65 Facts About Terence Crawford

Terence Allan Crawford was born on September 28,1987 and is an American professional boxer.

Terence Crawford has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the WBO welterweight title since 2018.

Terence Crawford was the first undisputed champion at light welterweight since Kostya Tszyu in 2004.

Terence Crawford became the first male boxer to simultaneously hold all four major world titles in boxing since Jermain Taylor in 2005, and as of December 2022 is one of only nine male boxers in history to do so.

Terence Crawford is ranked as the world's best active welterweight by ESPN and BoxRec, and second by The Ring and the TBRB.

Terence Crawford was named Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America in 2014, and by ESPN in 2014 and 2017.

Stylistically, Terence Crawford is known for his exceptionally fast hand speed, ring IQ, punching power, counter-punching abilities and defensive skills, as well as his ability to comfortably switch hit from orthodox to southpaw.

Terence Crawford fought 70 official amateur bouts, losing 12 times.

Terence Crawford made his professional debut on March 14,2008, knocking out Brian Cummings in the first round.

Terence Crawford was originally supposed to meet Robert Osiobe on the same card, but accepted the offer to fill in for Allakhverdiev on three-days notice.

Terence Crawford received a purse of $125,000, whilst Prescott received $50,000.

Terence Crawford traveled to Scotland five months later to take on 30 year old Ricky Burns for the WBO lightweight title on March 1,2014.

Terence Crawford won the fight, boxing well on the outside and picking his shots against Burns, winning his first world title.

Terence Crawford weighed in 134.8 pounds, slightly heavier than Gamboa at 134.4 pounds.

Gamboa won the early rounds using his speed advantage, but Terence Crawford eventually adjusted, knocking Gamboa down once in the fifth round, again in the eighth, and finally twice in the ninth to secure a TKO win in front of an audience of 10,943.

Terence Crawford retained his world title earning a twelve-round UD win.

Terence Crawford was named the 2014 'Fighter of the Year' by ESPN and the Boxing Writers Association of America, after dethroning Burns and becoming lineal lightweight champion.

Terence Crawford knocked Jean out in the tenth round in front of an audience of 11,020.

Terence Crawford's next fight took place before a sellout crowd of 5,092 at the Theater of Madison Square Garden on February 27,2016 against Hank Lundy.

Terence Crawford successfully defended his light welterweight title with a fifth-round TKO of Lundy.

Terence Crawford connected with 89 of 247 punches, compared to 47 of 411 for Lundy.

Terence Crawford beat the count, but the bout was stopped by referee Steve Willis at 2 minutes, 9 seconds.

Terence Crawford won by UD and unified two light welterweight world titles before a crowd of 7,027.

Over twelve rounds, Terence Crawford landed 141 of his 388 punches thrown, and Postol landed 83 of 244 thrown.

Terence Crawford is one of the best fighters in the world.

Terence Crawford was not due to fight next until 2017, however due to the Golovkin-Jacobs fight being postponed to early 2017, this freed up the December 10 date for HBO.

Arum confirmed Terence Crawford would take the date and look at potential opponents, including the then IBF champion Eduard Troyanovsky and Antonio Orozco.

Terence Crawford held onto his titles, stopping Molina in the eighth round in front of a large home crowd in Omaha.

Terence Crawford moved around the ring for most of the fight, jabbing, holding and pot-shotting Molina.

Terence Crawford went on to explain how Orozco's promoters seemed to have little interest in the fight.

In front of a crowd of 8,026, Terence Crawford retained his world titles after Diaz's trainer, Joel Diaz stopped the fight after round ten.

Terence Crawford used his jab for most of the fight, and used it to control the pace and help him move around the ring in his southpaw stance.

Terence Crawford entered the fight as a heavy favourite to win.

In front of a home crowd of 12,121, Terence Crawford became the undisputed champion at light welterweight after knocking out Indongo in round three.

Terence Crawford stated that he had yet to make a decision on the next step in his career but there was speculation about him moving up to the welterweight division or defending his light welterweight titles against Mikey Garcia.

Article C18 of the WBA's rules stated that as Terence Crawford holds all major titles at light welterweight, he could be elevated and deemed a 'Super' champion.

On October 26,2017 Terence Crawford officially vacated his WBO title to move up to the welterweight division.

On January 10,2018 it was confirmed that all terms had been agreed upon for Horn to defend the WBO title in a mandatory defence against Terence Crawford, after renegotiating the purses.

Terence Crawford became a three-weight world champion in front of 8,112 fans in attendance after he eventually stopped Horn via TKO in round nine.

At the time of the stoppage, all three judges had Terence Crawford winning all the previous rounds.

Horn made the opening two rounds the most competitive with his aggressive style but Terence Crawford adapted and remained the busier fighter throughout, landing the most telling shots of the bout.

Terence Crawford earned a career-high $3 million purse and Horn earned a career-high purse of $1.75 million.

In front of 13,323 in attendance, the largest crowd he had drawn to date, Terence Crawford came on strong in the final round to score a twelfth-round KO win to retain his WBO welterweight title.

Terence Crawford used an in-and-out style of fighting to land his shots and then got away before Benavidez could hit him.

Towards the end of round twelve, Terence Crawford knocked down Benavidez, who fought with an injured knee, with a left-right combination, the final punch being a right uppercut.

Terence Crawford landed head and body combinations earlier in the fight which forced Benavidez to take a step back.

Terence Crawford earned $3.625 million, his career-highest, compared to Benavidez's $500,000 purse.

Terence Crawford stated the fight with Kell Brook, who he was in negotiations with over a big domestic showdown, could still take place at a later date.

On January 4,2019 with no opponent announced, Terence Crawford's scheduled return to the ring was pushed back to April 20,2019.

Terence Crawford knocked down Khan 2 minutes into the first round with a sharp right hand followed by a left hook and came close to a second knockdown, with Khan seemingly being saved by the bell.

At the post-fight press conference, Terence Crawford accused Khan of "quitting" in the fight, which Khan denied.

Early in the fight, Terence Crawford appeared to have been knocked down, however it was not ruled a knockdown.

Terence Crawford entered the fight as a significant favorite, with most odds-makers having him as a -1439 favorite.

Terence Crawford won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout, stopping the former IBF titlist at the 1:14 minute mark.

Terence Crawford out-landed Brook 36 to 26 in total punches landed, and 20 to 12 in power punches landed.

On fight night, Terence Crawford showcased his switch-hitting ability, fighting in both the orthodox and southpaw stances.

Terence Crawford scored another knockdown shortly after, prompting Porter's corner to throw in the towel, handing Terence Crawford a tenth-round technical knockout victory.

Terence Crawford out-landed Porter in punches with 98 strikes to 79, although Porter had landed more power punches.

On October 21,2022, Terence Crawford was announced to make the sixth defense of his WBO welterweight championship against top contender David Avanesyan on December 10,2022, at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska, that will headline a BLK Prime Boxing PPV.

Terence Crawford stopped Avanesyan with a right hand to the jaw, winning in the 6th round.

On February 27,2023, Terence Crawford was ordered by the WBO to make a mandatory title defense against the once-defeated Alexis Rocha.

Terence Crawford had made a partial payment but refused to pay the remainder after he wasn't satisfied with the work being done and the amount being charged.

Terence Crawford started to lower the car himself, damaging the hydraulic lift.

At the hearing, Terence Crawford was sentenced to 90 days in jail, but would be serving 53 days.

Terence Crawford was incarcerated for only 8 hours, before being released after his attorney posted a $10,000 bond.