It’s a rarity when a fighter walks away from the sport at its pinnacle, more so incredible when you list the achievements throughout that time, but on Tuesday that’s exactly what
Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford decided to do: walk away from the sport knowing he had
achieved what he set out to do since a young boy in the gyms of Omaha, Nebraska.

“Walking away as a great with nothing else left to prove, I’m stepping away from
competition, not because I’m done fighting but because I’ve won a different kind of
battle. The one where you walk away on your own terms,” Crawford said on his YouTube
channel. “This isn’t goodbye, this is the end of one fight and the beginning of another.”

He added: “I gave this sport every breath I had. Every scar, every triumph, every ounce of
my heart. I’ve made peace with what’s next. And now, it’s time. Thank you.”

Crawford retires with an unblemished 42-0 record whilst being undisputed at supermiddleweight, welterweight, and light-welterweight.

“I spent my whole life chasing something,” Crawford said. “Not belts, not money, not
headlines. But that feeling, the one you get when the world doubts you and you keep
showing up and you keep proving everyone wrong