Terence Crawford should still have some fight left in him.
That’s if you ask UFC and Zuffa Boxing frontman Dana White.
The 38-year-old Crawford announced his retirement last month with a carefully crafted, five-minute montage and followed it with a retirement party for family and friends this past weekend. Crawford left boxing with a perfect record of 42-0 and as the pound-for-pound king of the sport after
beating Canelo Alvarez by unanimous decision in September to become the undisputed super middleweight champion.
“One hundred percent [Crawford is an all-time great],” White told TMZ. “He decided to retire. I think he should be out there fighting everybody. After seeing the masterpiece he put on that night [against Alvarez], he’s so good and talented. I actually like him. He’s a great guy.”
White is in the process of promoting his inaugural Zuffa Boxing show,
scheduled for Friday night at Meta Apex in Las Vegas. He’s bullish on building momentum to get Crawford’s attention for a comeback bout later this year.
“We’ll put on some fights here [with Zuffa Boxing], see how things progress and play out with the stuff that I am working on right now,” White said. “And I might give him a call in the next six to seven months.”
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