Terence Crawford Rejects Ilia Topuria Challenge
After Terence Crawford’s impressive victory, who was crowned undisputed super-middleweight champion, a new challenger has spoken up. However, Crawford shows no interest in this challenge. Ilia Topuria, undefeated champion in two UFC divisions, has expressed his desire to try his hand at boxing and is now seeking a fight against the undisputed boxing champion in three divisions. Topuria used social media to suggest he would knock out Crawford if they faced each other in the 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 song “Canción del Mariachi” from the movie Desperado, a theme that Topuria also uses for his cage entrances. Crawford downplayed the comparison in the press conference after the fight, but the UFC lightweight champion responded on social media.Crawford not only ignored Topuria’s recent comments, but also called him a “clickbaiter” and stated that he is not at Conor McGregor’s level.First he calls me a drunk, then he comes in with 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 also mentioned that he has never seen Topuria fight and questioned why the UFC champion did not express his desire to fight when they met at the UFC Performance Institute in Las Vegas a few months ago.I definitely think he’s looking for attention. I 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 hell he’s doing. I don’t know what he’s thinking. There’s nothing to talk about.
Terence Crawford
Although 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 dismissed any comparison to the 2017 matchup 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 earn for fighting him?”. Crawford went on to say: “He’s not even close to Conor McGregor’s level. Let’s be real. Period. Don’t even compare him to Conor… Like I said, I don’t know this guy. I’ve never seen this guy fight, and I watch a lot of MMA. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe he’s a good fighter. I don’t know. But honestly, I’ve never seen this guy fight. And I’ve seen Conor McGregor fight many times… Never try to say they’re on the same level.”When he saw me in the UFC, he came 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
