Brian ‘BoMac’ McIntyre has issued a firm warning, urging one of the sport’s reigning world champions to avoid calling out Terence Crawford.
According to the esteemed trainer, ‘Bud’ is happily retired after having cemented his greatness by becoming a three-division undisputed champion against Canelo Alvarez.
As the naturally smaller man, he was widely considered to be a pre-fight underdog, yet Crawford nonetheless scored a unanimous decision victory in his first outing at 168lbs.
The American then announced his exit from the sport last December, only to be repeatedly called out by active fighters such as Jaron Ennis and Ryan Garcia.
‘Boots’, in fairness, has long been vocal about wanting a showdown with Crawford, essentially since he became the IBF mandatory challenger at welterweight in 2023.
Since then, he has become a two-division unified champion at 154lbs, while Garcia only claimed his WBC world welterweight title by dethroning Mario Barrios in February.
Nevertheless, the 28-year-old feels as though he deserves a clash with Crawford, who has denied any talk of him plotting a comeback.
Even the 38-year-old’s former trainer, BoMac, has told Fight Hub TV that Bud will never return unless he feels the urge to dish out a beating against someone like Garcia.
“Ryan, stop. I don’t care if Crawford got one hand – you cannot touch him, so leave him alone. Let the man be happy in retirement before you wake a giant up. [He would] whoop your ass.”
While having set his sights on an unlikely encounter with Crawford, Garcia must remain focused on retaining his title against Conor Benn on September 12.
