All right, I'm gonna I'm gonna be messy. First of all, go birds to show you that we're live with my guy Gillian Wallow. You called this man easy work.
So, he's right here, four people away. How what do you think about that? What I think about what do you still believe he's easy work?
For sure. Anybody that y'all is if somebody give y'all a list and y'all ask me, y'all ask is who who are these guys? Who y'all think it's easy to work in competition?
It's it's a competitive thing. You feel me? Everybody.
Can't nobody in this game do what I do. And I feel like I'm the best. [music] And if they say his name, your name, I'm gonna say easy work every single time cuz I believe in myself straight like that.
You some names. I need to know. Does easy work pop in your mind or a challenging fight.
Xander, easy work. Charlo, easy work. Fendor, easy work.
Errol Spence, easy work. Devin Hanging, easy work. Terrence Bud Crawford.
[music] Easy work. Do the same thing. I do the same.
You know what I would have did to you if you would have got hurt in that last fight? You get hurt all the time. Step.
Step. Step. You got hurt by Gamb.
You got hurt by I think you got hurt by man. I stepped too. That turned me up.
Stab. Yeah, I stepped too. For years, the boxing world has longed to see two of the best boxers in the world fight it out in the ring to prove who's the true leader of the super welterweight division.
Terren Crawford versus Jiren Boots Enis was a fight that was close to happening at one point several years ago. They've been feuding on and off ever since, and fans begged them to settle their explosive rivalry in the ring. After Crawford retired earlier this year, however, it looked like this fight was done and dusted.
That was until recently when the two sat face tof face trading words. The boxing world absolutely lost its mind at the largest confrontation between the two. Talk to you in boots.
Get butt out of retirement. I believe in myself straight like that. You know I'm stepping on I stepped through the same thing.
You know what I would have did to you if you would have got hurt in that last fight? You got hurt by gamble. You got hurt by I stepped through that turn me up.
See it first hand. I don't you see it firsthand. But it's going to come out retirement.
Oh yeah. Yeah. See, I love the way that Boots is talking.
See, I love this energy, ladies and gentlemen. I love this energy. And look, folks, I was never a fan of the Bud versus Canelo.
Yes, Bud did his thing. Bud did his thing. He beat Canelo Alvarez.
I thought that Canelo was going to win. Whatever. Bud, great.
Three division of the speed world champion. But if y'all been following the channel, punch boxing aka Mr Moonshine himself. I told you that the 154 pound division is the land division.
The most difficult division in this sport of boxing. We know that it was a matter of time that Jeron Bennett was going to move to the 154 pound division just like the other welterweights, if they didn't retire, they're going to move up to the 154 pound division. And in the 154b division, people look ordinary.
I mean, look, Buck Crawford looked great in 135, 140, 147, even 168, but when he got to the 154, he looked the ordinary. Ladies and gentlemen, even Canelo Wuavez. People saw that he lost to Lara.
Look at ordinary. [snorts] We seen the ups and downs of the former undisputed Jamal Charlo. You know what I'm saying?
He lost to Tony Harrison. Had a draw with with or or you know what I'm saying with Casto. There was ups and downs.
Greatness, but ups and downs. We see Fondura, he wins, he lose. We see Tim Zoo, he was supposed to be the hype guy.
Now he's the uh um gatekeeper or something like that. Um we see Bakram. Oh, and then here we see him lose to Josh Kelly.
Ladies and gentlemen, Bud Crawford versus Boots is the fight to make. And if there's anything that we all know that Bud missed in his career, even though that he did it all, except just one thing. All right, I'm contradicting.
He did it all, but it's just one thing. He didn't fight that young hungry lion. Now, the raw hostility between these two didn't just materialize out of nowhere.
It was fueled by a shocking FaceTime call that recently broke the internet. The boxing world went into a frenzy when a volatile private conversation between the champions surfaced online. Crawford was visibly enraged by podcast rumors suggesting the younger, hungrier andis would have dismantled him for the undisputed titles.
In the footage, Bud was heated, screaming into the camera and shouting he would have ended Boots's career before it even started. What we know? Y know everything.
I don't know nothing. I'm trying to find out what what I know. Enlighten me.
What you mean enlighten me? You You could have me. You jumped up out of my my sanction body to go fight in the IBF.
So what I know what you mean? What you mean what I mean? Would you rank that in the WBA or not?
All right. Catch up little homie. Catch up then.
If it don't matter, catch up. Yo, he picked up way. You just said it don't matter.
Catch up. I'm talking about before that. He not about it.
We already We already know he not about what he's talking about. I'm not about what? I'm not about you.
You don't want to fight. You said I'm not about what? You don't want to fight, man.
Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Fight.
All right. Go ahead. You dreaming, man.
You talking in your dream. My fight. Yeah.
We We asked for that fight plenty of times. Y when? Plenty of times.
What's plenty when? Man, you knew. [clears throat] Crawford felt massively disrespected by a fighter he viewed as untested.
But instead of backing down, and completely brushed it off, later calling the older champion a clown online. Boots acted like Crawford was just another annoying obstacle, setting a deeply personal stage for what happened next. Terence Crawford was called on FaceTime yesterday as I did uh a video about it this morning and he was asked about the fight and the situation between himself and Geron Bhutennis, right?
And Terrence Crawford responded as he's supposed to. I would have knocked Jeron Bennis out. I would have ended his career early.
I didn't want to do that. He said, "These dudes don't say my name. " He went on a rant.
As you see here, Geron Bhennis, he responds and he says he calls Terren Crawford and the situation and the dudes that's calling Terren Crawford because it was a it was like a barbershop, right, where everybody was in there talking boxing as grown men do. barbershop conversations. Shouts out to my brother Fred, right?
And they facetimed Terence Crawford to ask him about the situation. Father, training manager, CEO of DHP, Deon Haney Promotions, Bill Haney, was there and they was discussing it on FaceTime to which Terence Crawford said what he said. But now Geron Inis calls Terence Crawford a clown and says that essentially he lumps them all together and says, "As you see, clowns, dog.
" You know what I'm saying? I'm focused on June 27th. It's not clowns, it's competition.
That's what this generation of fighters don't understand. That digital war of words suddenly became very real when Boots took center stage at the DAZN broadcaster desk to lay out his ultimate master plan. Boots was casually mapping out his legacy tour, expressing complete frustration that fighters at 147 lbs were just playing around, forcing his move up to 154 to chase Undisputed status.
He smoothly laid out his timeline, looking ahead to a clash with Josh Kelly. Uh, so we know, let me get some business out of the way. First and foremost, [music] how close are we to this Josh Kelly fight?
Is it definitely going to happen? Are we going to see it by the end of the year? Uh, for sure.
I think we definitely going to see it by the end of the year for sure. And uh, I can't really say too much, but I think it's going to hit by the end of year for sure. Our next event here on TNT is next month.
We have Fedora in his mandatory fight. It seems as though you two are on a collision course right now. What do we think about him?
What do we think about the style matchup between you? I actually wanted him first, you know, but I know he had his mandatory, you know, coming up and things like that. So, you know what the next best option was?
Josh Kelly and then, you know, this is my division. I'm taking over the division in the boxing game for sure. To have all four belts, what would that mean to you?
That mean everything to me. You know, uh I was at 147 and I couldn't do it at uh the welterweight division. You know, the guys are down there playing around and so my next best thing was to move up and then take it to the next level and try to, you know, be understood at 154.
And that's what that's what I'm here to do and that's what I'm going to do. I like to always tell fighters that you you your promoters work for you, managers work for you. You say you taking over that 154 pound division.
Are you now turning down anyone that isn't a champion? Are you still allowing Eddie Hearn to do what he has to do? Uh I ain't going to lie, I got them belts my mindset was on undisputed.
I'm like it's it's that time. This what I wanted. I've been wanting this for a long time since I was coming up.
My goal was to be understood at 47, 54, 60, and maybe 68. And uh that that's my goal. So, but I couldn't do it at 47.
So, 54 was the But the atmosphere instantly shifted when the interviewer threw a massive curveball, bringing up the fact that Boots had previously called Terence Crawford easy work. The kicker was that Crawford was sitting just a few seats away, listening to every single word. Most fighters would backtrack when confronted by a legend in person, but Andis didn't flinch.
He doubled down with zero hesitation, stating that anyone placed in front of him is easy work. Anybody that y'all as men, if somebody give y'all a list and y'all ask me, y'all ask this who who are these guys who y'all think it's easy work a competition. It's it's a competitive thing.
You feel me? Can't nobody in this game do what I do. And I feel like I'm the best.
And they say his name, your name, your I'm going to say easy work every single time cuz I believe in myself straight like that. do the same thing. I do the same thing.
You know what I would have did to you if you would have got hurt in that last fight? You get hurt all the time. Step.
Step. Step. You got hurt by G.
You got hurt by I think you got hurt by me. I step too. That turned me up.
Stab. Yeah, I step too. I stepped.
You know I stepped too, right? I don't. You do.
You see it firsthand. I don't. You see it firsthand.
That sheer audacity immediately triggered Crawford, who crashed the interview and unleashed a brutal, highly critical dissection of Boots's entire boxing identity. Bud wasn't going to sit there and be called a stepping stone. Not long ago, he took several jabs at Ennis, sharply picking apart the younger fighter's defensive flaws and famously warning him that he was 10 steps ahead of the newly crowned super welterweight champion.
Crawford pointed out specific moments where boots had been tagged, exposing exactly how he would have capitalized on those dangerous mistakes. Doesn't matter, what never matters, you know, for the for that being. they would say, "Oh, well, he only fought Xander or he they'll come up with some type of excuse, you know, but to to to credit Boots, like he's a tremendous talent and he's no walk in the park for no one, you know, so he's a threat to anyone that he step foot in the ring with, you know.
Uh he he got tremendous speed, he got great power, defense, reflexes, all that, you know. But the only thing that I can say is I'm 10 steps ahead of him. Like I'm I'm 10 steps ahead of him in smarts.
And I think, you know, uh that's where he would get he'll get in trouble with, you know, coming coming straight forward, you know, um trying to box me or trying to, you know, think shot for shot. I just I just, you know, compare myself, you know, with a lot of great fighters and I can see the holes in his game and I can see the openings and the opportunities that I'll have because a I feel like I punch harder than Xander. B, I'm way sharper than Xander.
C, I'm way faster than Xander. So the shots that Xander was hitting him with and the shots that Xander couldn't capitalize because his speed wasn't there, I will be able to capitalize. And when I capitalize, everybody know I'm probably one of the best counter punchers, you know, there ever was.
So, you know, Yes, sir. at their latest meeting too, Crawford didn't waste time. Going straight for the resume, Crawford completely dismissed the upcoming Josh Kelly bout as a waste of time, reminding everyone Kelly had already been knocked out by a mutual opponent.
It was a masterclass in psychological warfare, demanding Boots step up his competition before demanding respect. If you have a virgin, we would have seen if you would have stepped I give you props. I give you your props.
If you if you if you step on Fendor, I give you props. If you step on somebody like Virgils already been knocked out by a person that you knocked out. Who?
Mag. I mean not Mag but um uh we both What's his name? Oh um with the A.
Started with the A knock they knocked him out. What you talking about? I'm saying this right here.
Stop it. Stop it. When I beat all these guys and I beat Virgil, y going to say Virgil was tell for me.
Right or wrong. You going to say to Virgil teller made for me. Right or wrong.
Is you going to say Virgil is tailor made for me? Right or wrong? He is.
I give you that. So of all the names middleweight. I'm saying he's tailor made for your style, but at the same time, you know, I mean, you you ain't been proven against a style like him.
I'm going to keep proving each and every time. It don't matter who whoever he put in front of me. I'mma keep putting them down.
I'mma keep cooking them. Can't Can't nobody in this boxing game mess with me at all. And every time I fight, I give y'all something different.
Last fight, I gave y'all some dog work. The fight before that, I g first round knockout. The fight before that, I box and move.
These guys can't do what I do. And it don't matter who's in front of me, I'm going to do whatever I want to them straight like that. I got a question for you.
If a Canelo fight was presented to you, would you go up to 168 and face Canelo right now? Right now? Right now?
My my whole thing is legacy. I told I want a legacy tour. You don't think that'll be a part of your legacy if you go up and wait and face Canelo Alvarez?
We had to see and beat him. We had to see. You think you can beat Canelo?
I could be anybody in this world. No matter who you put in front, it could be him, you [laughter] know, I pray I pray I pray that you become undisputed. I appreciate that.
at 154 soon. Behind the intense trash talk and live television fireworks lies a much darker reality about the business of boxing and the fumbled contracts that robbed fans of this mega fight. For years, the hardcore boxing community has debated why this matchup never materialized when they dominated the same division.
Rumors swirled about botch negotiations with Enis's team claiming a contract was never sent. While Crawford's loyalists insisted the younger fighter priced himself out. He called me up and says, "Uh, Bo," I said.
I I said, "What's up, Blue? " Um, I I can get that fight for you, man. We can get that fight for you with Tanks.
I said, "Man, listen, man. Listen closely. Make that fight.
You know, we want that fight. You know what I mean? " I said, "You know, we wanted him or either uh uh Spence.
Didn't make no difference. As long as we get the fight, we see where we coming from, right? " He said, "Yeah, yeah, I can make that fight, man.
But uh would you talk to um Zab and um the head of blew up BLK? What's his name? Uh uh uh Desmond.
Desmond. You know what I mean? I said, "Yeah, I'll talk to him.
" So they both So they got on the phone. All three of them got, matter of fact, was on the phone. We talking and I was taking from them that they really was trying to get us to come over a day side.
And I explained to him, "Well, the guy Desmond, he was saying, "Yeah, oh yeah, we can make the fight happen. and we can do this. I said, "Well, listen, y'all make the fight happen.
That's the fight that we want. Make it happen, you know what I mean? And um we can we can we can get it on.
" So, he says, "Uh, yeah. Uh, what about you coming up? " I said, "No, no, no.
I'm with Showtime, you know what I mean? " I said, "Now, you want to make the fight, you call Steven Espinosa and talk to him, discuss that, cuz that's who we with. " You know what I mean?
Yeah. You know, and um when I said that, I said, "Plus, I'm loyal. I'm loyal to these guys.
I don't just leave and and go to another, you know, promotional company or whatever, whatever you are. And he says, "Uh, oh yeah, yeah, okay. Yeah, cuz I it'd be nice if you, you know, come over.
" I said, "Okay, yeah, I know that's but I don't do stuff like that. " And but I know what they what they implying about. They wanted me to come over to their side.
The truth finally slipped out through Boots promoter Eddie Hearn. Hearn revealed Crawford avoided the bout not out of fear, but because he knew exactly how incredibly dangerous the young phenom was. The financial reward simply did not justify the massive risk to his legacy.
It was a calculated business move, proving that protecting a brand often outweighs giving fans the fights they crave. Turns off recently retired. Um, obviously an all-time great, but you know, coming off the best win of his career, it seemed like there was a lot left in the tank.
What are your thoughts on Yeah, you never know. I mean, you never know the background to these things, you know. Is it part of a wider negotiation?
That's just me being knowing the game. Are there lingering injuries which might be more likely, you know, where every camp, what's he 38 years old, 39? Like every camp gets very very hard for for a uh for the boxing world and even for fight fans, he's it's not it's not frustrating because it's his decision, but he's now reached that superstar status.
You kind of want him to keep going. And it wasn't like his performance against Canelo sign showed signs of aging or anything like that. But he's also made a lot of money.
What a time to bow out on top. You know, a lot of fighters have won too many. So maybe he feels like the way my body is, maybe I'll get beat and I don't need to get beat.
I've got everything I've got. Or maybe he had a contract to fight someone else, but if he retires, he's not in that contract anymore. Or it will give him greater leverage to negotiate a deal.
That's just me being devious, which is part of my job. Eddie, do you think that Terence Crawford, even if this retirement was to be like a promotional thing, do you think he's too old to come back? No.
After? No, but it all depends on his body. I mean, that, you know, I wasn't being facitious before, but like you never know the landscape of this, but more likely he's thought this is a good time to bow out or got a few niggles and I don't think I should fight anymore.
But I you know if if physically he's able he's he's one of the greatest fighters of all time. So his IQ is on another level but what is there to do like he's not going to want to go and fight I don't know Giron Enis like he's going to look at that and go why I'm going to fight a 28-year-old coming through getting I'm giving you my legacy you know what I mean? So I think bowing out at the top like that it's pretty pretty cool thing to do.
Despite the business politics keeping them separated in the ring, Boots has now adopted a strategy of absolute dismissal, treating the veteran like a ghost of the past, Boots didn't even bother firing back with anger. He responded with something much colder. When asked about Crawford's latest tactical breakdown, Andis shrugged it off, telling reporters he doesn't pay any mind to a guy who is practically retired.
Man, they Channing said, "Listen, I'mma tell you now on this show now on this show, Boots, Channing told Bud, there's a certain number you'd come back from. " But after the last fight, he sent out a little a little You're not on social media, so I'm going to hip you to it. He sent out He's like, "Hey, man.
I ain't gonna say nothing, but y'all see it. I don't I don't really care. " Like, is is is that a fight you would want?
For sure. But you know he he retired like he he talking. Yeah he talking but he retired.
He not he ain't saying he want to fight. So he want say he retired you know like Dr his retirement you know. Uh and like he said this the boost era.
He said it himself. Somebody a couple people call my homies sent it to me. He like yo he he talking about dude this the booze era.
He know you know. Yeah it's different over here. I'm trying to tell you it's different over here.
Yo, it's different. Would that hypothetically, right? Would that be a fight that um would even make sense?
Like, would you say this is a a big fight? Understandably, the legacy of there is there for Bud, but what is he 39, 37, something like that and you're you're right there in the in the thick of your prime, right? Would that even be a thing?
Like, you know? No, it's definitely a big fight if he was to return. But he returned, I I beat him.
They he was old. Like it's going to be it's going it's always going to be something. Like it's like like I said, I ain't when people be bringing up his name, I don't even really be caring.
Like he retired. Like it's like like he he just talking. He doing what retired people do talk.
Like Yeah. Stylistically, this matchup is a terrifying puzzle. Former world champion Shawn Porter, who shared the ring with Crawford and sparred with Enis, called it an A+ versus A collision of two pure alpha males.
Crawford is the ultimate ring genius. He starts slow, reads your timing, and systematically disarms you until you have nothing left. He is patient, mean, and surgical.
On the other side, Boots is a physical juggernaut. He is a switch-hitting anomaly with elite athleticism, unpredictable angles, and brutal knockout power in both hands. Andis doesn't just want to win, he wants to physically overwhelm his opponents.
And creativity, you just don't see that. That's what this would have been. 100 A+ versus A.
That's A+ versus A. I like that. Tears just a little too much and will catch him.
Yeah. And Buzz Boots. And I think that'll I just I think Ter stops.
It's such a special fight because you got two alpha males in the ring that are true alpha males. You know what I mean? I'm I'm I was an alpha male until I got in the ring with that dude.
It just and that dude like it was like the more I he wasn't allowing me to do what wasn't he wasn't and it was like damn. Okay. Well then [laughter] you had one of them in eight and the other sparring.
I don't know cuz that dude hit me with a right hand in the sparring and I was like yeah I was like yo that was real. It's one of those things where Boots is good, but once you run in there with that, you're like, "Damn, I thought I was good. I I got to work on.
" Yeah. It's like I got to work on. If you compare that, that's different.
That would be like if Sean fought Floyd Mayweather. I thought I was good. I'd compare it to this.
Geronis, Terence Crawford. Deron Andis is Tracy McGrady, Vince Carter. Terence Crawford's Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan.
There you go. And if you and if you just look at the highlight reels, you might actually think Vince Carter is better. You might you might think Vince Carter is even better.
Yeah. So that's just like that. He can't explain it even better.
But there is a massive elephant in the room that analysts and former champions are quick to point out. Crawford is pushing 40 years old. He has been out of the ring enjoying the fruits of his labor.
While Andis is young, hungry, and wildly active. Boxing history is ruthless to aging legends who take too much time off. Even the sharpest mind can be betrayed by a body that reacts just a fraction of a second too late.
And possesses those dangerous young man reflexes and a sizzling offensive arsenal. If Crawford's timing is even slightly compromised by his layoff, stepping into the ring with a chaotic switch hitter like Boots could turn from a tactical masterpiece into a brutal trap. You know, I look at uh Boots as let's just say if they were both um people that somebody paid to [clears throat] kill people, right?
I look at Boots as more of a hitman and Crawford is more of an assassin. You seen the movie The Mechanic? I haven't.
Okay. So, the the the Terence Crawford if they say, "Hey, man, that guy right there, he's screwing up our business. We want him eliminated.
Crawford will find out where he drinks his coffee at. He'll have poison in his coffee and he'll just croak and just be dead. Or they'll tell Boots and Boots will say, "Okay, what time is he going to be at the coffee shop?
" And he'll walk in and blow his head off with a shotgun. He's dead both ways, but they go about it a little bit differently. Um, they're very similar in certain ways, but Crawford is a more patient fighter.
He's just more calculated. He's more patient. I don't know if that means he has a better IQ though.
I just think that he that's how he goes about it. Crawford takes a little time to catch his rhythm in the fight and he's downloading data and then like after maybe the third or fourth round, he just goes on a run and just takes over where Boots has his rhythm when he walks in the door. But Boots also, you know, he might be a little bit more open for the incoming, but he's also putting more hurt on you earlier in the fight.
So, they just go about it differently, you know what I mean? Um, I don't want to compare who's gonna win or lose because I want to respect Crawford's retirement. And I really think that um that not true, not you at all, but just overall like the media is making a rivalry out of two fighters that's never going to fight.
You know what I mean? And I think that that's a little bit unfortunate because I've noticed that Crawford and Floyd have become friends and they're the same amount of years apart that Crawford and Boots is. But this brings the entire boxing community to a massive crossroads.
Industry insiders are debating whether this fight is the ultimate setup for one of these men. Crawford might be playing an entirely different game. He could be testing the young champion's emotional control, baiting him into a false sense of security.
Is the retired legend genuinely uninterested? Or is he meticulously setting a psychological trap, waiting for the perfect moment to remind the world why he is feared? The mind games are already in full effect and neither side is backing down.
When you started this journey, you know, if you were writing down this is what I want to do, what would those accomplishments be? Early on when I like first turned pro, my goals was to be undisputed at 147, 154, 160, and uh and maybe 168. Wow.
I think 168 going to be my cut off mark. At 147, I was able to become unified in lineal champ. So that was I had the IBF, the WBA, the super WBA, and in the ring magazine.
And like I said, like I said before, they was all playing around. So I couldn't get the other two belts. But now that I'm at 54, I'm going to do that 54, be on the speed at 54, and then 60.
Then, you know, maybe 168 or who knows, 60 could be my cut off, but we'll see. Wow. Where do you walk around at?
Uh, I'll be up there, [laughter] right? Right now, my weight cool cuz I've been like I got like kind of like got right back in the gym and I Yeah. So, I was I was cool.
But is it is it challenging though or you know, you got to get there. So, it's kind of, you know, part. It's not it's not challenging cuz once I get in that mode and I uh turn that camp switch on and um you know drink all my water and all that stuff I'll be I'd be cool you know it come right it kind of like fall right off but it do get older as I mean it do get harder as you get older you know cutting weight but I got a method and I got you know my mom she helps me you know with the food and and things like that you know so we kind of like we be good.
You want to be the face of boxing. I am the face of boxing. Simple as that.
The demand for Crawford versus Enis has eclipsed everything else in the sport. It is the classic narrative of absolute veteran intelligence colliding with unstoppable youthful violence. The fans are divided, the experts are arguing, and the fighters are locked in a war of words.
If they never lace up the gloves, the what-ifs will haunt the division for decades. But if the contracts are signed and the bell rings, it will be an explosive revelation. It will either cement Terence Crawford as a completely untouchable, timeless icon, or it will be the shocking, brutal passing of the torch to a new ruthless era.
But what do you think of this fight? Should the two settle their differences in the ring? Also, who wins?
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