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Terence Crawford unlaced his gloves and referred to as it a profession on Tuesday.
Boxing’s high pound-for-pound fighter and the one male boxer to seize three unified division titles within the sport determined to stroll away from the game at 38 years outdated. He completed his profession with a 42-0 file with 31 knockouts.
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Terence Crawford walks the sphere previous to the sport between the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers at Allegiant Stadium on Sept. 15, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Pictures)
“Each fighter is aware of this second would come,” he stated in a video saying his retirement. “You simply by no means know when.”
Crawford got here off of a unanimous resolution victory over Canelo Alvarez in September to win the tremendous middleweight championship.
He turned professional in 2008 and received titles in 4 totally different weight lessons – light-weight, tremendous light-weight, welterweight and tremendous welterweight. He moved up two weight divisions for the battle in opposition to Alvarez.
Earlier this month, Crawford was stripped of the World Boxing Council tremendous middleweight title for allegedly failing to pay sanctioning charges for his final two fighst. Crawford ripped the group after the title was taken away.
Canelo Alvarez (black/gold trunks) and Terence Crawford (black/purple trunks) field throughout their tremendous middleweight title bout at Allegiant Stadium on Sept. 13, 2025. (Joe Camporeale/Imagn Pictures)
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Now, Crawford has determined to step away altogether.
“This sport gave me all the things,” Crawford stated. “I fought for my household. I fought for town. I fought for the child I was, the one who had nothing however a dream and a pair of gloves, and I did all of it my manner.
“I’ve made peace with what’s subsequent. It is time.”
Ought to Crawford select to step again into the ring, Jake Paul can be ready to information him in between the ropes.
Paul, who is about to battle Anthony Joshua on Saturday evening, didn’t imagine Crawford was 100% retired from the game.
Terence Crawford speaks to the media throughout a press convention following his undisputed tremendous middleweight title battle the place he defeated Canelo Alvarez (at Allegiant Stadium on Sept. 13, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Harry How/Getty Pictures for Netflix)
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“He’d need to get in line,” Paul informed reporters, by way of MMA Junkie. “Canelo, Crawford, all of those guys can simply take a ticket, and we’ll see who I need to battle. He is not retired, bro. You guys have seen this thousands and thousands of instances in boxing. He is not retired, however he is bought everybody speaking about him now due to that, so good play by Terence.”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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