It’s been a long road for “Bud.”
Terence Crawford will look to make boxing history this Sat. night (Sept. 13, 2025) when he takes on Canelo Alvarez for the undisputed Super Middleweight championship inside Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada. A win would make Crawford the first three-division undisputed champion of the four-belt era, cementing his name among the sport’s immortals.
But this super fight
didn’t come easy. It’s been years in the making, built on blood, sweat, frustration — and, most of all, patience.
Despite being one of the pound-for-pound best for more than a decade, Crawford rarely got the spotlight or mega-paydays afforded to flashier names like Ryan Garcia or Gervonta “Tank” Davis. Instead, the Nebraska native quietly piled up titles and undefeated dominance, often without the recognition his skill set deserved.
“It’s definitely been frustrating when you’re putting your all into something and you see people do half of what you do but get the business opportunities, and their name gets called,” Crawford told talkSPORT Boxing. “You’re sitting on the sidelines like, ‘Man.’ It’s not a good feeling because you know where you belong.”
Still, Crawford never wavered.
“When your name finally gets called and you show the world — I’ve been here,” Crawford added. “It’s disappointing at times, because if they had called me five, six years ago, I could’ve been farther in my career. But I’m a firm believer that everything happens for a reason, and whatever God’s plan was, it has led me here.”
Now 37, Crawford is aware of the lost years and missed chances. The question lingers: how much bigger could his star have shined if boxing had embraced him sooner?
But this weekend, none of that will matter. If “Bud” topples Canelo under the bright lights of “Sin City”, he won’t just rewrite history — he’ll finally hold the entire boxing world in the palm of his hand.
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