“Should have taken the fight”: Crawford’s cryptic tweet.

Terence Crawford made a cryptic comment on an unnamed fighter on x today, he said. “He had to fight.” On him when you get the chance.

Bud says that the mysterious warrior doesn’t have a chance to fight him anymore because “it’s over now.” He seems bitter about his fighter, probably Sebastian Fundora, for not fighting him. Crawford could have fought Fundora, but he didn’t.

Fans believe he is referring to Fundora, the WBC and WBC junior middleweight champion who is in talks to fight Errol Spence.

Crawford (41-0, 31 KOs) It needs adjustment To prepare for a title fight against unified middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez. The needy one here is Crawford, not Fundora, because unless he wants to sit out a solid year before his split with Alvarez in September, he’ll need a big fight to propel him.

If Crawford is serious about wanting to win, this will be a tougher fight than his last fight with Israel Madrimov. A 13-month layoff won’t beat Canelo like he did with Madrymov.

‘The Towering Inferno’ Fundora was too good for ‘Bud’ Crawford because he’s vulnerable, not someone who can beat him like the IBF 154-lb champion. Bakhram Murtazaliev.

If Crawford had the guts to move up to 168 to beat one of his top contenders, he wouldn’t need Fundora. He has to fight a top-five guy at super middleweight to be ready for Canelo, right? Isn’t that how it’s usually done?

If Crawford steps up and fights his opponent at 168, he could lose, and that would ruin his chances of a fight with Canelo. Turki Al Sheik may still be willing to take on a Canelo-Crawford fight, but he may resist the idea knowing that he will make less money than Canelo.

He won’t take credit for fighting Crawford as he moves up two weight classes from 154 to 168. There’s also Crawford’s age. He turns 38 in September.

That means less credit goes to Canelo after beating him. So, it’s understandable why Crawford wouldn’t want to get his feet wet by setting the tone against a contender at 168 rather than Fundora, a vulnerable 154-pound champion.

You should have taken the fight when you had the chance, now it’s over.

— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) January 16, 2025

lol People come up with stories like their fans and they really believe they are lying.😂😂 I love it too.

— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) January 16, 2025