Terence Crawford arguably turned the face of boxing when he beat Canelo Alvarez to turn into the undisputed tremendous middleweight champion. Heading into this battle, Crawford was surrounded by the air of retirement, however Ilia Topuria is pushing to stop that from occurring.
The UFC light-weight champion shortly turned one of the crucial distinguished figures in trendy blended martial arts when he scored sickening knockouts over three fan favorites in back-to-back wins. His finishes of Alexander Volkanovski, Max Holloway, and Charles Oliveira had been sufficient to propel him to superstardom within the UFC, however for his future, he has his sights set on one thing aside from the octagon.
For a few weeks, Ilia Topuria and Terence Crawford have been in a confrontation on social media. Topuria vowed to knock the boxer out within the first contact, with Crawford teasing the UFC standout through the use of his walkout music on Saturday evening.Â
In accordance with ‘Bud,’ he had no thought who Topuria was till lately.
“When he noticed me on the UFC and got here as much as shake my hand and stated what’s as much as me… I did not even know who he was,” Crawford stated. “Then I see him on-line speaking about how he’ll knock me out within the first spherical.”
“That is pretend. I am not gonna go disguise behind the keyboard. I undoubtedly suppose he is making an attempt to clout chase… He isn’t nowhere close to on the extent of Conor McGregor, let’s be actual. Cease it.”
“Do not ever evaluate him to Conor. Like I stated, I do not know this man. I’ve by no means seen this man battle.”
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As soon as once more vowing to knock him out, Ilia Topuria despatched his response to Terence Crawford’s feedback.
“You say you are an MMA fan, however you do not even know who I’m? Fascinating,” Topuria responded. “The primary time we met, you informed me, ‘Good luck this week together with your battle.’ Your reminiscence fails you… And shortly your chin will too.”
“I will signify the whole MMA neighborhood. Pound-for-pound #1 in actual fights vs. the pound-for-pound boxer.”
You say you’re an MMA fan however you don’t even know who I’m… attention-grabbing. The primary time we met you informed me ‘good luck this week together with your battle.’ Your reminiscence fails you… and shortly your chin will too.I’ll signify the whole MMA neighborhood. Pound-for-pound #1 in actual fights vs… https://t.co/eM08eo3pBu
— Ilia Topuria (@Topuriailia) September 16, 2025
