“Should Have Took The Fight”: Crawford’s Cryptic Tweet

Terence Crawford posted a cryptic comment on x today about an unnamed fighter that he says “should have took the fight” against him when they had the opportunity.

Bud says the mystery fighter no longer has the chance to fight him because “Now it’s over.” He seems bitter about the fighter, likely Sebastian Fundora, not fighting him.

The way Crawford sounds in his Tweet, he’s coming from up high, talking down to someone.

It’s like Terence is a big superstar rather than someone being thrown a bone by getting an undeserved title shot against three-belt 168-lb champion Canelo Alvarez.

Fans believe he’s referring to Sebastian Fundora, the WBC and WBC junior middleweight champion, negotiating to defend against Errol Spence. You can’t blame Fundora for taking the Spence fight because he can’t wait on Terence’s once-a-year schedule.

Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) needs a tune-up to prepare him for a title challenge against unified super middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. The needy one here is Crawford, not Fundora because he needs a stay-busy fight to keep him sharp unless he wants to sit for a solid year before fighting Alvarez in September.

That ain’t good for Crawford with him going up against Canelo. Terence has been fighting once a year since 2020, and he looked like an old, rusty fighter in his last contest, coming off a 13-month layoff against Israil Madrimov on August 3rd.

‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora would have been perfect for ‘Bud’ Crawford because he’s vulnerable and not someone that would knock some chips off of him, like IBF 154-lb champion Bakhram Murtazaliev. That guy would age Crawford.

Crawford wouldn’t need Fundora if he were courageous enough to move up to 168 to take on one of the top contenders. He should be fighting a top-five guy at Super Middleweight to get him ready for Canelo, right? Isn’t that how it’s typically done?

If Crawford moved up and fought a contender at 168, he might lose, and that could mess up his chances of getting the Canelo fight. Turki Al-Sheikh would still probably be willing to put the Canelo-Crawford fight on, but Canelo might veto the idea, knowing he’d have even less to gain than he already does.

He’s already not going to receive credit for fighting Crawford because he’s moving up two weight divisions from 154 to 168. There’s also Crawford’s age. He turns 38 in September.

That means even less credit going to Canelo after he beats him. So, it’s understandable why Crawford wouldn’t want to take the risk of getting his feet wet at 168 by taking a tune-up against a contender rather than the vulnerable 154-pound champion, Fundora.

Should have took the fight when you had the chance, now it’s over with.

— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) January 16, 2025

lol people come up with they on stories as fans and really believe They lies.😂😂 I love yall too.

— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) January 16, 2025