By Anderson Ojwang
Terence Crawford is the G.O.AT (Greatest of All Time) of boxing. The history maker. The king of the ring. The world undisputed champion.
Today, he claimed another milestone by upsetting Canelo Alvarez in a 12 round by unanimous win to become the undisputed super-middle weight champion.
Crawford becomes the first male boxer to win the three -weight undisputed champion.
Ahead of the fight, Crawford wrote in his X handle “Let’s make history. I don’t just fight for titles; I fight to build a legacy. Every rep, every choice, every moment counts. With @Experian_US in my corner, I’m focused on the future.”
And indeed, he made a legacy and didn’t not only go for the title, but he is also the G.O.A.T of boxing.
In Les Vegas, USA, the scorecard read 115-113,115-113 and 116-112, with pundits terming him as the greatest of all seasons.
Canelo wrote in his X handle before the match “Face-off for history.”
Crawford said during the interview that he was happy to disapprove those who doubted and thanked God for his victory.
“I feel great. I am blessed by God. I am happy all of us we can proudly go back to our families. A lot of people didn’t believe in me. They said I have no personality and tonight all these questions were answered.
I have scored wins against big guys. I am happy that I have beaten the top of the tops, Canelo is all time great. When I look around and I am happy that I beat Canelo, I am the best fighter in the world.
I asked to fight Canelo, but I was told I need a couple of fights, but I knew I would beat him. My manager told me, go for Canelo, you can beat him and tonight, I just did that,” he said during an interview.
Crawford has held multiple world championships in five weight classes, from lightweight to middle weight including the undisputed championship at light weight, and super weight.
In the “four-belt era”, he is the first male boxer in history to capture the undisputed championship in two and three divisions, and the first to achieve that status at both light welterweight and welterweight.
He has held the undisputed super middleweight title since September 2025.
In 2014, Crawford traveled overseas to fight Ricky Burns and won his first world championship, the WBO lightweight title.
After two successful defenses, he moved up to light welterweight in 2015 and defeated Thomas Dulorme for the vacant WBO light welterweight title.
In 2017, Crawford had a short reign as the undisputed light welterweight champion, being the first since Kostya Tszyu in 2004, and the first in any weight class to simultaneously hold all four major world titles since Jermain Taylor in 2005.
In 2023, he defeated Errol Spence Jr to become the undisputed welterweight champion, the first since Zab Judah in 2006.
In 2024, he moved up to light middleweight and defeated Israil Madrimov Israil to become a quadruple champion.
Crawford was named Fighter of the year by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) in 2014, and by ESPN in 2014 and 2017.
He’s also received the Best Fighter/Boxer ESPY Award in 2018 and 2024. Consistently ranked among the top boxers of the 2010s and 2020s.
Crawford was recognized as the world’s top pound-for pound boxer by the BWAA from October 2017 to May 2018, again in June 2022, and by The Ring magazine from July 2023 to May 2024.
