Terence Crawford has established himself as a pound-for-pound legend and Amir Khan has predicted how a fight between ‘Bud’ and Floyd Mayweather would have played out.
Khan chased a showdown with Floyd Mayweather throughout his professional career but to no avail, although he did share the ring with Crawford back in 2019, where he lost via sixth-round stoppage.
The Bolton fan-favourite would then later head to the same gym as ‘Bud’, as he partnered up with trainer Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre in late 2021, ahead of a long-awaited clash with Kell Brook the following year.
In an interview with Seconds Out, Khan recalled the times he used to watch Crawford train, in awe of his talents, before going on to reveal his belief that the Omaha-born sensation would have been able to put an end to Mayweather’s legendary 50-fight undefeated record.
“I used to sit there and just watch him train when I was at the gym with him. I used to see the way he moved, like water, so fluid, so calm and relaxed but still getting in the work.
“When I used to see him spar, I was like, ‘wow, this guy is special’. The only fight that I would’ve want to see him in was [against] Floyd Mayweather.
“Him [Crawford] and Floyd Mayweather – what a fight that would have been. I would have Crawford beating Mayweather, honestly speaking. Crawford’s IQ is just something else.”
This year, ‘Bud’ became the first three-division undisputed champion of the four-belt era by dethroning super-middleweight icon Canelo Alvarez.
Now, recent reports suggest that the 38-year-old will move down to the middleweight division, in the hopes of conquering yet another weight-class.
