Crawford Ignores Topuria: Calls Him a “Fame Hunter” After Snub

Terence Crawford Rejects Ilia Topuria’s Challenge After His Victory

After Terence Crawford’s impressive victory over Canelo Álvarez, where he was crowned undisputed super middleweight champion, a new contender has spoken up. However, Crawford shows no interest in this new challenge. Ilia Topuria, undefeated UFC champion in two weight categories, has expressed his desire to test his skills in boxing, aiming for a fight with Crawford, the undisputed champion in three divisions. Topuria used social media last week to assert that he would knock out Crawford if they faced each other in a boxing ring. Crawford responded by calling him delusional and “drunk”. During the night of the fight, Topuria felt offended by Crawford’s entrance to the ring with the “Canción del Mariachi” from the movie “Desperado”, a song that Topuria also uses for his Octagon entrances. Crawford, 37 years old, downplayed the comparison during the post-fight press conference, but the UFC lightweight champion reacted on social media.

First he calls me a drunk, then he uses MY song. Crawford, whenever you want, I’ll teach you how to dance that mariachi in the ring. And Canelo, I’ll save you a round after him.

Ilia Topuria

Crawford not only ignored Topuria’s new attempts, but also called him a “clout chaser” and stated that “he is not at the level” of Conor McGregor.

I definitely think he’s trying to get attention. I definitely think he would get in the ring with me for the fight check. That’s what we all do it for, but at the same time, I don’t know what the f— he’s doing. I don’t know what he’s thinking. There’s nothing to talk about.

Terence Crawford

Crawford went on to say that he had never seen Topuria fight and questioned why the UFC champion didn’t express his desire to fight when they met at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas a couple of months ago.

When he saw me at the UFC, he came up to shake my hand and say hello. I didn’t even know who he was. But then I see him online talking about how he’s going to knock me out in the first round and this and that. And now this. Well, if you wanted to fight me, you had the opportunity to tell me, ‘Hey man, I want to fight you. What’s up?’ That’s fake.

Terence Crawford

Although the cross-combat fights between boxing and MMA have generated economic benefits for the participants, Crawford sees no value in a fight with “El Matador” and ruled out any comparison with the successful 2017 match between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and McGregor.

Crawford asked: “How much money would I get for fighting him? Tell me how much I’m going to get for fighting him?”.