Terence Crawford is a top pound-for-pound contender and even after fighting professionally over 35 times since 2008, ‘Bud’ remains undefeated. The boxing community’s go-to topic of discussion or debate is almost always around Canelo Alvarez enlisted above Terence Crawford in the p4p rankings.
Judging him by his flawless skills, in-ring abilities, and complete domination at lightweight, super-lightweight, and welterweight, it becomes easy to understand why fans are always debating Canelo-Crawford pound-for-pound rankings.
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Many rank Crawford as the top p4p fighter, right below Canelo Alvarez as he has still not faced welterweight champions like Errol Spence Jr., Yordenis Ugas, Radzhab Butaev, and even some other top contenders.
However, time and time again, Crawford proved the doubters wrong by defeating some of the best in the sport. As he climbs the ranks to cement his name in the sport as an all-time greatest, here’s a look into his professional career, and the people around him that push him to achieve greatness.
Terence Crawford professional career
After a 3-year-long amateur career with 25 wins and 11 losses, Terence Crawford decided to turn pro in 2008. He entered the pro-boxing domain with a mean knockout of Brian Cummings. 13 years later, he is still knocking people out and outclassing most of his opponents.
Crawford bagged his first WBO lightweight title in 2014 against Ricky Burns. He would then go on to defend twice that year and then decided to move up a weight class the next year.
So, in 2015 he also collected the WBO super lightweight title; after nearly two years, ‘Bud’ became the unified champion with 4 belts by knocking out Julius Indongo.
At this point, he had already dominated two divisions; the only thing left for him to do was to move up once again. So, he challenged Jeff Horn for his WBO welterweight title in 2018 and won by TKO.
Today, he has defended his welterweight belt over five times; he is now awaiting bigger challenges against the likes of Errol Spence for the throne.
Is Terence Crawford married?
It remains uncertain whether Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford is married or not; however, we know for sure that he has been in a long-term relationship with Alindra Person for a few years now.
Person usually stays out of the spotlight but she is reportedly a native of Omaha and that she went to a ‘Burbank High School’.
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Does Terence Crawford have kids?
Terence Crawford and Alindra Person share six kids together. Pictures on Alindra’s Instagram feed show that they have three sons and three daughters.
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He has three sons – Terence Crawford Jr, T. Bud Crawford, and Tyrese Crawford; they also have 3 daughters – Miya Crawford, Lay Lay Crawford, and Trinity Michele Crawford, who was born in December 2020.