Terence Crawford has shared his ideas on the place Floyd Mayweather stands within the debate over the best of all time.
Crawford has put himself into that dialog in latest occasions, with a victory over Canelo Alvarez in September seeing ‘Bud’ grow to be undisputed super-middleweight champion, having moved up two weight divisions within the course of.
Previous to that, Crawford had additionally been undisputed at welterweight and super-lightweight, whereas additional world honours at 135lbs and 154lbs make him a five-division world champion.
One other man that was a five-division world champion was Mayweather, who dominated the game all through the 2000s and 2010s, establishing himself because the face of boxing and pound-for-pound primary.
He claimed wins over fellow legends similar to Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya and Canelo to call only a few, and Crawford has now revealed the place he believes Mayweather ranks in terms of speaking about the most effective ever.
In a spherical of quickfire questions previous to his bout with Spence, Crawford admitted that he views Mayweather as the best of this present period, however in terms of all time, he feels one other man is above him.
“The GOAT of proper now’s Floyd, however all time bought to be Sugar Ray Robinson.”
Robinson had an illustrious profession from 1940 to 1965, the place at one stage he had put collectively a file of 129-1-2 with 85 knockouts, together with a 91-fight unbeaten streak alongside the best way.
He was world welterweight champion from 1946 to 1951, plus a five-time world middleweight champion, ending with 174 wins from 201 fights, making it clear why Crawford, together with many others, view him as the best ever.








