Terence Crawford
Undisputed in three divisions, never beaten as a pro.
- Born
- September 28, 1987, Omaha, Nebraska, US
- Nationality
United States- Height
- 173 cm (5′8″)
- Reach
- 188 cm (6′2″)
- Stance
- Switch
- Style
- Switch-hitting counterpuncher
- Weight
- Lightweight, Light welterweight, Welterweight, Light middleweight, Super middleweight
- Active
- 2008–2025
- Status
- Retired · age 39
The record
Professional; retired unbeaten on 16 December 2025 (Wikipedia infobox, ESPN). The WBC stripped him of its super middleweight belt on 3 December 2025 over unpaid sanctioning fees. Amateur record 58-12. As of September 2026 there was comeback talk but no fight signed (Boxing247)
The story
erence Crawford grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and started boxing at seven at the C.W. Boxing Club in North Omaha. After missing the 2008 Olympic team he turned pro that year, and in 2014 he travelled to Glasgow and outpointed Ricky Burns for the WBO lightweight title. Moving up, he knocked out Julius Indongo in 2017 to become undisputed light welterweight champion, then stopped Errol Spence Jr. in 2023 to do the same at welterweight. He won a title at 154 pounds against Israil Madrimov in 2024, then jumped to 168 and outboxed Canelo Álvarez in September 2025 in front of 70,482 fans in Las Vegas, becoming the first man of the four-belt era to be undisputed in three divisions. He retired that December at 42-0 with 31 knockouts.
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- Undisputed light welterweight champion (2017)
- Undisputed welterweight champion (2023)
- Undisputed super middleweight champion (2025)
- Major world titles in five weight classes, lightweight to super middleweight
- BWAA Sugar Ray Robinson Award (2014, 2025)
- The Ring Fighter of the Year (2025)
- ESPN Fighter of the Year (2014, 2017, 2025)
- Omaha Sports Hall of Fame (2026)
Defining fights
- 2014WINvs Ricky Burns (UD 12, won WBO lightweight title in Glasgow)
- 2017WINvs Julius Indongo (KO 3, undisputed light welterweight title)
- 2023WINvs Errol Spence Jr. (TKO 9, undisputed welterweight title)
- 2024WINvs Israil Madrimov (UD 12, WBA light middleweight title)
- 2025WINvs Canelo Álvarez (UD 12, undisputed super middleweight title)
Train both stances like Crawford: drill your jab and rear straight from orthodox and southpaw, and practise switching feet as you finish a combination so your next attack comes from a new angle. Spend the first rounds of sparring reading your partner's habits, then counter what you have seen.
