LEGACY DEFINED: WHY DID TERENCE CRAWFORD RETIRE AFTER THE CANELO MASTERCLASS
Following his dominant win over Canelo Alvarez, Terence Crawford retires at 38. We ask: Is his 42-0 record the greatest in history?
Terence Crawford, the record-breaking champ in three weight classes, has retired from boxing at 38.
Bud Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) told fans on social media yesterday that he's hanging up his gloves. "Walking away as a great with nothing else to prove," he said.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, on September 28, 1987, the 5'8" Crawford became one of boxing's all-time greats. He won titles in four weight divisions and became the undisputed champ in three.
Crawford is the only boxer to hold The Ring Magazine titles in four divisions. He's also one of just three fighters, along with Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, to be a four-weight lineal champion.
In his 17 years as a pro, Crawford was never knocked down. No judge ever scored a fight in favour of his opponent.
He had eleven straight KOs in title fights, which is the third-longest streak ever. The Ring Magazine ranked him as the #3 pound-for-pound boxer of this century.
Crawford started boxing at seven. He had been kicked out of five schools for fighting. With his dad often away with the Navy, his mom raised him alone. A neighbour, Carl Washington, took him to the C.W. Boxing Club in North Omaha, where he coached. There, Crawford met Midge Minor, who became his mentor. Minor would even pick him up from school to make sure he trained and stayed out of trouble.
Crawford also wrestled when he was younger, and it shows in his boxing style. In 2001, Brian Bo Mac McIntrye and Esau Dieguez became his trainers and stayed with him for 24 years.
Crawford's last fight was against Canelo Alvarez. He moved up from super-welterweight to super-middleweight and beat the champ by decision in front of 41 million viewers.
Crawford is retiring at the top, just like he said, with nothing left to achieve.
Achievements
2006 Blue & Gold National Championships gold medal
2006 Golden Gloves silver medal
2006 U.S. National PAL Championships gold medal
2006 U.S. National Championships bronze medal
2007 U.S. National Championships bronze medal
2007 U.S. Pan American Box-Offs gold medal
2007 Pan American Games Qualifier bronze medal
NABO lightweight title
WBO lightweight title
The Ring lightweight title
WBO super-lightweight title
WBC super-lightweight title
The Ring super-lightweight title
WBA super super-lightweight title
IBF super-lightweight title
WBO welterweight title
WBA Super Welterweight Title
WBC welterweight title
IBF welterweight title
The Ring welterweight title
WBA super-welterweight title
WBO Interim super-welterweight title
WBA super super-middleweight title
WBC super-middleweight title
IBF super-middleweight title
WBO super-middleweight title
The Ring super-middleweight title
Awards
Sugar Ray Robinson Award 2014
Best Fighter ESPY Award 2018
Best Boxer ESPY Award 2024
2× ESPN Fighter of the Year 2014, 2017
4× ESPN Top 100: #2 (2022), #1 (2023), #3 (2024)
BoxingScene American Boxer of the Decade (2020s) 2025
The Ring magazine Performance of the Year 2023
WBC Performance of the Year 2023
5× WBO Fighter of the Year 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2025
WBO Most Fighter 2015
2× WBO Fight of the Year 2014, 2023
WBO Triple Crown Award 2018
WBO Most Consistent and Champion 2019
WBO Gordon Volkman Award 2015
4× WBA Boxer of the Month: August 2017, July 2023, August 2024, September 2025
Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Fighter of the Year 2018
The RING 8 Muhammad Ali International Fighter of the Year 2018
Sports Illustrated Prospect of the Year 2013
Bleacher Report Breakout Fighter of the Year 2014
Forbes Fighter of the Year 2017
Sporting News Men's Fighter of the Year 2023
Boxing News World Fighter of the Year 2023
CBS Sports Fighter of the Year 2014
HBO Fighter of the Year 2014
2× Yahoo! Sports Fighter of the Year 2017, 2023
2× Top Rank Fighter of the Year 2014, 2015
Top Rank Fight of the Year 2014
Top Rank Knockout of the Year 2014
Premier Boxing Champions Performance of the Year 2023
Metro Performance of the Year 2023
Boxing Junkie Fighter of the Year 2023
BOXRAW Knockout of the Year 2022
Boxing Insider Fighter of the Year 2023
WBN Stoppage of the Year 2023
The Sweet Science Performance of the Year 2023
Frontproof Media Fighter of the Year 2023
ProBox TV Fighter of the Year 2023
ProBox TV Performance of the Year 2023
The Queensberry Rules Fighter of the Year 2014
Pro Boxing Fans Fighter of the Year 2014
Pro Boxing Fans Round of the Year 2014
Pro Boxing Fans Breakout Performance of the Year 2014
Fight Hype Star in the Making 2013
Honors
The Omaha City Council declared Tuesday, March 4, 2014, as Terence Bud Crawford Day.
2× Key to the City of Omaha, Nebraska: 2014, 2025
The Shadow League Leadership Award 2015
Omaha Public Schools (OPS) Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022
University of Nebraska Omaha Spirit of the Maverick Award 2025
Crawford received a hand-stitched quilt from the Black Brown and Red Coalition, one of the highest honours from the Omaha Tribe, on October 22, 2025.
GERVONTA DAVIS ARRESTED IN MIAMI ON BATTERY, KIDNAPPING, AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT CHARGES
Gervonta Davis is in custody after a two-week manhunt. Facing kidnapping charges, the star has been stripped of his WBA title.
Gervonta Davis, who’s a three-division world champ and one of boxing’s biggest names, landed in jail Wednesday in Miami—almost two weeks after police put out a warrant for his arrest. They’re accusing him of battery, false imprisonment, and attempted kidnapping tied to an alleged domestic violence incident from last fall.
Police in Miami Gardens said they tracked Davis for several days across three counties, working with the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force. When they caught up with him in Miami’s Design District, he didn’t put up a fight. They booked him into Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Centre late Wednesday.
Cops say all this goes back to something that happened on October 27 at a strip club in Miami Gardens. The woman at the centre of the case used to date Davis and was working there as a VIP cocktail server that night. Police claim Davis confronted her inside, forced her into a back room, assaulted her, then kept her restrained before taking her outside.
In the report, police say Davis grabbed her by the hair and throat, threatened her, and led her out to the parking lot, where he finally let her go. She found coworkers, got help, and called the police. Officers say she had visible bruises on her arm.
She told investigators she met Davis back in 2022. They dated for a few months in 2025, but she broke things off about a month before the incident and had stopped talking to him.
Besides going to the police, she also filed a civil lawsuit against Davis for battery, false imprisonment, and kidnapping. Her attorney said the police investigation lines up with what she claimed in her suit.
“The investigation led to a judge signing off on the arrest warrant,” her attorney said back in January. “That matches the allegations in the lawsuit.”
Court records show her lawyers tried over and over to serve Davis with the lawsuit, but couldn’t find him for weeks.
At a press conference on January 14, Miami Gardens police called it a domestic violence case and said they were working with federal agents to track Davis down. When asked for more details Wednesday night, police said they couldn’t share anything else because the case is still active.
Last fall, Davis was in Miami training for a big fight with influencer Jake Paul, set for November at Kaseya Centre. Once the lawsuit hit the news, Davis was taken off the card, and Anthony Joshua stepped in. Davis last fought in March, when he held onto his WBA lightweight title after a controversial draw with Lamont Roach Jr in Brooklyn.
But over the weekend, WBA president Gilberto Mendoza announced they stripped Davis of the title, pointing to the legal case and his long absence from the ring. Davis has only defended the title twice in three years—most recently against Roach, which was more than ten months ago—and he doesn’t have another fight lined up.
This isn’t Davis’s first run-in with the law. He’s had several domestic violence allegations in Florida and elsewhere, though many were later dropped. In 2023, he got three years’ probation and some house arrest for a hit-and-run in Baltimore.
Right now, it’s not clear if these new Florida charges will mess with his probation in Maryland or delay any future fights. Jail and court records didn’t say when he’ll first appear in court in Miami-Dade.
Miami Gardens police say their investigation is still going and aren’t commenting further.
OFFICIAL: TYSON FURY TO FIGHT ARSLANBEK MAKHMUDOV LIVE ON NETFLIX APRIL 11
Tyson Fury is back! The "Gypsy King" ends his retirement to face Arslanbek Makhmudov on April 11 in Netflix's first live UK show.
Netflix keeps pushing deeper into the sports world, and boxing is turning out to be a real crowd-pleaser. Now, on April 11, they’re gearing up for another big night: Tyson Fury is stepping out of retirement to face Arslanbek Makhmudov. It’s not just another fight—this will be Netflix’s first-ever live event in the UK.
Fury seems pumped. “Excited to be back,” he said in a statement. “Heart’s always been and always will be in boxing. Someone go tell the king that the ace is back!” The last time he fought was back in December 2024, but you can tell he still feels right at home in the ring.
Gabe Spitzer, who handles sports at Netflix, is just as thrilled. He called Fury one of the most resilient and fascinating fighters of his generation. “His career is all about beating the odds, and there’s just something electric about watching him fight,” Spitzer said. “We can’t wait to see him back for this homecoming, and we love giving our members a front-row seat to the next chapter of the Gypsy King’s story.”
The event’s getting the royal treatment too—Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority chairman, Turki Alalshikh, is presenting, along with Sela and The Ring. Alalshikh’s name comes up a lot in combat sports these days. Saudi Arabia keeps landing some of the sport’s biggest fights, and the country even helped launch the Zuffa Boxing promotion with TKO.
“We’re happy Tyson decided to come out of retirement for what should be an exciting heavyweight clash against Makhmudov,” Alalshikh said.
Fury hasn’t fought since those back-to-back losses to Oleksandr Usyk in 2024, but his name still draws a crowd. A comeback fight in the UK—his home turf, where he hasn’t fought since 2022—only adds to the buzz.
For Netflix, Fury vs. Makhmudov is another notch in their belt. Last year, they pulled in huge numbers with several boxing shows, especially the Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua fight in December. That one alone racked up over 33 million views around the world. Clearly, Netflix is betting big on boxing, and fans seem happy to watch.