Terence Crawford gives insight on Floyd Mayweather’s elite mindset that would see him train hard after partying at 4am
Terence Crawford is more like Floyd Mayweather than first meets the eye.
Both boxers have very different fighting styles but align when it comes to their elite mindsets.
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"I'm kind of lame, I don't gamble, I don't party, I don't drink, I've never smoked, nothing," Crawford told Logan Paul's .
Asked whether other boxers do the same, Crawford replied: "The only person I can honestly say besides the partying is Floyd Mayweather because he didn't drink or smoke.
"He would party but he would go and run six miles after he partied at 4 o'clock in the morning."
It was this commitment to his craft that paved the way for a long and illustrious tenure in the paid ranks.
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During a professional career stretching from 1996 to 2017, Mayweather built up an unblemished 50-0 record including wins over several current and future Hall of Famers such as Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Canelo Alvarez and Miguel Cotto.
He is also a five-weight world champion and three-weight lineal champion.
But he never achieved undisputed status in any of the divisions he fought in.
Mayweather came closest to unifying all four major sanctioning body belts in 2015 when he defeated Pacquiao for the WBC, WBA, and WBO welterweight titles.
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He could have then gone on to face Kell Brook, who was the IBF champion at the time.
However, Mayweather refused to pay a sanctioning fee to the WBO after his fight with 'Pac Man' and was subsequently stripped of their version of the world title.
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Terence Crawford's world titles
- WBO Lightweight Title (2014-2015; 2 defenses)
- WBO Junior Welterweight Title (2015-2017; 6 defenses)
- WBC Super Lightweight Title (2016-2017; 3 defenses)
- IBF Junior Welterweight Title (2017; 0 defenses)
- WBA Super Lightweight Super Title (2017; 0 defenses)
- WBO Welterweight Title (2018-present; 5 defenses)
- IBF Welterweight Title (2023-2024; 0 defenses)
- WBC Welterweight Title (2023-2024; 0 defenses)
- WBA Welterweight Super Title (2023-present; 0 defenses)
Crawford, on the other hand, has become undisputed in two weight classes.
After winning and defending the WBO lightweight twice, the Omaha puncher moved up to super lightweight where he unified all four titles with a third-round knockout victory over Julius Indongo in 2017.
Six years later, Crawford finished Errol Spence to do the same at welterweight and is now set to challenge for a world title in a fourth weight class this weekend.
Terrence Crawford shows off his boxing skills in public workout ahead of his huge fight with Israil Madrimov
On Saturday night, Crawford takes on Israil Madrimov at the BMO stadium in Los Angeles for the Uzbek's WBA super welterweight crown.
Madrimov won the belt by blasting out Magomed Kurbanov on the Anthony Joshua vs Francis Ngannou undercard in March and is scheduled to make his first defence of the black and gold strap against Crawford.
Speaking about his upcoming clash with Madrimov, Crawford added: "I'm fighting a guy that is naturally a bigger guy.
"I'm moving up in weight, I've never been at this weight before.
"He is massive, he is a threat and everybody is curious to see how many steps I can climb without hitting that wall.
"Coming from 135lbs to 154lbs is a big jump, that's four weight classes.
"So everybody is going to tune in to see how well I perform in this weight division."
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