Terence Crawford Doesn’t Think He’ll Damage His Legacy If He Never Fights Errol Spence Jr.
Terence Crawford doesn’t think he needs to fight Errol Spence Jr. before his career is up.
Crawford vs. Spence Jr. is a massive fight that many fans want to see. However, for a variety of reasons it hasn’t happened, and if it never does, Crawford doesn’t think it will negatively impact his legacy.
“Well, I think it’s a great fight for both our legacies and for boxing as a whole,” Crawford said Max Kellerman on his Max on Boxing show. “But at the same time, you know, I think, you know, a lotta people is reaching when they say it’s gonna damage my legacy. You know, I’m a three-weight world champion, I’m a former undisputed world champion. You know, I have accomplished a lot in boxing. You know, so I really don’t think it’ll damage my legacy. You know, it’ll just go down as one of the biggest fights that never happened.”
Why Crawford thinks that is due to the past and he points to Sugar Ray Leonard never fighting Aaron Pryor.
“When you look back at, you know, ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard versus Aaron Pryor,” Crawford said, “they never fought each other and, you know, both of them is still considered two of the greatest fighters that ever fought.”
Although Terence Crawford says never fighting Errol Spence Jr. won’t impact his legacy, he does hope it happens. It’s still a fight that ‘Bud’ wants and hopes it will happen in 2023.
“By no means am I not saying that it’s not important to get that fight,” Crawford said. “You know, like I been saying for years, that’s the fight that I want. That’s the fight that I been trying to secure. That’s the fight that fans wanna see. You know, but at some point, you know, all you could do is so much. I been doing all that I can to try to get that fight, and I’m still the one to be blamed for not making the fight happen. You know, so I’m gonna continue to try to, you know, get that fight done and, you know, sealed, so everybody can see who the best fighter in the world is. You know, that’s all I could do. That’s all I could do.”
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