Terence Crawford has opened up on the reasons why he fell out with Top Rank.
Bud had been a mainstay fighter on Top Rank, only to depart from the organization in 2021.
During the course of that process, Crawford had struggled to make the Errol Spence Jr. fight with Top Rank.
Instead, Bud departed to ‘cross the street’ as he finally secured the undisputed fight.
And Crawford put on an impeccable performance to stop Spence in the ninth round after having knocked him down three times.
The rest was history, as Crawford cemented his position as a pay-per-view star. But looking back, it was a move that was necessary in light of his struggles with Top Rank.
“Once you get older and once you start noticing that you’re in control of your own business, ‘Okay, so, let me see the contracts. Let me see what’s really coming in.
“Once I started asking those type of questions or learning a little bit here and there, then it became a problem between me and my old promoter [Bob Arum of Top Rank], and at that point in time, I knew it was time to go,” Crawford said
Social Media Response
Good he took his career in his own hands and is now thriving off it in a major way.
UNDISPUTED CHAMP!!! That beatdown was brutal
TERRENCE CRAWFORD 🔥🔥🔥🏅🏆😎— Robbie Cage (@RobertKSimba88) August 21, 2023
Bud the goat
— Fernando Gamboa (@fervxvdo) August 21, 2023
How bud was smart to top rank and Shakur still over here 😭😭😭😭
— Mar (@Mar38124076) August 21, 2023