Terence “Bud” Crawford for us and most is the number one pound for pound boxer in the world but there’s limits.
Weight classes exist for a reason.
At the weekend Crawford showed he can get the win under any circumstances but stepping up in Canelo as discussed here, is likely too much.
It is a fight that fans would love to see, and sure, it would be great.
But even from Canelo’s point of view, he was shown the limits of moving up through the weight classes in recent years too.
When he took on Dmitry Bivol and lost he learned that was as far as the moves up in weight went for him:
Before that he was even considering a move to heavyweight for goodness sake.
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It puts into perspective how great Claressa Shields is in women’s boxing to go from super-welterweight to heavyweight women’s world champion recently.
Moreover, it also shows to this day how great Roy Jones Jr. really is as one of two men in history to go from middleweight world champion up to heavyweight champion.
When he beat John Ruiz in 2023:
All in all, Crawford is certainly however the best fighter in the world in these times for most people’s pick.
His win at the weekend improved the now in his prime 36-year-old Terence Crawford’s professional boxing record to 41-0-31 KO.
Nine fights away from Floyd Mayweather’s 50-0 record at this particular time.
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