Terence Crawford
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Terence Allan Crawford (born September 28, 1987) is an American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in three weight classes, from lightweight to welterweight, including the undisputed championship at light welterweight and welterweight. As of January 2024, he holds the World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version), World Boxing Council (WBC), and World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight titles.
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Born | Terence Allan Crawford (1987-09-28) September 28, 1987 (age 36) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
Other names | Bud | |||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Reach | 74 in (188 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Stance | Southpaw[lower-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
Wins | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
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In August 2017, Crawford had a short reign as the undisputed light welterweight champion, being the first since Kostya Tszyu in 2004, and the first in any weight class to simultaneously hold all four major world titles[lower-alpha 2] since Jermain Taylor in 2005.[2] In July 2023, he became the first male two-division undisputed champion of the four-belt era after defeating Errol Spence Jr.[3]
As of August 2023, Crawford is ranked as the world's best active boxer, pound for pound, by The Ring,[4] Boxing Writers Association of America,[5] Transnational Boxing Rankings Board,[6] ESPN,[7] and BoxRec.[8] Crawford was named Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America in 2014, and by ESPN in 2014 and 2017.