‘Should have taken the fight’: Crawford’s cryptic tweet

Terence Crawford posted a cryptic ax comment today about an unnamed fighter that says “I should have fought” against him when they had the chance.

Bud says that the mystery fighter no longer has a chance to fight him because “It’s over now.” He seems bitter that the fighter, probably Sebastian Fundora, is not fighting.

As Crawford sounds in his tweet, he comes from above, he speaks to someone badly.

It’s like Terence is a huge superstar instead of getting an undeserved title shot against three-time 168-pound champion Canelo Alvarez.

Fans believe he is referring to WBC and WBC Junior Middleweight Champion Sebastian Fundora, who is negotiating to defend against Errol Spence. You can’t blame Fundora for taking the Spence fight because he can’t wait for Terence’s once-a-year show.

Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) needs tuning to prepare him for a title challenge against unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. The need here is Crawford, not Fundora, because he needs a busy fight to keep him sharp unless he wants to sit out a solid year before fighting Alvarez in September.

That doesn’t bode well for Crawford, with him facing Canelo. Terence has been fighting once a year since 2020, and looked like a rusty old fighter in his last contest, following a 13-month layoff against Israil Madrimov on August 3.

‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora would have been perfect for ‘Bud’ Crawford because he is vulnerable and not someone to take some chips off him, like the IBF 154lb champion. Bakhram Murtazaliev. That guy would age Crawford.

Crawford wouldn’t need Fundora if he was brave enough to move up to 168 to face a top contender. He should be fighting one of the top five super middleweights to set him up for Canelo, right? Isn’t that how it’s usually done?

If Crawford moved up and fought a contender at 168, he could lose, and that could mess up his chances of getting the Canelo fight. Turki Al-Sheikh would probably still be willing to fight Canelo-Crawford, but Canelo could veto the idea, knowing he would have even less to gain than he already has.

He will no longer get credit for fighting Crawford because he is moving up two weight divisions from 154 to 168. There is also Crawford’s age. 38 years ago in September.

That means even less credit for Canelo after winning it. So it’s understandable why Crawford wouldn’t want to risk getting his feet wet at 168 by lining up against a contender instead of vulnerable 154-pound champion Fundora.

You should have fought when you had the chance, now it’s over.

— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) January 16, 2025

lol people come to stories like fans and really think they are lying.😂😂 I love you too.

— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) January 16, 2025