Terence Crawford announces retirement from boxing
Terence Crawford retires from boxing, aged 38
History-making, three-weight undisputed champion Terence "Bud" Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) has officially announced his retirement from boxing, notifying his fans on social media on December 16, 2025: "Walking away as a great with nothing else to prove".
Terence Allan Crawford, born September 28, 1987 in Omaha, Nebraska is just 5ft 8in but grew to become one of this generation's greatest boxer by winning world titles at four different weights and becoming undisputed in three divisions.
Crawford is the only boxer in history to hold The Ring Magazine titles in four divisions, and is also one of only three fighters to become four-weight Lineal champion, along with Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.
Throughout his entire 17-year professional career, he was never once knocked down, nor has any judge ever scored any of his fights in favour of his opponents.
His streak of 11 consecutive KOs in word title fights joint third longest in history. The Ring Magazine placed him at #3 greatest pound-for-pound boxer of this century.
He began boxing at the age of seven after being kicked out of five different schools for fighting. His father was in the U.S. Navy and was rarely home, leaving his mother to raise him alone. His neighbour, Carl Washington, took him to the gym he coached at, the C.W. Boxing Club in North Omaha. He met trainer Midge Minor, who mentored him and picked him from school to ensure he trained and avoided crime in the area.
Crawford also competed in wrestling at an early age too, which can be seen in his boxing style. In 2001, he begun training with Brian "Bo Mac" McIntrye and Esau Dieguez, who remained his trainers for the next 24 years.
His last fight against Canelo Alvarez saw him jump up from super-welterweight to super-middleweight to dethrone the dominant undisputed champion unanimously in front of 41 million viewers.
The boxing legend is bowing out of the sport as a great, just as he said, with nothing left to prove.
Roll of Honour
2006 Blue & Gold National Championships gold medal
2006 Golden Gloves silver medal
2006 U.S. National PAL Championships gold medal
2006 U.S. National Championships bronze medal
2007 U.S. National Championships bronze medal
2007 U.S. Pan American Box-Offs gold medal
2007 Pan American Games Qualifier bronze medal
NABO lightweight title
WBO lightweight title
The Ring lightweight title
WBO super-lightweight title
WBC super-lightweight title
The Ring super-lightweight title
WBA Super super-lightweight title
IBF super-lightweight title
WBO welterweight title
WBA Super welterweight title
WBC welterweight title
IBF welterweight title
The Ring welterweight title
WBA super-welterweight title
WBO Interim super-welterweight title
WBA Super super-middleweight title
WBC super-middleweight title
IBF super-middleweight title
WBO super-middleweight title
The Ring super-middleweight title
Awards
Sugar Ray Robinson Award 2014
Best Fighter ESPY Award 2018
Best Boxer ESPY Award 2024
2× ESPN Fighter of the Year 2014, 2017
4× ESPN Top 100: #2 (2022), #1 (2023), #3 (2024)
BoxingScene American Boxer of the Decade (2020s) 2025
The Ring magazine Performance of the Year 2023
WBC Performance of the Year 2023
5× WBO Fighter of the Year 2016, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2025
WBO Most Promising Fighter 2015
2× WBO Fight of the Year 2014, 2023
WBO Triple Crown Award 2018
WBO Most Consistent and Durable Champion 2019
WBO Gordon Volkman Award 2015
4× WBA Boxer of the Month August 2017, July 2023, August 2024, September 2025
Nevada Boxing Hall of Fame Fighter of the Year 2018
The RING 8 Muhammad Ali International Fighter of the Year 2018
Sports Illustrated Prospect of the Year 2013
Bleacher Report Breakout Fighter of the Year 2014
Forbes Fighter of the Year 2017
Sporting News Men's Fighter of the Year 2023
Boxing News World Fighter of the Year 2023
CBS Sports Fighter of the Year 2014
HBO Fighter of the Year 2014
2× Yahoo! Sports Fighter of the Year 2017, 2023
2× Top Rank Fighter of the Year 2014, 2015
Top Rank Fight of the Year 2014
Top Rank Knockout of the Year 2014
Premier Boxing Champions Performance of the Year 2023
Metro Performance of the Year 2023
Boxing Junkie Fighter of the Year 2023
BOXRAW Knockout of the Year 2022
Boxing Insider Fighter of the Year 2023
WBN Stoppage of the Year 2023
The Sweet Science Performance of the Year 2023
Frontproof Media Fighter of the Year 2023
ProBox TV Fighter of the Year 2023
ProBox TV Performance of the Year 2023
The Queensberry Rules Fighter of the Year 2014
Pro Boxing Fans Fighter of the Year 2014
Pro Boxing Fans Round of the Year 2014
Pro Boxing Fans Breakout Performance of the Year 2014
Fight Hype Star in the Making 2013
Honours
Omaha city council declared Tuesday, March 4, 2014, as Terence "Bud" Crawford Day
2× Key to the City of Omaha, Nebraska: 2014, 2025
The Shadow League Leadership Award 2015
Omaha Public Schools (OPS) Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2022
University of Nebraska Omaha Spirit of the Maverick award 2025
On October 22, 2025, Crawford received one of the highest honours from the Omaha Tribe, a hand-stitched quilt bestowed by the Black Brown and Red Coalition
