After dismantling Errol Spence Jr. to become the new undisputed welterweight champion of the world, Terence Crawford has made it clear that he wants a crack at Jermell Charlo next.
“Bud” has also made it evident that he doesn’t like Charlo and is willing to explain why.
“I don’t like Jermell for the simple fact that I feel like he’s a fake individual,” Crawford told The Porter Way Podcast on Tuesday. “I feel like Jermell is just one of those guys that do a lot for attention.”
That being said, Crawford revealed that there was a time that the two had a friendship.
“I was cool with Jermell and Jermall and their older brother prior to me moving up in weight,” Crawford pointed out. “I got messages with [Jermell] hitting me up, [saying] he’s going to pull up in Omaha, we’re talking about cars, we’re talking about all different type of stuff.”
But that friendship would change as Crawford worked his way up in weight, according to “Bud.”
He further explained: “Once I moved up in the division — and I understand that they’re stablemates and he trains with Errol’s coach and they’ve been knowing each other for a long time — but for him to start bashing me and talking bad about me and saying I’m going to get knocked out, just going out of his way to say little slick s—t about me, I was like, man, that’s some h— s—t. We don’t do s—t like that.”
As of now, Crawford fighting Charlo is contingent on a couple of factors: First, it remains to be seen if Spence will activate his rematch clause for another fight with the welterweight king.
Also, Charlo, the undisputed junior middleweight world champion, is moving up two weight classes to challenge undisputed super middleweight world champ Canelo Alvarez on September 30.
If Charlo moves back down to defend his undisputed crown at 154 pounds thereafter and accepts a challenge from Crawford, “Bud” will have the opportunity to become boxing’s first undisputed champion in three separate weight divisions, having already accomplished the feat at 140 and 147 pounds.