Terence Crawford isn’t paying any thoughts to Ilia Topuria.
Earlier this week, Topuria got here out of nowhere to lob photographs at Crawford, claiming that ought to the 2 of them meet in a boxing match, Topuria would knock out the undefeated, two-division boxing champion in a matter of minutes. It’s a ridiculous proclamation contemplating Crawford is among the finest boxers on the planet, and Topuria has by no means competed in skilled boxing.
On the Canelo vs. Crawford media day Wednesday in Las Vegas, Crawford handled it as such.
“That dude’s drunk,” Crawford stated. “A whole lot of MMA guys, they drink lots, so he will need to have been on that alcohol that day.”
Topuria’s feedback are possible a response to Crawford declaring Cody Garbrandt the very best boxer competing in MMA, which Crawford then doubled down on at Media Day.
“There’s a number of different folks, however Cody is only one that at all times caught out to me, earlier than we had been even pals,” Crawford stated. “I checked out him and was like, ‘Man, this dude can field.’”
As an alternative of occupied with Topuria, Crawford is targeted on his combat this weekend. On Saturday, Crawford takes on Canelo Alvarez for the undisputed tremendous middleweight title. It’s one of many greatest fights in current boxing historical past, pitting two of the highest fighters of their era towards one another, and Crawford is happy concerning the prospect of that.
“I don’t suppose shedding tarnishes me or Canelo’s legacy,” Crawford stated. “I believe that Canelo is a first-ballot Corridor of Famer, and I believe that I’m a first-ballot Corridor of Famer. So whether or not win, lose, or draw, each of us are going into the Corridor of Fame, and that’s the last word objective on the finish of the day, to be named with all the good fighters that got here earlier than us, to be inducted into the Corridor of Fame for all that we’ve accomplished within the sport of boxing.”
That being stated, Crawford has each confidence he’ll go away Las Vegas on Saturday together with his third set of undisputed titles.
“I’m 1000 p.c certain, now,” Crawford stated. “You’ve received to suppose, going right into a combat, you don’t know what’s going to occur. You may get accidents, he may get accidents. There are such a lot of issues that go on in a boxing match, the judges, the ref, preparation. So that you’re not one hundred pc certain. If a fighter says I’m 1000 p.c certain, they’re mendacity, as a result of it’s important to go on the market and carry out on the finish of the day. And I’m greater than able to go on the market and carry out this Saturday.”
