Terence Crawford has accomplished too much to be anything but transparent at this career stage. When I spoke with him about his upcoming fight against Israil Madrimov, his friend Shakur Stevenson, and a potential rematch with Errol Spence Jr., Crawford seemed to shoot straight.
This flow continued on Monday when he sat down with the MMA Show’s Ariel Helwani and discussed some of the same topics. One of the primary topics swirling around Crawford is his next opponent following the August 3 scrap with Madrimov.
Assuming he beats Madrimov, which may be a concept too quickly assumed by the masses, there are cries for him to take on IBF champion Jaron “Boots” Ennis.
The Philadelphia native scored an explosive TKO victory over David Avanesyan earlier this month, and he and his promoter, Eddie Hearn, have been calling Crawford out for the past six months.
Crawford has never presented himself as the type of champion to duck opponents, but at 36 years old, he has made it clear he is more interested in a fight with fellow future Hall-of-Famer Canelo Alvarez than a bout with the up-and-coming Ennis.
A fight with Canelo would take place at 168 pounds, per Crawford.
“Where I’m at right now, I’m looking at the fight that makes the most sense and that’s not Boots,” Crawford said. “Canelo is going to bring way more to my legacy; way more to my bank account. At the end of the day, when boxing is done with, what will we have? I wanna have a legacy that people talk about for ages, and not only that, I want a bank account that will last for ages.”
