""I'm retiring from competition, not because I've stopped fighting, but because I've won another kind of battle," Crawford said in a YouTube video. "The battle where you retire on your own terms.""
""Every boxer knows this moment will come, we just never know when," Crawford said."
""I've spent my whole life chasing something," Crawford said. "Not belts, not money, not headlines. But that feeling, the feeling you get w"
Terence Crawford, 38, announced retirement undefeated after a more than 17-year professional career with a 42-0 record, including 31 knockouts. Crawford departs holding four titles in the 168-pound weight class. Career-defining wins included Errol Spence Jr. to become undisputed welterweight champion and a unanimous decision over Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez after moving up a weight class. The victory over Álvarez secured an undisputed super welterweight championship. Speculation about rematches followed the historic win, but Crawford opted to retire instead. The decision reflected a conviction of having pushed personal limits and having nothing left to prove while choosing to retire on his own terms.
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