Terence Crawford’s legacy was cemented and stamped after he beat Canelo Alvarez for the super middleweight title earlier this month at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

By the following Saturday, Crawford returned as a hometown hero in Omaha Nebraska and led the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team out of the tunnel ahead of their game against Michigan in a Number 168 jersey.

The celebratory festivities will continue Friday when the city hosts a well-deserved parade for Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs), one day ahead of his 38th birthday.

The five-division champion and three-weight undisputed champion (140, 147, 168 pounds) Crawford reflected on the career-defining win on 4th&1 With Cam Newton.

“It's crazy, because when I was with Top Rank, a lot of people were saying, 'He's broke, he's this and that.' I was getting paid good money. But I'm like, 'I don't have to box. I can retire. Y'all box because you want to, I box because I love it,’” said Crawford.

“For Canelo, [they were saying], 'He's just boxing because he wants a bag.' I'm like, 'Bro, I don't have to box. The bag, yeah. That's definitely tasty. But at the same time, beating Canelo is going to be worth more than the bag at the end of the day because I am going to be talked about when I am dead and gone.

“A hundred years later they are going to talk about, 'Remember that kid from Omaha, Nebraska, Bud Crawford? He went up two divisions, a matter of fact, three divisions, and beat Canelo Alvarez? My name is going to be rung and talked about when I am dead and gone, that's what legacy is all about. A lot of people don't understand that because they don't want to take the risk. I said in the buildup: big risk, big reward. And we're here now.”