Undefeated boxing star Terence Crawford introduced his retirement from the game Tuesday.
“Strolling away as an amazing with nothing else left to show,” he mentioned in a submit on X.
Crawford reached the highest of the game earlier than leaving the ring. He received the largest combat of his profession in September when he defeated Mexican nice Canelo Alvarez to turn into the undisputed tremendous middleweight world champion.
That victory made Crawford the primary boxer in fashionable historical past to be an undisputed champion in three divisions (mild welterweight, welterweight, tremendous middleweight).
Crawford, 38, retires 42-0 all time with a formidable 31 wins by way of knockout. He received 18 main world championships throughout 5 weight courses in knowledgeable profession that started in 2008.
The native of Omaha, Neb., was the No. 1 pound-for-pound fighter in boxing on the time of his retirement.
“I am stepping away from competitors, not as a result of I am completed preventing however as a result of I’ve received a unique form of battle. The one the place you stroll away by yourself phrases,” Crawford mentioned in a YouTube video. “This is not goodbye, that is the top of 1 combat and the start of one other.”
He added: “I gave this sport each breath I had. Each scar, each triumph, each ounce of my coronary heart. I’ve made peace with what’s subsequent. And now, it is time. Thanks.”
–Subject Degree Media
