Terence Crawford mocked Conor McGregor and all MMA fighters who make the switch to the ring in an intense war of words.
Boxing icon Crawford took to social media overnight to make fun of Ilia Topuria for the nature of his defeat to Justin Gaethje on Sunday night at UFC Freedom 250. He was one of many top fighters across sports to slam the brash former champion.
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It came as something of a shock when McGregor – one of Topuria’s most bitter rivals – leapt to his defence. He noted that despite Crawford having a wrestling background, he refuses to take part in a crossover fight that goes the opposite way and sees him get in the cage.
Terence Crawford and Conor McGregor continue back-and-forth
After Ilia Topuria was deemed to have quit against Justin Gaethje, major name fighters were lining up to get their digs in at the two-weight world champion. Jake Paul, Arman Tsarukyan and most famously Terence Crawford were among the most vocal in their derision of the Georgian.
“This the guy that said he would knock me out and whoop me and Shakur at the same time?” Crawford asked in a viral tweet. This drew the ire of Conor McGregor, who reminded the boxer that he would never dream of competing in any MMA fight, much less a top level one.
“What the f— are you saying?” McGregor asked. “You can wrestle yet you are afraid of an MMA fight. That to me is pitiful. The kid was beaten in an MMA fight, of which you don’t have the courage for. What the f— was with all these little boxers at this show yet no MMA fighters? #TheseBoysAintManEnough.”
Crawford took to X to snipe back at the Irishman, writing with a quiet emoji: “Shut yo drunk a— up and get ready for yo fight. He got his a– whoop like you did running yo mouth. I don’t have to come and fight in the cage. That’s the joy of boxing y’all come to us we don’t have to come to y’all.”
McGregor left a cheeky reply that stumped Crawford, saying “Don’t be scared, homie. MMA KINGS LIKE US.”
The boxer then wrote a thinly veiled indirect tweet that read: “Still till this day no matter what y’all say or how you feel Boxing is still and will forever be the hardest sport to do at a top level.” McGregor replied: “I guess we’ll never know.”
In another indirect tweet, Crawford attempted to get the last word writing: “I don’t care what sport you do, they all wanna learn how to box.
“Even the soccer moms wanna put the gloves on and do punch fitness. You don’t see them training to do MMA for other sports. We our not that same [sic]. But I respect the hell outta y’all I’m just saying.”
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