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Crawford reached the peak of his stardom last month by beating the sport’s biggest star, Canelo Alvarez, via unanimous decision on Netflix. Jones believes Crawford should learn a lesson from his career and hang up his gloves now. Jones cited his trilogy loss against Antonio Tarver as a prime example of this logic. While Jones earned a controversial split decision against Tarver in their first meeting, he was brutally knocked out in the rematch and dropped a decision in the rubber match. Jones suggests that, unlike himself, Crawford should retire instead of looking for a rematch against Alvarez. If not, Jones believes fighting Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight champion Topuria is the next best thing for “Bud.”
Jones Jr.: Retirement the Best Thing for Crawford
“I think Crawford will retire. If he retires next, it’d be the best thing,” Jones Jr. told TitanPlay. “Had I retired after I beat Antonio Tarver the first time, we wouldn’t be having conversations about the greatest of all time. And we still shouldn’t, because facts are facts. But if Crawford does anything more, he should fight Ilia Topuria. He deserves the reward at this time. Look how long he waited before he got the attention he has now. He deserves one more of those. If anything, that’s what he should do.”
Topuria and Crawford have already traded barbs. Leading up to Crawford’s title win over Canelo, Topuria said he would knock out the undefeated Omaha native the first time he touched him. However, Crawford rejected Topuria’s callout, claiming he never even saw the UFC champion fight. Crawford claims “El Matador” even approached him and shook his hand when they met at a UFC event. Even if the two agree to fight, UFC head honcho Dana White has been against the idea of crossover boxing matches since Conor McGregor’s loss to Floyd Mayweather in 2017.
This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com
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