sean porter
Bud wanted to retire for a while
…I knew it was over after Canelo!
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TMZSports.com
Terence “Bud” CrawfordHis retirement this week came as a shock to many, but no sean porter …’cause he tells tmz sports The boxing champion had been talking about hanging up the gloves “for a long time.”
In fact, Porter says Crawford started talking about the end of his boxing career just before the 2021 fight at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
“I knew once he fought Canelo [Alvarez]He felt like there was nothing left for him,” Porter said.
“This is the first time I’m saying this – I’ve never told anyone – that this is something he’s been thinking about doing for a long time, wanted to do for a long time, but he knew he had to do more.”
Porter – who retired after the 2021 fight – says boxers don’t just leave on impulse or get carried away with emotion… it’s a “calculated” decision that comes when the time is right.
When it comes to boxing’s Mount Rushmore… Porter says Crawford is up there at the top oleksandr usyk In that era of the game.
“To get it done despite all these things coming up…he did it.”
