on Amazon.