Comments Thread For: If it's not Conor McGregor, who's next for Terence Crawford?

[HisExcellency]

I'd like to see him face Janibek next in a battle of 2 ELITE, undefeated southpaws. If he has no issues moving up to 168lbs to face Canelo then he shouldn't have a problem fighting Janibek at 160lbs either.

Make it happen Turkey!

[TyrantT316]

Crawford is looking for legacy padders (i.e. title in another weight class) and big money cash out (Canelo, MMA fighter, etc). I don't blame him. He's not 25, got some momentum after Spence and not looking to clean out divisions. He's in the position to go to the top champions in any weight class to attempt to win big. He's NOT at that "run through the division" or "take the toughest/most avoided monster who has no title or name value" stage of his career.

With that said, his career only feels like half of Mayweather's or a third of Pacquiao's. It is a HOF career, but not ATG the way he thinks it is.

[whollisboxing]

He should fight Fundora and then the Tszyu/Murtazaliev winner, then decide what he wants to do from there:
-retire
-go to 160 and take on Lara
-keep chasing that Canelo cash out

I like the idea of aiming for undisputed at 154 and then going for a title at 160 (Lara, Janibek, Adames, either of those would be good and I think Adames is the most winnable of the three)

If Bud could accomplish that then a Canelo fight would be much more appealing because:

1. Bud would then be a 3X undisputed, 5-division champion going for division #6

Oscar De La Hoya was in the same boat when he challenged Bernard Hopkins (5-division champion going for #6).

[factsarenice]

Crawford is looking for legacy padders (i.e. title in another weight class) and big money cash out (Canelo, MMA fighter, etc). I don't blame him. He's not 25, got some momentum after Spence and not looking to clean out divisions. He's in the position to go to the top champions in any weight class to attempt to win big. He's NOT at that "run through the division" or "take the toughest/most avoided monster who has no title or name value" stage of his career.

With that said, his career only feels like half of Mayweather's or a third of Pacquiao's. It is a HOF career, but not ATG the way he thinks it is.

It's not like Crawford did something historical like unify all four titles in two weight classes.

[factsarenice]

I'd like to see him face Janibek next in a battle of 2 ELITE, undefeated southpaws. If he has no issues moving up to 168lbs to face Canelo then he shouldn't have a problem fighting Janibek at 160lbs either.

Make it happen Turkey!

Instead of fighting just another guy Crawford he has no issue moving up to for peanuts, Crawford should fight the guy he does have issues moving up to and he and Canelo can make 70 million a piece.

[factsarenice]

He should fight Fundora and then the Tszyu/Murtazaliev winner, then decide what he wants to do from there:
-retire
-go to 160 and take on Lara
-keep chasing that Canelo cash out

I'd love to see Crawford unify a 3rd time at 154 because it's never been done but at 37, I think Crawford is going after the guy that beats Fundora, Tszyu, Murtazalie and Lara for 50-100 million.

[Greenfield02]

Crawford and Canelo are a disgrace to boxing... You can probably throw Tank in there as well, and to a degree, Stevenson.

[Liondw]

It's really silly, but yeah, McGregor has so much money from the Floyd fight, he doesn't need more.

[Lefty0616]

Crawford needs better management. If he wants to get a chance to face Canelo, he needs to get in the ring, and face a quality opponent pronto.

The inactivity is not helping his cause.

[Poopdick]

I’d put usyk p4p above Crawford based on resume/achievements

In saying that, there careers are still going, so it’s unfinished race

Usyk is the definition of p4p. none these other guys can fight guys that much bigger than them and win.