"Terence Crawford made a big, bold splash in becoming a boxing world champion for the first time. He dethroned lightweight titlist Ricky Burns in March 2014 in the Scotsman's backyard, walking into a hornet's nest to the sound of ear-splitting singing and hand clapping in Glasgow to dominate the hometown hero. As an unfazed 26-year-old, Crawford appeared to have a long, glorious future ahead of him with the WBO 135-pound title."
"Barely a year and just two title defenses later, though, Crawford was gone from the lightweight division. He moved up five pounds and immediately made his impact felt by the junior welterweights -- or at least the one in the ring with him in April 2015, fighting for the championship. Thomas Dulome hit the canvas three times on the way to a sixth-round TKO that earned Crawford the vacant WBO 140-pound title."
"He has been a pound-for-pound elite ever since the Burns fight, with all 18 of his bouts since then having had at least one title on the line, including a 2017 knockout of Julius Indongo that made Crawford the undisputed junior welterweight champion. In July 2023 Crawford was in one of the biggest fights boxing had to offer. He was a slim betting favorite in a showdown with fellow welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr., but Crawford turned it into a one-sided showcase."
Terence Crawford captured the WBO lightweight title by defeating Ricky Burns in Glasgow in March 2014. About a year later he moved up to junior welterweight and stopped Thomas Dulome in April 2015 to win the vacant WBO 140-pound title. Crawford maintained elite pound-for-pound standing, with 18 subsequent fights featuring at least one title. A 2017 knockout of Julius Indongo made him undisputed junior welterweight champion. In July 2023 he knocked down Errol Spence Jr. three times and stopped him in nine rounds to become undisputed welterweight champion and the first fighter to hold four belts at two weights.
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