Boxing Great Terence Crawford Retires at 42–0

Multi-division champion Terence “Bud” Crawford has announced his retirement from professional boxing in a video posted to his official YouTube channel, Amos Morale III and Sarah Shephard reported for The Athletic.

Crawford, 38, retires with a perfect professional record of 42–0 and is coming off the biggest win of his career — a decision victory over pound-for-pound star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. (Photo: Terence Crawford X)

“Every fighter knows this moment will come,” Crawford said in the video. “We just never know when. … I gave this sport every breath I had, every scar, every triumph, every ounce of my heart, and I’ve made peace with what’s next. And now, it’s time. Thank you.”

Crawford, 38, retires with a perfect professional record of 42–0 and is coming off the biggest win of his career — a decision victory over pound-for-pound star Saul “Canelo” Alvarez.

The upset made Crawford the undisputed super middleweight champion at 168 pounds.

Earlier this month, the World Boxing Council (WBC) stripped Crawford of the super middleweight title for allegedly failing to pay mandatory fees. Crawford denounced the decision, accusing the WBC of demanding more money than other sanctioning bodies “because you feel like you’re better than them.”

Beyond his win over Canelo, Crawford’s résumé includes a dominant TKO victory over Errol Spence Jr., as well as stoppages of Shawn Porter, Kell Brook, and Amir Khan — among the most accomplished fighters of this era.

The Omaha, Nebraska native turned professional in 2008 and won his first world title in 2014 with a unanimous decision victory over Ricky Burns.