Terence Crawford, a five-division champion, declared his retirement from boxing on Tuesday.
The news was made just three months after Crawford fought Canelo Alvarez for the undisputed super middleweight title in September, making him the only boxer in the four-belt era to win three weight classes.
“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.”
“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.”
With a 42-0 record and 31 victories via knockout, Crawford, 38, is retiring from the sport. He was the undisputed champion of the junior welterweight division after stopping Julius Indongo in August 2017, as well as the undisputed champion of the super middleweight division after defeating Errol Spence Jr. via knockout in July 2023.
In five different weight classes—lightweight, junior welterweight, welterweight, junior middleweight, and super middleweight—Crawford has won eighteen major world titles. He retired as the top fighter in the sport pound for pound after topping ESPN’s list of the Top 100 fighters of 2025.
