Terence Crawford thinks UFC fans support their own better than boxing.
In a discussion with former UFC champions Kamaru Usman and Henry Cejudo, super welterweight boxing champion Crawford agreed that the best fight the best more often in the UFC than they do in boxing.
He also argued that beloved UFC superstars don’t get as much heat when they lose as boxers do. He explained how undefeated Floyd Mayweather set the bar so high in boxing.
“UFC do have a good way of putting on the best fights at the right time,” Crawford said on the “Pound 4 Pound” podcast. “Not only that, one thing that I love about the UFC is that a guy can lose and still be supported. Nowadays in boxing, Floyd made it to where you lose and they’re kicking you to the curb and saying you’re a bum, you’re this, you’re that.
“He left with an unblemished record, and he set the bar high. So, now everybody is trying to protect the 0 because you get one loss, now you’ve got to go way to the back of the bus. Now it’s like, dang – your shine is off now because of the fans and the media and how they go around.”
With the help of of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority, Turki Alalshikh, it appears Crawford may get his highly anticipated matchup with the Ring, WBO, WBA and WBC super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. But first, Alvarez takes on undefeated IBF champ William Scull on May 3 (May 4 locally) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
