Bombshell- Terence Crawford Announces He’s Retiring

Unbeaten Superstar Terence Crawford, who is widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport, announced that he is retiring on Tuesday night.

The 38-year-old Crawford released a lengthy pre-prepared video through the Ring magazine which indicates he’s obviously been planning the announcement for at least a short time.

In that video the current unified super middleweight champion Crawford Begins by saying…

“Every fighter know this moment will come. We just never know when. I spent my whole life chasing something. Not belts. Not money. Not headlines. But, the feeling you get when the world doubts you. But you keep showing up. You keep proving everyone wrong. This sport gave me everything. I fought for my family. I fought for my city. I fought for the kid I used to be. The one who had nothing but a dream and a pair of gloves.  And, I did it my way.”

Terence Crawford announces retirement

Watch the full video here:

https://x.com/ringmagazine/status/1918909085316976819

Terence Crawford, 42-0, 31 KOs, was last in the ring in September, when he pulled off the biggest win of his career beating fellow future Hall of Famer Canelo Alvarez on a 12-round decision to capture the undisputed 168 lb crowns. That upset was the culmination of an over 10 year run that has seen Crawford become the only man to ever hold four belt undisputed titles in three different weight divisions. He did so at junior welterweight and then eventually, at welterweight. Then, he completed the triple in arguably the most daunting of the challenges, as he moved up two weight divisions to defeat the Mexican superstar Alvarez in front of over 65,000 people at Allegiance stadium in Las Vegas.

It is always understood that you must take boxers retirement announcements with “a grain of salt.” For example, former undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has literally announced retirement and then unretired, about five times in his career. This includes Fury having insisted throughout 2025 that he is retired only to announce that he will be fighting again in 2026.

Most famously, fighters like Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard would announce their retirements only to come back and thrill the fans with another stirring famous victory.

Terence Crawford leaves at the top

As for the Omaha native Crawford, he definitely is set financially after the mega money he made in his undisputed Welterweight title clash destroying Errol Spence over nine rounds in July of 2023. Then, he added huge windfall for the victory over Alvarez, which was believed to have made him over $30 million. That should set him financially, forever.

Then again you never know with boxers and money. There is still some belief than another monstrous event and payday could be looming to rematch Alvarez later in 2026, but then, again, what does Crawford really have to prove with that rematch?

And, Terence Crawford is doing something rarely seen, which is retiring unbeaten and untied and on top of the sport.

That is, if he stays….retired