Terence Crawford may have intended to uplift a fellow fighter, but his latest social media post instead reopened one of boxing’s most persistent debates: how much championship belts really matter and when.
Crawford recently urged sanctioning bodies to grant Diego Martinez a championship opportunity, writing that Martinez “should be champion right now.” The message was quickly met with criticism from fans, many of whom pointed to Crawford’s own recent stance on titles as a glaring contradiction.
Earlier this year, Crawford declined to pay the sanctioning fee for the World Boxing Council super middleweight belt, stating publicly that the only title that mattered to him was The Ring championship.