Tyson Fury and Terence Crawford are two of boxing’s biggest names right now, with both men holding undefeated records and numerous world titles.

Fury has been part of some of the sport’s best fights over the past two decades, namely his trilogy with Deontay Wilder, whilst Crawford recently rose to super-stardom with a career-defining performance win over Errol Spence Jr.

There has been a debate surrounding the world’s No.1 pound-for-pound boxer for several years, but following Terence Crawford’s KO win over Spence Jr., many felt ‘Bud’ established himself atop the list.

However, Tyson Fury’s skillset cannot be denied, and deciding who the sport’s P4P king is between ‘The Gypsy King’ and Terence Crawford is a tough task.

But former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson, in attendance for Fury’s clash with Francis Ngannou this weekend, emphatically shared his pick for the P4P No.1 boxer on the planet.

Tyson was recently interviewed by Fight Hub TV, where he was asked to choose between Fury and Crawford. He said this:

Terence Crawford is one of the greatest modern-day boxers to grace the squared circle. After ‘Bud’ Crawford dismantled his last opponent, Errol Spence Jr., in the ring, he became the first male boxer to hold all major titles in two different weight classes. However, he is not the only boxer rising through the ranks at the speed of light. Recently, ‘Bud’ penned a special message to Shakur Stevenson, another notable name in the boxing scene.

Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson became the center of attention

Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford wrote, “What’s understood doesn’t need to be explained,” directing the message to Shakur Stevenson alongside a couple of pictures. Since the post went live on Instagram, it has collected over 46K likes and more than 550 comments. If those numbers don’t portray the love and respect fans have for the duo, the comments on the post should.

One user confidently predicted Crawford would defeat Canelo Alvarez and Shakur would Gervonta Davis if these fighters ever faced each other. “Shakur beats Tank, and Crawford beats Canelo. I said what I said,” wrote the user. It’s worth mentioning that Shakur and Crawford have shown interest in fighting Davis and Canelo, respectively, but nothing has materialized.

Another user boldly proclaimed that Crawford and Shakur stand out because they are the most authentic and unrelenting boxers. The user commented, “2 of the baddest and realest!” Interestingly, both fighters have achieved unparalleled accolades in their respective weight divisions.

Someone else confessed his desire to train alongside Terence someday. “I wish I could train with you one day,” commented the user. It’s worth mentioning that Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson have sparred each other in the past. Shakur even took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce that to his followers.

While most comments on the post were praising the duo, this user turned out to be a Davis fan. The user confidently declared that Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis would defeat Crawford and Shakur effortlessly. “Tank sleeps both of them easy,” the user commented.

The next user asserted that most boxers try to avoid fighting Terence and Shakur so as not to suffer a defeat at their hands. “2 Of The Most Ducked Fighters In Boxing History,” one user commented.

Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson are unquestionably among the best in the world right now. Moreover, the responses from the boxing world suggest the dominant impact the boxers have had. But the burning question is – what did you think about Crawford’s message to Shakur?

Ever since defeating Errol Spence Jr. in dominant fashion a couple of weeks ago, Terence “Bud” Crawford has called out just about every top fighter within 20 or so pounds of his weight class.

He has floated the possibility of fighting Canelo Alvarez at a catchweight. He even jawed with Jermell Charlo during the Spence fight. Now, it appears he has Gervonta “Tank” Davis squarely in his sights.

Speaking on the Earn Your Leisure podcast, Crawford responded to a comment calling Davis a “champion”

Crawford is technically right: Devin Haney has all of the lightweight titles at this moment in time.

Finding the right weight

In order to set up a fight between Crawford and Davis, “Tank” would have to move up substantially in weight. Crawford has already mentioned he would only stay at 147 pounds for a fight with Davis.

That means Davis would need to gain and train with 12 pounds of extra weight. Davis’ heaviest weight in a fight has been 140, but he only did that once. It would be a big ask from Davis, one he most likely wouldn’t be willing to accept.

Crawford has fought at 147 for the past six years and seems unwilling to drop down again. But if the money is right, anything is possible.

Former world champion Antonio Tarver believes Terence Crawford would do better than Jermell Charlo in a potential showdown with Mexican superstar Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.

Last month, Charlo – who was the undisputed champion at 154 – moved up by two full weight divisions to challenge Canelo for the undisputed crown at super middleweight.

Canelo dominated the action from start to finish, winning a lopsided twelve round unanimous decision.

Crawford, the undisputed champion at welterweight, has expressed interest in moving up by three weight classes to challenge Canelo.

Tarver expects Crawford to be more competitive than Charlo if he steps in the ring with Canelo.

“[Canelo] showed that anyone moving up will have a problem and I thought early on Crawford would be the type of guy with his offensive weaponry. I’m not sure though moving up with that much weight would impact Crawford the same way [as it did Charlo]. He would be stronger, more powerful, and I think being in the ring with a guy like that will make you fight more different,” Tarver told Betway.

“It would be a lot more heated than the Charlo fight because Terence Crawford is one of those guys who means what he says. He isn’t there tapping, he’s standing on everything he says, and you have to respect fighters like that. I believe he would definitely have to get used to and adjusted to the natural strength and power of Canelo and that’s always the X Factor – power.”

While some observers believe Canelo is now on the downslide of his career, Tarver disagrees.

“No because activity is the best thing for fighter. Canelo’s going to get two or three fights per year and he’s fighting guys coming off 15 month lay-off, they’re never going to be on top of their game. If there’s anything I’d like to see is these PBC fighters getting a lot more active, they need repetition and get in there and put everything on the line that’s how you stay sharp,” Tarver said.

“Back in my career, I slowed down in the last two or three years of my career. I was begging for fights trying to stay active but the nature of the business doesn’t allow you to. If I could urge any promoter coming into the game, get your fighters active, it has to be said with those fighters coming in with their long layoffs, their backs are against the wall already. They’re coming into fights unprepared because they just haven’t been active enough. If you fight in a major fight, you shouldn’t have a six or seven month layoff going into that fight, no, and some of those guys are coming more than a year where they haven’t competed at the highest level so if you don’t use what you’ve got, you lose what got.”

Terence Crawford isn’t willing to listen to any slander over his record from Canelo Alvarez, calling the Mexican fighter “delusional” after some recent comments.

The two have been involved in some back and forth with news that Bud is willing to move up three weight classes in order to face the Mexican star.

Crawford recently became the undisputed welterweight champion after a dominant win over Errol Spence Jr. Since then he’s made it clear he wants to fight Alvarez, which was initially dismissed by the Mexican.

However, Alvarez, who will defend his four super-middleweight belts against Jermell Charlo in September, has changed his mind is now open to a fight.

“Crawford is a great fighter,” Alvarez told TMZ Sports. “You never know in boxing, we’ll see in the future. Right now I’m 100 per cent focused on Jermell Charlo, but we’ll see in the future. If it makes sense, why not?”

Crawford hits back at Alvarez

Although Alvarez is open to fighting in the ring, he did take a shot at Crawford’s record.

“Like I always said, I respect Crawford,” he said. “He’s a very talented fighter, but he just won one big fight.

“If you see his record, he’s just beaten one good fighter. Other than that, I don’t think he’s beaten other great fighters.”

Those comments didn’t sit well with Crawford, who made his feelings known on social media.

“Here we go with the I haven’t fought nobody but Spence talk,” he posted.

“Lol y’all so delusional it’s crazy.”

Other career highlights for Crawford include being the first man to stop Shawn Porter, while he also won the undisputed super-lightweight world titles after defeating Julius Indongo in 2017.