“They Wasn’t Giving Me Credit” – Disheartened Terence Crawford Opens to Joe Rogan on Questions Raised at Him Almost One Month After Errol Spence Jr. Fight

Terence Crawford unified the WBO, WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, and The Ring welterweight titles after defeating Errol Spence Jr. last month. He put an end to Spence Jr.’s undefeated run while maintaining his streak intact. However, there were many questions raised regarding this credibility going into the fight. He opened up about it in a recent appearance on ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’.

Crawford showed tremendous heart and skill during his fight against Errol Spence Jr., who seemed unstoppable. He registered a remarkable 9th-round knockout to etch his name in history. However, people did not believe that he was credible enough to beat Spence Jr. before the fight. Let us take a look at what he had to say about that.

Terence Crawford felt good after proving people wrong

The 40-0 boxer recently made an appearance on the 145th episode of the ‘JRE MMA Show’. He told Joe Rogan how he was fighting Errol Spence Jr. just to get the people to approve him. However, he felt good after registering his 31st KO win last month. Terence Crawford said, “It’s a wonderful thing that I had to fight to get everybody’s approval.”

Furthermore, he mentioned that beating Errol Spence Jr. was perhaps the greatest moment of his career, and he was happy with the way he performed that night. “To finally secure the fight and perform the way that I performed, it was a great moment for me and my career,” said the unified welterweight champion. He also mentioned the things regarding which people were doubting him to overcome his opponent on July 29.

‘Bud’ mentioned how people were discrediting him

Terence Crawford opened up on how most people thought about the fact that Errol Spence Jr. was bigger and stronger than him. That was what fired up him to prove the naysayers wrong. He stated, “Only thing they kept saying [is] how he’s gonna beat me is because he’s bigger and he’s stronger. That was it.” Also, they even dismissed his technical prowess, which he showcased tremendously during the fight. “That’s [his technique] something they wasn’t giving me credit for as well,” said the 40-0 boxer.

If that wasn’t enough, the critics disregarded what he had accomplished so far in his career and even the opponents he had faced to become the WBO champion. Crawford added, “They just always try to diminish my accomplishments and… who I was fighting.” The fact that most people thought of Errol Spence Jr. being the most fundamentally sound boxer made Crawford’s victory over the former champion that much sweeter.

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Terence Crawford’s win over Errol Spence Jr. saw him become arguably the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. It has gone down in history as one of the biggest world title fights in the history of boxing. With all the titles in his grasp, fans are waiting to see what is next for ‘Bud’ Crawford. What do you think? Who should he fight next? Drop your comments below.

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