Terence Crawford Makes Crazy Statement About Canelo After His Win

Terence Crawford made a crazy admission following his history-making victory over Canelo Alvarez.

The 37-year-old fighter became the first man in the modern era to hold three titles across three different boxing weight divisions.

Crawford claimed his 42nd win in as many fights with a points victory over Canelo in a bout which went the whole 12 rounds.

The judges scored the fight unanimously in Crawford's favour with two of the panel scoring the encounter 115-113, while the third scored the fight 116-112.

The loss was only the third in Canelo's professional career which now stands at 63 wins from 68 encounters, with two draws and all three of his defeats coming by decision.

Terence Crawford beat Canelo Alvarez on points. (Image: Getty)

Crawford did not rule up hanging up his gloves after making history to become undisputed champion across the light welterweight, welterweight and super middleweight divisions.

Speaking in the post-fight press conference, Crawford said: "I don't know, I've got to sit down with my team and we'll talk about it."

Canelo admitted he would be up for a rematch as he paid tribute to Crawford and feels his legacy will not be affected by the defeat.

Mexican fighter Canelo, 35, said: "I feel great to share the ring with great fighters like him. If we do it again then it'll be great.

Terence Crawford in the ring against Canelo Alvarez. (Image: Getty)

"My legacy is already there and I like taking risks because I love boxing."

After achieving his 42nd victory, Crawford made a surprising admission that he has been hit by harder punches that Canelo in his career.

And the fighter that Crawford named was Egidijus Kavaliauskas, whose nickname in the ring is Mean Machine, as he explained why he believed the fight against Canelo was a 'signature win' for him following being crowned the undisputed super middleweight champion.

He said: "I've been hit harder in a real fight.

"Mean Machine hit harder than Canelo to me, to be honest.

"For sure this is definitely a signature win.

"Moving up two weight classes, being the B side, fighting a guy that's been undefeated in the division, undisputed, going to take all his titles, doing everything that I said I was going to do - of course, this means a lot."

Crawford fought Lithuanian Kavaliauskas back in 2019 at Madison Square Garden with a technical knockout in the ninth round to achieve the 36th victory of his professional boxing career, as he retained the WBO welterweight title on that occasion.

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