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Oct. 10, 2011 - The Joe Rogan Experience
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JRE MMA Show #145 with Terence Crawford
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joe rogan
Terrence Crawford, what's it like to be the fucking man?
terence crawford
Man, it's great.
I feel like I've always been the man.
joe rogan
You have been the man for a long time.
But I think two weeks ago everybody realized it.
terence crawford
Yeah, everybody give me my recognition now and everybody give me my flowers.
So it's a wonderful thing that I had to fight to, you know, get everybody approval.
joe rogan
Well, it's tricky in boxing sometimes because sometimes it's difficult to make those matchups happen in a dream matchup like that between two undefeated world champions and for you to dominate the way you did because a lot of people had that like a pick-em fight like a lot of people didn't know how to call it but You just fucking ran that fight.
You ran that fight.
That was amazing.
terence crawford
Yeah, you know, that's a fight that we've been wanting for years.
And to finally secure the fight and perform the way that I performed, it was a great moment for me and my career.
joe rogan
It was beautiful, man.
I mean, just the way you controlled, the way you switched things up, the way you controlled the pace of the fight, the defense, your defense was on point.
Those hooks that you were landing in close were magnificent.
It was a brilliant fight, man.
I mean, I'm sure you appreciate it, I'm sure you watched it a bunch of times, but man, that was like a real, because it was such a mainstream fight, such a huge fight where everybody was paying attention to it and talking about it, even casuals.
That they got to see you perform that way and you know now it's like there's no dispute You're the number one pound for pound guy on earth.
terence crawford
Yeah That's something that I got a credit to my coaches, you know because we drill everything that you seen Fight night we drilled it time and time again time and time again, so it was it was It came natural and easy for me when the fight came.
You know, like I said, only thing they kept saying, how he's going to beat me is because he's bigger and he's stronger.
That was it.
joe rogan
You looked stronger.
terence crawford
Of course.
Of course.
And I was just like, how do you know he's stronger than me?
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
He might be bigger than me, but big don't mean stronger.
joe rogan
But he's just taller than you.
You look more muscular than him, too.
But it was just...
The technique was what really stood out.
It's like you just were a master in there.
It was a master class.
terence crawford
That's something that they wasn't giving me credit for as well.
joe rogan
How?
terence crawford
That's the thing.
joe rogan
It's like, how were they not?
terence crawford
You know, I don't know what it is with me.
They just always try to diminish my accomplishments and, oh, well, who I was fighting.
They say, oh, well, you wasn't fighting nobody.
And this guy...
Errol Spence is the most fundamentally sound fighter in the game, so that's why everybody was picking him, but I was favorite in Vegas, so Vegas must have had it right.
joe rogan
Yeah, well, the wise people picked you as a favorite, you know, just based on your accomplishments.
It's not like Errol Spence wasn't a great fighter.
He's a great fighter, but It's so interesting when you watch a great fighter against what I believe is an all-time great.
There's just levels upon levels upon levels upon levels.
And right now, you're at the top of the fucking mountain.
terence crawford
Yes, yes, yes.
And I'm enjoying it.
I'm enjoying it.
joe rogan
Beautiful.
You deserve it.
You deserve it.
When you plan for that fight, You knew that you were probably gonna fight him for the last few years.
It was something that was on the table.
terence crawford
But not really.
There was a point in time where I was like, you know, I shifted gears and I shifted my mind off of Errol Spence because I didn't feel like the fight was going to happen.
But once I left top rank and we started negotiating, I was like, oh, well, maybe this fight will happen.
Then once I fought Abanesian because the conversations and everything that we was talking about to get the fight done, it wasn't lining up to what I wanted.
I decided to take another fight, and then I came back to the table and like, hey, listen, let's get this fight made.
And at that point in time, things wasn't going how I would have liked it to go, so I just hit up Spence like, hey, man, listen, man.
If me and you're going to fight, me and you're going to get this done because, you know, there's a lot of people that are blocking the fight.
joe rogan
How are they blocking?
What was the hold up?
terence crawford
Business-wise, I just felt like I was worth X amount and they felt like I wasn't.
They wanted to do the deal a certain way and I wanted to do the deal the fair way.
Errol Spence seen it.
He was agreeing with everything that I said.
He was like, yeah, we can do this, we can do that.
And he probably felt like he gave up too much at the end when it was all said and done.
But I felt like everything was fair.
joe rogan
Was it in terms of the purse split?
terence crawford
Everything.
We talked about everything.
joe rogan
Yeah.
And so, this fight had been discussed for, like, how many years now?
terence crawford
Five.
joe rogan
Five years.
Wow.
That's crazy that it takes that long for something like this to happen in boxing.
terence crawford
When I came to the welterweight division, I called out all the champions, except Sean Porter.
I called out all the champions.
I went up to them all, you know, at that time.
And I wasn't able to get in the ring with any of them.
And at that point in time, they was calling Errol Spence the boogeyman.
And my reply was, how is he the boogeyman when I'm chasing him?
I just wanted to prove to the world that I was better than what they say I was because given the fact that How great I looked against each opponent.
They say, oh, well, he wasn't nothing or he was this, he was that because how talented I am.
So they didn't want to give me no credit because I passed all my tests with flying colors.
So it was great to get in the ring with Errol Spence Jr. and do the same thing, if not better, than I did for the past opponents that I faced.
joe rogan
No, you were on fire.
It's sort of the same thing that Roy Jones Jr. faced.
Everybody's like, Roy hasn't beaten anybody.
Yes, he has.
It's just he's so much better than everybody else that he was making everybody else look like they weren't any good.
But those were world championship caliber fighters and Roy was just lighting them up.
Sometimes when a fighter eclipses everyone else and reaches the pinnacle, That's the criticism they face until there's an undeniable moment.
And that was your undeniable moment.
Everybody's gotta shut the fuck up now.
terence crawford
And that's what my feelings was.
A lot of people were like, man, you didn't look too happy.
After you won, I didn't see the excitement in you.
I was like, man, I was happy.
I was happy just I had to prove myself, you know, to the world, how great I knew I was.
But at the same time, I was kind of disappointed at the same time that it took this long for me to get my recognition and for me to get a big marquee fight of this status at 35 years old.
joe rogan
Yeah.
Especially after chasing it for five years.
terence crawford
Right.
And I was chasing Manny Pacquiao for probably five years, probably before that.
Yeah.
So it's like, I've been champion for nine years, going on ten years in March.
I've been doing this game for a long time.
I've been at the top since I beat Gamboa.
I've been looking for all the biggest challenges there is.
Some of them I was able to capture and some of them went the other way.
And I'm just blessed to be able to be the first man to be undisputed in the junior welterweight division.
The first man to be undisputed in a welterweight division in the Ford Bell era.
The first man to be undisputed in two weight divisions.
So it's a blessing.
It's a blessing.
joe rogan
It's a huge blessing.
It's an amazing accomplishment.
You looked happy.
You were dancing with your mom.
You were having a good time.
I don't know why people thought you weren't happy.
terence crawford
Because, you know, when you go in the back room, everybody want to see the excitement.
I was just like, I got that off my back.
It was a sign of relief.
joe rogan
Was there anything unusual about that fight?
Like, is that exactly how you expected the exchanges to go?
I'm sure you watched a ton of tape on him, right?
terence crawford
Actually, I didn't.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
I didn't.
Because a lot of people always ask me, do I watch a lot of film on my opponents?
And I always tell them no, because I have a different style.
They're not going to fight me the same style or the same way that they fought their previous opponents.
They're just not.
You know, so I already knew how he fought.
I just watched probably like two fights of his just to get a feel for what he liked to do, what he don't like, the things that, you know, I can capitalize on.
And that's it.
I don't watch too much film because I'm going to make my adjustments on the fly inside the ring.
So yeah, I don't watch too much film.
joe rogan
That's interesting.
What is the general consensus on that, about watching film?
Do most champions watch film?
Is it just on an individual basis?
terence crawford
Some people like to watch film to where they feel as if they know what their opponent's going to do, when they're going to do it, because they got certain habits to identify when they're going to throw a punch.
Or when they're going to back up.
Certain things that you see as a top athlete, you start noticing, okay, I noticed that he's doing this when he's doing this.
He's doing that when he's doing this.
And you pick up on that.
And so you put it in your mind, like, okay, we're going to prepare for this.
When you do that, we're going to do this.
So you try to capitalize on it.
But me...
I never was that type of person.
I let my coaches, they do the studying, and then they come up with a plan, and then they shoot me the plan to win, and we just go from there.
joe rogan
When you switch, because you're, in my opinion, the best ever at switching from Orthodox to Southpaw since Marvin Hagler.
You're the best ever.
When do you decide?
Do you just feel it?
Do you go out there, southpaw sometimes, and say, I'm gonna fucking switch it up?
How do you make those changes?
terence crawford
I think I made the change to fight Southpaw in the back dress room.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
Yeah, because I was like, man, how should I come out?
Because in my mind, I was just so filled with the energy from the weigh-ins, the press conference, the weight, the moment.
So I was like, man, I just want to go out there and Everybody was saying I'm too small, so I wanted to prove him wrong.
Everybody was saying he was going to walk me down.
So I was just like, man, they just don't know.
I just had that chip on my shoulder.
I just wanted to go head on with the bull and just go fight him.
And it was like, just box.
I was like, just box.
And then I was remembering, I was like...
He never fought too many Southpaws before.
And then on one of the occasions, he got hurt real bad by a hook.
So I was like, I'm coming out Southpaw and we're going to box.
Just to start off.
But at the same time, I'm going to get my respect out the gate.
I'm not going to be doing all that moving.
So the plan was never to move.
And everybody, when you interview them, they was like, oh, Terrence got to be...
Slippery.
He can't stand in front of Spence.
He can't do this.
He gotta get on his bicycle.
I'm like, he ain't no Terminator.
I'm going to be right there in front of him like I always do.
I'm going to make him miss, I'm going to make him pay, and I'm going to fight my fight.
So I feel like that was the key for the victory because he wasn't used to fighting Southpaws.
joe rogan
Do you feel as comfortable orthodox as Southpaw?
Do you feel like you're better in one stance or is it just depending upon the opponents?
terence crawford
I think it's dependent on the opponent.
You know, I feel I'm equally as great in both stands.
I'm very powerful in both stands.
I hit just as hard with my left, probably even harder with my left than my right.
You know, but I think it's the opponent.
joe rogan
They were talking about it in the broadcast.
They said that when you were a kid, you hurt your hand.
And so that's why you started practicing southpaw.
terence crawford
Yeah, that's when I started actually practicing it.
That was something that when I had the cast on, I was like, man, I love the gym so much.
I'm like, man, I'm not leaving the gym.
I'm going to practice with this left.
And that's when I got the left stronger.
Because at first, when I go southpaw, it was only my right, my right, my right.
Then when my hand got messed up, I just started working on the left, and it started getting stronger and stronger, and I started getting more accurate, because at first, just throw it just to be throwing it.
And then, you know, it just got to a point where they both, my left was actually way stronger than my right when it came back, so I had to get my right back stronger.
joe rogan
It's crazy that you have that option, because that's such an amazing advantage.
To be able to fight just as comfortably from orthodox or southpaw.
terence crawford
Oh yeah, definitely.
Definitely.
You know, I look at it like you can't go nowhere.
Like you're trapped.
You move to your left, I can go southpaw and cut you off.
You move to your right, I can go orthodox and cut you off.
And then it's great that I can pack a punch in both hands as well, because a lot of people, when they switch, they give up something.
I think when I switch, I gain something in both stands that I probably don't have in other stands.
So it's great for me.
joe rogan
Did anybody ever try to discourage you from switching up that much?
terence crawford
Of course.
joe rogan
Did they?
terence crawford
My coach, he used to always, he used to get mad.
Like, you need to focus on one stance and doing it right before you start switching.
You ain't even got the orthodox stance down, pec, all the way.
And then you trying to go south, I'm like, alright, alright.
Then I go orthodox and then in the fight, boom.
I switch, then I switch back.
He's like, stop switching!
And then I win a fight like, what?
joe rogan
When did he stop telling you to stop switching?
terence crawford
When I was winning.
He was like, all right, since I can't stop you from switching, we're just going to train that way.
So, yeah, if you do four rounds, you're going to do two rounds softball, you're going to do two rounds orthodox.
That's just how we started training.
joe rogan
Well, it's amazing how it turned out.
And for Spence, you know, who always fights Southpaw, like, to see you as a Southpaw, too, like, probably created a little bit of an adjustment for him.
terence crawford
Yeah.
Yeah, especially given that he wasn't fighting too many Southpaws in his whole career that much.
joe rogan
It seemed like after you dropped him in the second, somewhere in the middle of the third, you started to turn the heat up.
Then you started closing the distance and you were smothering him.
Somewhere in the third, it seemed like you picked up the intensity.
Is that when you felt like you started to get to him?
terence crawford
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I felt like I was in control the whole fight.
You know, the first round neither one of us really did anything.
We was kind of just feeling each other out.
The second round he kind of started picking it up a little bit and I caught him with them two shots.
I felt like that's what led me to get more control because I felt as if I I caught him off guard.
He wasn't expecting me to punch as hard as I did.
So I could see on his face he was kind of like, whoa.
You know, and then the rest, you know, I was in control.
joe rogan
Yeah, you were in control.
It's an amazing performance.
But now that you've accomplished this and now that you're the first man ever to be undisputed in two different weight classes, What are the offers now?
I hear all this talk about Jermell.
I hear this talk about Canelo.
Where are they at right now?
terence crawford
Well, you know Canelo and Jamel is fighting.
I wanted to fight Jamel next since he was the 154 pound undisputed champion.
But as you know, they're going to strip him for his belt once the bell rings when he fights Canelo.
joe rogan
So your goal was to go up and become undisputed in three different weight classes.
terence crawford
There you go.
unidentified
Wow.
terence crawford
Something that never been done before.
It's greatness.
Like I said, this is my era and I'm taking it.
Ain't nobody gonna stop me.
So now that I didn't shift gears, because I know I wanted to fight Jamel, but if he lose to Canelo, I always said, man, that's a big step.
That's a big step, but for a person to go up three weight classes from 147 to 168 in the wind and become undisputed, wow.
What can they say?
They can't say nothing right now, but what can they say?
joe rogan
Then you're in the greatest of all time discussion.
terence crawford
I'm already in them discussions.
But I'm saying, what would they say, though?
Three-time undisputed champion and a smaller fighter that went up three weight divisions to conquer one of the baddest mans besides himself that's been doing it for probably longer than me.
joe rogan
So you said 68, but you mean 54, right?
terence crawford
No, 68. You want to go up to 68?
joe rogan
Yeah.
So who would you fight at 68?
Canelo?
terence crawford
Yeah, if he win.
Or Charlo.
The winner.
Wow.
joe rogan
That would be crazy.
terence crawford
I want to be three times undisputed.
joe rogan
To jump up like that, 21 pounds?
terence crawford
Yes.
joe rogan
What do you walk around at?
terence crawford
I don't know.
joe rogan
You don't know?
I don't know how to tell anybody.
terence crawford
I don't know.
I don't know.
You know what I mean?
But...
joe rogan
How much time would you need to prepare for something like that?
Would you gain weight?
terence crawford
I would definitely have to gain weight.
I just believe in my abilities.
Canelo's not a big guy.
He's 5'8".
unidentified
Fought at 52 when he fought Pacquiao.
joe rogan
Or when he fought Floyd, rather.
terence crawford
He's big, muscular-wise, but as far as height, nah.
So, yeah, that wouldn't be nothing that...
You know, we'll have to see.
joe rogan
That would be insane.
For you to go from 140 all the way up to 168. That'd be dope.
Woo!
terence crawford
I think it can happen.
I think that's, to be honest, I think that's the biggest fight in boxing.
He beat Charlo, Terrence Crawford, Canelo.
That's the biggest fight in boxing, hands down.
No other fighters could compare to that.
No disrespect to Charlo, but he's not a superstar.
He's not on Canelo's level.
Now, he got a chance.
Don't get me wrong.
He's going to do well in that fight, and he got the tools to win.
It's just about preparation and what type of fight he fight.
joe rogan
Now, Canelo and him are fighting at 68, and when are they fighting?
Is that September?
terence crawford
Yes, September 30th, I think.
joe rogan
So, when would you like to get back in?
Like, what would be good for you?
Like, how much of a turnaround?
terence crawford
Well, if they fight in September, it'd probably be next year.
But that'd give me time to...
Bulk up.
Yeah, get my body right.
joe rogan
What kind of strength and conditioning routine do you do now?
Is it difficult for you to make 47 or is it pretty easy?
terence crawford
No, it was a little difficult.
It was a little difficult.
I had to wear the little plastics and sinus hoops this time.
You know, I don't know what it is.
I go up and weight and then the weight be going up on me.
joe rogan
Your body adapts.
unidentified
Yeah.
joe rogan
Likes to eat.
Likes to get thick.
terence crawford
Right.
So it's cool though.
It's cool.
joe rogan
So when, like, on a normal camp, what does your training routine consist of?
Like, do you do running?
Do you do strength and conditioning workouts in the gym?
Like, what do you do as far as, like, physical preparation?
terence crawford
I do it all.
I run, I swim, strength and conditioning, plyometrics, all that.
joe rogan
You do swimming?
terence crawford
Yes.
joe rogan
A lot of people are doing swimming now.
terence crawford
I've been doing that my whole career.
joe rogan
Really?
What do you like about swimming?
terence crawford
I just think, you know, it helps on your breathing.
It helps on your breathing, your endurance.
It's better on your joints, you know, because we don't run every day.
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
So, yeah, it helps tremendously.
joe rogan
And do you lift weights?
terence crawford
Yeah.
But not heavy.
We lift probably like 20 pounds, like something light.
joe rogan
Just a lot of endurance work?
Yeah.
terence crawford
Little quick twitch muscles.
joe rogan
So if you have a fight where you're gonna go up to 168 pounds, how much time do you think you need to get ready physically for that?
terence crawford
I'm ready now.
joe rogan
You ready now?
terence crawford
I'm the type of fighter that I just believe in myself.
A lot of people think it's all about weight, but I think it's about the skills.
I got the power to make anybody respect me.
I don't care what your weight is.
If I catch you in the right spot at the right time, you're going to feel it.
I just feel like it's called boxing for a reason.
I'm going to out-think you.
joe rogan
Yeah.
Well, you showed that in that fight.
I mean, just the defense, everything, man.
It was a masterclass.
That's what I love about boxing.
Like, if I wanted to show someone a boxing match, I would show a fight like that.
Like, this is what I love about boxing.
Like, this man is right in front of that dude, and he's rolling with every shot, he's picking off every shot the other dude throws at him, and he's countering with, like, split-second timing.
terence crawford
Yeah, and that's hard to do.
That's hard to do.
And you got to be comfortable enough to have confidence that you got to take chances.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
Like when I dropped them with the uppercut and the hook, I got hit.
Left hand, right?
Yeah.
I got hit while I was throwing the uppercut, but I knew that going into it because I baited them in and set a trap.
So, in my mind, I'm going to take one to get this off and then come back with something else.
And that's how I got the second drop.
joe rogan
Yeah, that uppercut was genius.
It was just inside, tight, boom!
terence crawford
Perfect time.
joe rogan
How hard does Spence hit?
terence crawford
He didn't hit that hard.
joe rogan
But he never caught you that clean.
That was probably the best shot he landed.
terence crawford
No, he caught me a couple of times, but, you know, I was surprised at how hard he didn't hit.
Really?
Given that everybody say, oh, he's a big puncher.
I think he's just a volume puncher.
I think he just wears opponents down.
Just wear them down.
I don't think, you know, he has a one-punch knockout.
He have power, but it's not like, you know, Boom!
Sleep.
You know what I mean?
I think it's like, bam!
Oh!
Boom!
And then he just wear you down.
joe rogan
Right.
Yeah.
That is a difference, right?
terence crawford
Because if you look at his career, you never seen him knock nobody out with one punch.
You never seen him dropping nobody with one punch.
You already seen him wearing them down.
Wearing them down.
That's why he goes so hard to the body, because he want to wear you down.
Then once you get tired and once your body starts weakening, everything starts weakening.
And those little punches that wasn't hurting start hurting.
joe rogan
Well, that was probably your most anticipated fight.
But what do you think was like your most difficult fight?
terence crawford
I would think Gamboa.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
I would say Gamboa.
Because the experience at the time, you know...
You gotta understand, I came from fighting six-round fights, you know, to a ten-round fight on HBO when I got the Bredis Persky fight.
So then I fight him, then I fight another guy for an intern, the NABO, and then I fight for a title eliminator in Klimov, and then I fight Ricky Burns.
And then I come back and fight Gamboa when I become champion.
And Gamboa was labeled the next Floyd Mayweather.
He was on the pound for pound list.
You know, everybody had Gamboa at a high rating, you know, so he's Olympic gold medal, you know.
He had the experience over me, and so I think I learned a lot in that fight, and that's what made it hard because that was something that I never experienced in a fighter before, so it was a great learning experience.
joe rogan
That's one of the most interesting things about watching a very talented fighter.
Is seeing how they respond to the next level of opposition and the next level of challenges.
Like you're saying, going up from 6 rounds to 8 rounds to 10 to 12, and seeing the different caliber of competition.
You know, when you look at, like, a boxer's career, It's interesting because when they're kind of at the end of the line in their late 30s, it's the time when they have the most experience.
They know the most, but their body doesn't really perform as well anymore.
There's this kind of balancing act.
And the guy who beat that better than anybody was Bernard Hopkins.
Because Bernard was world-class up until he was 50, which is so crazy.
Like, how the fuck did he do that?
terence crawford
I think because his body was more preserved than when he was in jail and he didn't have all the wear and tear on his body.
You know, my guy Steven Nelson, he's another one.
He's 35 years old and he's still moving like he's young because he never did no sports.
He started boxing at like 18. Oh.
joe rogan
No injuries.
terence crawford
Yeah.
He just had an injury about a few years ago.
He tore his Achilles.
He was out for two years, but he backed like nothing happened.
joe rogan
That's a big one.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Achilles is a big one.
Jamal Hill, the UFC light heavyweight champion, just tore his Achilles.
unidentified
Mm-hmm.
joe rogan
That's a rough one.
terence crawford
Definitely.
joe rogan
Jamal tore it playing basketball, which is crazy.
terence crawford
He tore his spine moving backwards.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
Yes, he was just moving backwards.
It wasn't nothing crazy.
He was just moving backwards and it just popped.
He said he thought somebody hit him.
He was just like, he looked down.
Like, man, he thought it was me at first.
I'm way on the back.
I'm like, what?
He's like, man.
I fucked up.
I'm like, what?
He was like, man, my Achilles.
I'm like, how you know?
He was like, man, I heard it pop.
And so everybody getting around him.
I'm like, man, you got to go to the hospital.
Let's go.
joe rogan
Wow.
Two years.
terence crawford
Two years out the gym.
I mean, out the ring.
joe rogan
That's a long one.
It's a crazy injury to come back from.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Because it's such a thick tendon.
When it pops, it's just a disaster.
terence crawford
Mm-hmm.
joe rogan
Have you had any significant injuries?
terence crawford
No.
joe rogan
That's amazing.
terence crawford
Yes.
joe rogan
So when you say, like, for Bernard, like, he preserved his body, I know you're very disciplined.
And I know that, like, do you ever take time, like, after a big fight like that, where you go off the rails and eat pizza every day and go crazy?
Or do you stay disciplined?
terence crawford
Well, I don't eat beef or pork, but...
joe rogan
You don't eat beef or pork?
terence crawford
Or pork.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
Yeah, but my eating habits is not the best.
You know, I still drink pop here and there.
I still...
I didn't lighten up on candy.
I used to eat tons of candy, like, every day.
Really?
I used to eat tons of candy, but...
joe rogan
While you were fighting?
terence crawford
Yeah, in camp, too.
I don't know.
It was just something that, listen, I'm going to do this.
I'm going to make way.
I'm going to get everything done, but I'm going to have my candy.
joe rogan
What kind of candy?
terence crawford
I just liked the Jolly Ranchers, the chewy ones.
Just chewy candy.
The Starbursts, the gummies.
I used to just always eat those.
joe rogan
But when you train it a lot, it's not bad to have a little extra sugar.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Like Floyd used to drink sodas after he trained.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
And everybody's like, why would he do that?
But then I talked to a nutritionist and he's like, it's actually after a very hard workout, like sparring and hitting the bag, it's actually a good way to replenish glucose.
terence crawford
Yeah, that's probably why I always was drinking it, you know, and cutting weight.
I don't know why, when I'm cutting weight, I be like, alright.
Even though pop gonna make me more thirsty, I be like, I need a Sprite.
I need a Sprite, a cold Sprite.
And they be like, what?
I be like, I just need a Sprite.
joe rogan
How come you don't eat beef or pork?
terence crawford
I don't eat beef.
Pork is just, you know, bad for you.
It's unhealthy.
You know, and I think when beef, I stopped eating beef like probably like seven years ago, probably more than that.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
Yeah.
I had back problems and I was like, man...
My back was just hurting so bad and I didn't know what it was.
So I went to the hospital.
I went to the emergency.
And so they did the MRI and CAT scan and stuff like that on my back.
And I had backed up shit all up my back.
unidentified
What?
terence crawford
Backed up shit.
joe rogan
Really?
That was what was hurting your back?
terence crawford
All beef.
So since I cut out the beef because they said beef is harder to digest and harder for your body to break down.
So I stopped eating beef and I ain't never had none of them issues ever again.
joe rogan
That's crazy.
I've never heard anything like that.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
So where do you get your protein from?
terence crawford
Chicken.
joe rogan
Just chicken?
terence crawford
Chicken, turkey.
joe rogan
Eggs, fish?
terence crawford
Fish, all that.
joe rogan
So chicken, turkey, fish.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
That's great.
I've never heard anybody have a...
I eat mostly meat.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
I think that's the most of my diet is meat.
terence crawford
You probably got a lot of shit in you.
unidentified
Nope.
terence crawford
I bet you you do.
unidentified
I bet you you do.
terence crawford
You might not do it.
Maybe I should get an MRI. Nah, maybe you should do a colon cleanse or something.
Do you do colon cleanse?
joe rogan
No.
terence crawford
Do one and you're going to be amazed.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
I swear.
joe rogan
I don't know about that.
I don't think there's anything wrong.
terence crawford
I did one, you know, I was doing one in this camp.
joe rogan
Yeah?
terence crawford
And it was crazy.
Like, you know, shit that come out of you, you be like, damn, I had that much shit.
joe rogan
So did you do like a colonic?
terence crawford
Nah, I just, you know.
joe rogan
The colonic's rough.
They stickin' a hose up your ass.
terence crawford
Yeah, I ain't doin' that.
I ain't doing that.
joe rogan
What did you do?
What did you take?
terence crawford
No, I just, you know, take, you know, just a little colon cleanse, dietary, not like supplements or stuff like that, like just stuff that...
joe rogan
It's like fiber.
terence crawford
Yeah, fiber that makes the shit come out.
joe rogan
And it just, whoa!
terence crawford
Yeah, I did that before camp and stuff, and I was like, dang.
Yeah.
joe rogan
So, do you have someone that prepares your meals?
terence crawford
Yes.
joe rogan
Yeah?
So, you got like a meal prep company?
terence crawford
I got a nutritionist, I got a chef, all that.
joe rogan
And you're also, I saw, are you a part of that snack thing too?
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah, so what that is, is...
Is that the dude from Balco?
terence crawford
Yeah.
Victor Conte?
joe rogan
So Victor Conte, he was on the podcast back in the day.
So he's the guy that busted, or he got busted with Barry Bonds, The Clear, where they were giving him that undetectable steroids.
And now he's on the other side of it.
He's making sure that the whole sport is clean.
And nobody knows better than him because he cheated for years.
terence crawford
And they hate it.
They hate it because you'll see a lot of people like, Oh, man, this dude was a cheater.
This dude was this, this dude was that.
And then, you know, you can't get none past him.
joe rogan
Well, he was a cheater, but, you know, just because a guy was a cheater.
Look, first of all, that's the kind of guy you would want being involved in cheating and catching cheating.
terence crawford
But he's trying to clean up the whole sport.
It's not like he's like, alright, well, I'm sponsoring you, you representing my brand.
He's trying to clean up the whole sport, so he's like, why isn't it more transparency?
Where's the transparency?
Where's this?
Where's that?
Why can't the world know what's going on with the test that's going on?
The public should know if these fighters is clean or not.
Because every month there's fighters coming up positive for steroids or banned substance.
joe rogan
Well look at the Anthony Joshua Dillian White fight.
It's cancelled two weeks out.
Huge heavyweight fight.
And Dillian White pops.
terence crawford
Yeah.
And that's not the first time.
joe rogan
No, he's popped before, right?
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
So it's sad for Anthony Joshua to, you know, go through those things that I'm training for this fighter and then he popped down, boom, I'm hit with.
Right.
Got to prepare for somebody else.
And them the worst ones when they come, you know, at the last minute and they ready.
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
Because some people just train, just waiting for that call.
unidentified
Right.
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
You know, you never know.
joe rogan
Also, him fighting Hellenus after Deontay starched him.
That's, like, because everyone's going to prepare, compare you, rather.
Because Deontay, Deontay hits so hard, it doesn't even make sense.
He hits so, he hits so different than everybody else.
terence crawford
Definitely.
unidentified
Definitely.
joe rogan
Doesn't make sense, man.
The Hellenus fight, he was, like, moving back.
And he went like that.
And that dude just shut off.
terence crawford
He blessed with dynamite in that right hand.
joe rogan
Like nobody before.
Nobody.
Like nobody.
In the history of the heavyweight division, we have some giant punchers, Ernie Shavers, George Foreman, Mike Tyson, but I put Deontay at the top of the heap.
terence crawford
Right.
I don't know.
I don't know, man, because those guys, you know what I mean, they was tough as snails back in the days.
But I think Deontay Wilder, man, he hit you a couple of times with that right hand.
If you ain't Tyson Fury, you're going to sleep.
unidentified
Right.
joe rogan
He's the only dude.
He's the only dude.
The first fight was bananas.
When he catches him with that right hand and the left hook as he's going down, then Deontay goes like this.
And he thought it was over.
And this motherfucker rises like the Undertaker.
I was like, there is no way.
There's no way.
And then he starts outboxing him.
Like, how?
terence crawford
He beat him last...
I mean, I thought he came back and won the rest of the round.
joe rogan
I think he did.
And then he took that strategy into the second fight.
He realized that Deontay does not fight as well when you're going after him.
And so then he just dominates the second fight and dominates the third.
But in the third, when he got rocked once so hard, you could watch the ripple, the shockwave go down his body, and it was jiggling his fat.
Jiggling his back fat from the shot.
It was just, boom!
I don't think there's another person in the heavyweight division that would have ate that shot like Tyson did.
terence crawford
I think I told everybody, both fighters won that fight, the first fight.
I said, because...
Tyson Fury, I don't know if he made the count, but any other fighter, you get dropped like that, they was going to call it off.
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
Because Duel literally, boom, looked up, and it was just like...
Any other fighter, they would have counted out.
And I feel like Tyson Fury won on points.
Yeah.
He was winning the fight.
He got up, still winning.
Second fight, Tyson Fury, hands down.
But the third fight, Deontay Wilder could have made it a better, interesting fight, but he got tired.
He was working real well, but he got tired.
But, you know, Tyson Fury's smart.
He started putting that weight on him, started...
Laying on him.
You know what I mean?
joe rogan
He's incredible.
terence crawford
That's the experience, you know what I mean?
joe rogan
He's incredible.
And he's such a character, too.
Such a fun dude.
terence crawford
Yeah, he's funny.
joe rogan
He's so funny.
He got so mad at me because I said that Jon Jones would fuck him up.
terence crawford
In the octagon, yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah, I said in a fight.
In a fight fight.
It's like, no man would beat me.
Lock me in a room with any man.
I'm coming out alive.
terence crawford
No, John, he's a dangerous dude, man.
Y'all better leave him alone.
joe rogan
Leave him alone.
Yeah.
Well, listen, I believe firmly that if Tyson Fury learned wrestling and learned Muay Thai when he was younger, just like John did, he would be a world champion.
terence crawford
Yeah, but he ain't beating John.
joe rogan
He's not beating John now.
No, no, no, no, no.
No one's beating John.
terence crawford
Even if he was to train when he was little, he's still not beating John John.
joe rogan
He'd have to be a great wrestler too.
The thing about John is he can do everything.
He can do everything.
And he has the highest octagon IQ. He's the best at implementing his strategy and utilizing his reach and just figuring out how to get a hold of you.
He's the best.
terence crawford
He's gonna find a way to win.
That's my guy.
joe rogan
He's amazing.
He's amazing.
But, like, when it comes to heavyweight boxers, Tyson Fury is one of my all-time greats.
I have two favorite all-time fighters.
Mike Tyson in his prime, which was just like a cultural phenomenon.
Like, when you would watch Mike Tyson fights back in the day, they were executions.
Like, you were just paying, and you were hoping it lasted a little.
Because you're paying for the pay-per-view.
Like, I hope he doesn't knock this guy out in ten seconds.
So you wanted to see something.
terence crawford
And it was literally like two rounds, one round.
joe rogan
It was amazing.
People forget.
Like when you see him in his prime, when he was bobbing and weaving.
I was talking to the guys last night at the comedy club and I was talking about the Marvis Frazier fight.
And that to me is the most terrifying version of Mike Tyson.
Because Marvis Frazier really didn't have a chance.
His father was propping him up.
His father wanted him to fight Tyson because Joe Frazier would have wanted to fight Tyson when he was in his prime.
He's like, I'm going to get my son out there and do it.
And Tyson just came out, guns blazing.
This was Tyson before he won the title.
24 wins, zero losses, 22 knockouts, and a heavyweight like nobody had ever seen before.
Moved like a lightweight.
The way he was bobbing and weaving and coming in close, he was so fast.
But his punches were just ridiculous angles and accuracy.
I fucking love this fight.
terence crawford
Yeah, nobody...
It was like it, especially in the heavyweight division.
joe rogan
No, it was a totally different thing.
This is it.
terence crawford
You see him set up the uppercut, he pawed, pawed, pawed with that jab, and boom!
joe rogan
It was incredible.
In his prime, I feel like I would have loved to see him against any of the greats, any of the greats.
Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, any of the greats.
I would have loved to have seen Tyson in his prime against those guys.
terence crawford
Yeah, if they could take a punch, then it would be interesting.
unidentified
The punches come so fast.
joe rogan
The thing about Tyson, too, is the speed.
terence crawford
Yeah, that's what I said.
They could take a punch.
joe rogan
The speed was insane.
terence crawford
Because he get hit.
Tyson got hit a lot.
It's just that he's willing to take a hit to get his powerful hit off.
joe rogan
Well, he also had that neck that started at the top of his ears.
His neck started up here, man.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
It was a crazy neck, man.
He could take a punch better than anybody.
Better than anybody.
terence crawford
So what you think...
Let me ask you a question.
joe rogan
Okay.
terence crawford
So what you think about the business side of MMA and boxing?
joe rogan
In what way?
terence crawford
In like, you know, the way of the fighters getting, you know, not getting what they deserve.
In MMA? And boxing.
joe rogan
Well, you know, it's tricky, right?
Like this whole thing with you and Spence, like trying to negotiate a proper contract.
You know, there's a lot of vultures.
There's a lot of weasels.
The one good thing about the UFC is that there's one organization that controls it.
The one bad thing about the UFC is that there's one organization that controls it.
So you got good and bad.
So like, if I was a manager of a fighter I would want fighters like your career where you're tested and you're facing ever-increasing challenges but it's calculated.
It's calculated and you get lessons from each fight and then you build up to a point where you're ready to challenge for a title.
Like, Jon Jones fought for the title when he was 22. I mean, it was a last-minute fight, Rashad Evans got hurt, and Jon Jones went in to fight Shogun.
Jon was just so fucking talented, so above everybody else, that he dominated that fight and walked away the world champion and destroyed Shogun.
He opened up the fight with a flying knee.
22 years old, first title fight, opens up with a flying knee.
Who the fuck does that?
Nobody does it.
Everybody would be nervous.
John's just so loose and creative in there.
In MMA, a lot of times fighters get fights they're really not ready for.
And they have to take the fight.
terence crawford
But I'm not talking about that aspect of...
I'm talking about the business side of it.
joe rogan
Well, the business side, it speaks to that as well.
Because for a fighter to get to a point where they're undefeated and they have a big name, then they start getting the big money.
And then they're the headline of the card.
You know, I think there's a lot of there's a lot of good in that There's a lot of good in preparing a fighter properly like you see a lot of fighters when they fight for a title They might have like 16-1 16-0 like people like undefeated records It's very rare that a UFC fighter gets all the way to a title fight without some losses and I think that also speaks to the style differences, the wrestling, the kickbox, all the different things that you might face inside the octagon and having to prepare for that.
terence crawford
That's one thing I like about MMA. You know, those guys, they still, great fighters, they still get praise, you know, even though they probably got five losses.
joe rogan
Yes.
terence crawford
You know, one loss don't define how great they is, you know.
Compared to boxing.
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
You know, look how the media and how people is bashing Errol Spence.
Like, he's not great.
joe rogan
Crazy.
terence crawford
You know what I mean?
Just because he lost to an all-time great fighter and myself.
Right.
That's all the fighters that I didn't fought.
You know, once I fight them and, you know, I dismantle them, they say, oh, well, those guys is weak.
Those guys are not great fighters, though.
Those guys is tomato cans.
They washed up.
They bums.
I'm like, dang, how can you disrespect this man?
And he didn't work his ass off to get to the level that he is to even be able to challenge me.
You know what I mean?
Can I just be that good?
Why they gotta be bums?
Why they gotta be tomato cans?
joe rogan
Isn't that just a lot of noise though?
There's a lot of people that their opinions are stupid.
There's a lot of people that their opinions suck.
terence crawford
But if you watch, if you looked at my whole career, That's what was always said.
Terrence Crawford haven't fought anybody.
Terrence Crawford, you know, only fought washed fighters.
Terrence Crawford this, Terrence Crawford that.
But now, after the spins, that's what I said.
joe rogan
They have to shut the fuck up.
terence crawford
That's what I said.
joe rogan
But don't listen to those people.
Like, listen to Andre Ward.
terence crawford
No, they motivate me.
joe rogan
You know what I'm saying?
Oh, they do.
terence crawford
They motivate me.
joe rogan
Okay.
You're like David Goggins.
terence crawford
Yeah, I want to see it.
I want to hear.
I want to see it because, you know, that lights that fuel.
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
And then I just grit my teeth and be like, urr.
joe rogan
Well, one of the most crazy stories about your career is your mom.
It's about how your mom just never gave you any praise.
It's like, nope, not good enough.
terence crawford
She was tough.
She was tough, you know what I mean?
I love my mom to death.
That's my heart.
That's my girl, you know what I mean?
But that was just her way of pushing me to be great, you know what I mean?
And she just knew that her son was so competitive.
She was just like, all right, let me see how competitive you is.
Come here, little kid.
joe rogan
She would pay people to try to beat you up.
terence crawford
Yeah.
Well, we have gloves.
We have gloves, you know, because I come from a—my family was all into boxing.
My dad's side of the family, my mom's side of the family, so she was always tough.
So she'll get the little kids in the neighborhood, five hours if they can win.
We'll be in the front yard, and, you know, I beat them all up.
I beat them all up.
I be like, now what?
You give me the money.
joe rogan
Yeah.
It's amazing how it works.
I mean, it's not something like I think a psychologist would recommend for raising a child, but sometimes they're wrong, you know?
And it depends on the person, whether they can rise to that challenge.
And obviously, it made you great.
terence crawford
Yeah, I think that's why I said, you know...
I love to hear the doubters, the naysayers, because I think it's something in me from my past trauma with my mom, you know, me trying to prove her wrong, you know, me fighting for her, you know, approval.
So, you know, it goes back to when I was a kid when, you know, she would say, oh, man, you ain't gonna win it.
And I go out there and win.
I come back with the belt and she taking pictures with the belt.
You know what I mean?
But then, you know, when it's just me and her, you still ain't shit.
You know what I mean?
So I laugh and stuff like that.
joe rogan
That's amazing.
terence crawford
So it was just, you know, my mom knew what she was doing for me at a young age.
She was instilling, you know, mentally toughness because, you know, through anything that's going on in my life, I'm always focused.
No matter what it is, it can be a loud room full of people.
It can be 50 people in a room and I can be fighting the next day.
And the average person be like, man, what is you doing, dude?
You got a big fight tomorrow.
Like, you need to be focusing.
You need to be resting.
They need to be out the room.
You know, I'll be sitting there.
I'll be like, I'm good.
I'm not doing nothing.
They just sitting here talking.
What's wrong with that?
Because I'm so locked in because once I'm focused on something, that's not going to distract me.
And I think that comes from my upbringing as well.
joe rogan
Have you ever worked with a sports psychologist or anything?
terence crawford
Nah.
joe rogan
Nothing.
terence crawford
But I used to have to seek counselors and stuff like that when I was little.
joe rogan
If you get in trouble.
terence crawford
Huh?
joe rogan
If you get in trouble.
terence crawford
No, I used to get in trouble.
I used to have an anger problem.
I used to be mad at the world.
And I always tell people, I don't know why I was so mad.
But then, as I got older, I realized that, you know, my dad was gone.
And I wanted my dad to be there.
And like, my mom, like, everything, you know, I do wrong, I was getting a whooping for her.
So it was like, That's all I know.
You say something I don't like, I'm whooping your ass.
You do something I don't like, I'm whooping your ass.
So it was just like, everything that I was getting at home for getting in trouble, when I go out into the real world, I was, you know, doing the same thing that my mom was doing to me.
When I get in trouble or say something or do something that she don't like, I was getting a whooping for it, you know?
You're not listening.
So I'd be like, dude, shut up talking to me.
And you still talking to me, you're not listening.
Now we gotta fight.
I gotta beat your ass because now you're not listening.
Now you're gonna piss me off.
So, you know, I used to get in trouble a lot.
I used to get in trouble a lot.
joe rogan
Well, it seems like with all great fighters, they've overcome some serious problems when they're young.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Like every great fighter.
It's very rare that you have a great fighter that had this perfect upbringing where nothing ever went wrong, everything was fine, got everything they wanted, anything they needed.
It seems like every fighter has to come.
They have to overcome people downing them, people dismissing them.
They have to overcome that.
terence crawford
Oh yeah, definitely.
From school to everywhere.
A lot of people...
I don't think nobody but my family members thought that I was going to turn out to be the guy that I am today.
When I see people that knew me when I was little, they just want to cry.
But I just can't believe how of a man you grown into.
I would have never believed this would be you.
Like, you talk so well.
You ain't in trouble.
You doing things for the community.
I'm just in disbelief.
Like, I'm just so proud of you.
And I just be like, thank you.
Because nobody thought that I would turn out to be who I am today.
It just goes to show that it don't matter how you start, it always matters how you finish.
joe rogan
Well, it's also your composure.
You have this ability.
You can talk shit in the middle of a fight to someone who's sitting ringside.
It's kind of amazing.
You're just always composed.
I think it's because you've overcome all that shit.
But because your mind is centered.
Even when we were talking about cars earlier when I was showing you the Barracuda, you're like, I don't drive any of my cars, I drive my truck.
You just listen to all these cool cars you have, you just stay low-key.
Stay low-key and keep it together.
Stay composed.
terence crawford
I got to.
That's just me.
I never want to be nothing other than myself.
I remember my family members, a couple of my friends, they were like, Man, you need to talk more shit.
You need to be like Mayweather.
You need to do this.
You need to do that.
I'm like, no, I don't.
I said, that's him.
That's not me.
I mean, you see Tank now.
You see all these fighters, you know, broner them.
You see, that's how you get the money.
That's how you get the money.
You got to entertain.
You got to show the money.
You got to do this.
I'm going to be myself.
And I thrived on that, you know, because when it's all said and done, when all the money gone, when all the fans done chanting your name, Now who you really is.
Now you gotta search and find the real you.
But if the real you been there all along, you gonna be happy.
You ain't gonna have to, you know, go through therapy.
You ain't gonna have to be buying friends.
You ain't gonna be having to stay in the sport to hear that chant again.
So when you walk away from the sport, you gonna walk away from the sport as a man with your head high and you just gonna wave.
joe rogan
Yeah, that's beautiful.
terence crawford
Yeah, definitely.
joe rogan
Well, you have a rock-solid philosophy.
I love that.
It's one of the things I really admire about Andre Ward.
Andre Ward, Olympic gold medalist, two-division world champion, retires undefeated.
He's like, I'm gone.
That's good.
All my faculty is completely intact.
And they even offered him a big money fight against Canelo after he beat Kovalev.
After he knocked out Kovalev, they offered money to Andre.
A lot of money.
And he's like, I think I better serve boxing as a commentator.
Which is amazing for a guy who's still in his physical prime.
I mean, there's video footage of him working out.
Still in tip-top condition.
Looks fantastic.
terence crawford
Yeah, he had a lot of injuries, though.
joe rogan
Yeah, the shoulder.
terence crawford
And the knee.
joe rogan
The knee was big, but the shoulder, I mean, he's a one-armed fighter for most of his career, which is so incredible.
He beat everybody with a left hand.
Everybody.
Went through the whole Super 6 tournament.
terence crawford
Great.
joe rogan
Beat everybody with a left hand.
terence crawford
Great.
joe rogan
Yeah.
And then finally got it fixed and fucked Kovalev up in the rematch with a right hand.
terence crawford
Right.
joe rogan
It's crazy.
terence crawford
I always said I want to retire from boxing.
I never wanted boxing to retire me.
My goal was always to retire at 33. 33?
joe rogan
33. Is it because the fights didn't come?
terence crawford
No, I just...
joe rogan
The Earl Spence fight?
terence crawford
Even before that.
joe rogan
But why did you decide to keep going?
terence crawford
I just...
I don't know.
It's just like my body was just like, man, you ain't done.
You know what I mean?
Even though, you know, I wanted to retire, it was just like, you're not done.
Like, you got a lot to prove.
You got a lot to accomplish.
You still in your prime.
So it's like, all right, keep going, because I wanted that mega fight.
I wanted that big fight to where it's like...
No denying who Terrence Crawford is, you know, or what he stood for or, you know, the family man he was.
I wanted the people still to know who Terrence Crawford was.
And I felt like there was people that knew who I was and that followed me, but it wasn't solidified worldwide yet.
joe rogan
But look, now even that it is, you still want the next challenge.
terence crawford
Nah, I really don't have nothing to prove.
I can walk away right now.
And I contemplated on that.
You know, I do that every day.
I wake up.
Do I still want to box?
Do I still want to box?
Because I don't need to box because I done great with my money.
I invested great with my money.
I got a lot of great businesses.
I got a lot of great things that I'm doing.
So, that generates money, so I don't need boxing.
I'm doing this for legacy, you know?
So, if it's not, that's why I said, if Charlo move up in weight and they strip him for his belt, there's no need for me and Charlo to fight because he's not undisputed.
joe rogan
You yelled at him from the ring.
Of course.
You're next.
terence crawford
Of course.
I've been saying that for years.
I said, I'm going to whoop Spence, then I'm going to whoop you.
And I meant it.
But yeah, if he's not undisputed, then that fight don't...
I don't know.
It's not interesting to me no more because I'm trying to make all-time history.
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
You know, if the Canelo fight come to fruition, then that's a fight that I'll be willing to take just off the wrist.
You know, to be one of the all-time greats that...
That's a fight.
joe rogan
That's the one that gets you going.
I can see it in your eyes.
terence crawford
Yeah.
That's a fight.
Because of the challenge.
I love the challenges.
And I love the people that...
I hear them now.
You're too little.
Canelo's gonna break you.
He's gonna stop you.
You coming from 147. That weight's too big.
This and that.
I can hear it now.
And that just excites me to go in there and just be like, okay.
Let me prove him wrong once again.
joe rogan
That fight would be gigantic.
If Canelo gets through Jermel and then you guys fight, that fight would be gigantic.
terence crawford
And it's crazy because, like, in the past, interviews, I was like, man, Canelo too big, man.
It's weight classes for a reason.
I was like, nah.
But in my mind, in my heart, I don't think nobody too big, you know, especially in a fight.
I'm a fighter.
But, like, I was thinking, like, man, it could happen.
So you start really sitting down like, man, that fight maybe can happen.
Okay, so now you start sizing him up.
He be like, alright, he 5'8", I'm 5'8".
My arm's longer than he is.
He bigger than me, but I'm faster.
So then you start doing the advantages.
You know what I mean?
Like, man, we right there.
We right there.
You know what I mean?
So I was like, man.
joe rogan
And it's not like he didn't go up and wait as well.
terence crawford
Yeah, yeah.
So that's why I was like, man, that's a fight.
joe rogan
And it's the same kind of fighter, too, because, like, that's why he went up and fought Bival.
That's why he fought Kovalev.
He wanted that challenge.
For him to go up from junior middleweight all the way up to light heavyweight and win the title.
terence crawford
Definitely.
But going up and becoming undisputed against Canelo...
Come on, man.
I'm flying in the sunset, man.
Thank you, boxing gods.
joe rogan
That would be it?
terence crawford
That would be it.
That's the only thing to get for me.
I didn't accomplish everything there is to accomplish in the sport of boxing.
There's really nothing for me to accomplish right now.
It's about the money now.
It's about the money.
I'm not going to sit here and say it's not, but the money and to beat Canelo, if that fight was ever to happen, come on, man.
Y'all better leave me alone.
Leave me alone, man.
Call me, you know what I mean, TBC, man.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
Yeah, man.
That's what I've been thinking about.
I don't know why.
You know, I was just like, man, the last few days I was like, man, I don't know if it's God talking to me or what, but that's a fight that if he win, if Canelo win, then...
Yeah, I'm going to try to pursue that.
joe rogan
I love that.
I love that mentality.
unidentified
I do.
joe rogan
I love it.
I love it.
Because that's where it's at.
That's what makes all-time greats.
It's like you have to have that mountain to climb.
terence crawford
But nobody went up, I don't think nobody went up three-way classes.
joe rogan
Well, didn't Roy?
Roy started at 160, wanted 168. No, I'm saying, I'm saying, at once.
Right.
terence crawford
You know what I mean?
From 147 to 168. No.
joe rogan
The closest to that is when Canelo went up 68 to 75, starting at 54. No, not starting.
terence crawford
I'm saying I started at 135. Right, that's true.
You know what I mean?
I'm just saying, like, say if Canelo was the champion at 147 to go up 168. Right, right, right.
joe rogan
Right in one jump.
terence crawford
Yeah, in one jump.
joe rogan
It's a big jump, too.
21 pounds.
It's a lot of weight.
terence crawford
It's a lot of weight.
joe rogan
Yeah, that's exciting.
terence crawford
I spar big guys, though.
joe rogan
Do you?
terence crawford
Yeah, I spar big guys.
That's why I'm like, I started thinking like, man.
I don't know.
I probably can be great.
I probably can be great, you know what I mean?
But, you know, it's different in the fight, but I believe in my skills and my ability, and I believe in my team.
I believe we'll come up with something that, you know, would be suitable for me to be successful in that fight.
joe rogan
That would probably be the biggest fight in boxing.
terence crawford
Definitely.
joe rogan
That fight would be gigantic.
terence crawford
It would.
joe rogan
That would be a big one.
I have to go to that one.
Definitely.
terence crawford
You were supposed to go to this last one.
joe rogan
I couldn't.
That was at the UFC. I wanted to go.
terence crawford
It's crazy how they had it on the same day.
joe rogan
Yeah, it sucked.
terence crawford
But it was good because my fight was early than y'all fight was later on that night.
joe rogan
Unfortunately, somebody spoiled it for me.
terence crawford
Oh, they did?
joe rogan
Yeah, they spoiled it for me.
Then I said, all right, let me watch the highlights.
I just watched the highlights on my phone.
I was like, oh, shit!
Then I got home and watched the whole fight on the big screen.
terence crawford
That's what's up.
joe rogan
I actually got Paramount Plus just for you.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
So I could watch it.
You couldn't watch it anywhere else after it was already aired.
terence crawford
I appreciate it.
joe rogan
It is magnificent, man.
I love excellence.
I love when someone just rises to the top of A shark-infested pool, because that's what boxing is.
When you're at your level, and when you can perform that way against a guy like Errol Spence, against a guy who's an undefeated, elite champion, and for you to perform that way.
That's just what, to me, what boxing is all about.
When one person shows that there are levels upon levels upon levels upon levels.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
You know, and then it puts you in this category where people go, okay, well, what other champions can move around in weight classes or go up or come down?
Like, you know, I know there's been a lot of discussion about different people from different weight classes coming up to you.
Is there anything else that's interesting to you other than Canelo or Jamel?
terence crawford
Nah.
joe rogan
Nothing?
terence crawford
Nope.
joe rogan
You just need dragons to slay.
You know what I mean?
At this point in your life, you can't even fight a regular fighter.
terence crawford
Yeah, I don't know.
I get excited.
I don't know why.
I get excited when I talk about Canelo like I used to get excited about Pacquiao.
unidentified
Really?
terence crawford
I used to get so excited.
Like, man, I'm going to be able to fight Pacquiao.
joe rogan
Is that the one you think got away?
No.
terence crawford
Yeah, it definitely did.
It definitely did.
I tried my eyes off.
joe rogan
What stopped that fight from happening?
terence crawford
They didn't want to fight.
joe rogan
It's too dangerous.
terence crawford
They didn't want to fight.
Freddie Roach said he didn't want to fight.
Pacquiao handlers didn't want to fight.
I believe Pacquiao, as a fighter, he wanted to fight, but they didn't want to fight for him.
It just got away.
Looking back at Floyd's career, him coming up in the era that he came up in, he had all them champions that he was able to fight.
That's what led him to be so great because he fought the most champions, beat the most champions, got the most money for beating the most champions.
So it was just like, man, he had this guy, this guy, this guy, this guy, this guy.
Back to back, the fight, one after one.
When I was coming at the peak of my career, they all retired.
You know what I mean?
So it was like, I can't get these guys' name on my resume.
You know what I mean?
So it was just like...
Now, I'm the old guy in the era that the young guys want to try to get a piece of to build their legacy and put names on their resume.
History is going to keep repeating itself.
joe rogan
Yeah, there's always going to be a new guy coming up.
Right now, you've got Booth Tennis in your weight class.
terence crawford
Definitely.
joe rogan
What do you think about him?
terence crawford
Oh, he's very talented.
He's unproven, but he's very talented.
The eye test tells it all.
He's got the it, but we haven't seen him against any elite fighter.
We've never seen him tested.
Until then, we're just going to keep saying, boots, boots, boots, until he meet that fighter that's going to test him.
joe rogan
Is he the mandatory?
terence crawford
Yeah.
I probably got like three mandatories.
joe rogan
Really?
unidentified
Oh, right.
joe rogan
Four weight classes, four belts.
Yeah.
Is that a fight that you would be interested in?
terence crawford
Nah.
It just don't make sense right now in my career, like I said.
Especially money-wise.
Don't nobody really know Boots, but us.
I'm looking for bigger and better challenges like Canelo.
joe rogan
You're just looking for the big ones.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
The big fish.
terence crawford
Fish fry.
Definitely.
Definitely.
Them the guys I'm looking for.
joe rogan
Why do you say fish fry?
terence crawford
Because he called himself the big fish.
You know, Errol said he was the big fish and I said we was going to fry him.
We was going to reel him in, we was going to put him on the bank, we was going to gut him, we was going to fillet him, then we was going to fry him.
And that's what happened.
joe rogan
Yeah, and you did it.
This is a great time for boxing.
There's so many stars coming up right now.
terence crawford
And everybody fighting each other.
joe rogan
Yeah.
What did you think of the Lomachenko-Devin Haney fight?
terence crawford
That was a great fight.
I was actually ringside.
You know, Devin showed a lot of heart and grit.
Canelo showed a lot of heart and grit.
joe rogan
Lomachenko.
terence crawford
I mean, yeah.
I said Canelo.
See, my mind...
joe rogan
He's like, you're locked in.
terence crawford
Yes.
Lomachenko, he showed a lot of heart and grit and, you know, they fought their ass off.
You know, they fought their ass off and the better man won that day.
joe rogan
Did you think that the decision made sense?
terence crawford
Man, listen, I'm not no judge.
I always tell people I'm not a judge.
I can't tell a person that's been judging probably longer than I've been boxing what he's basing his rounds on or why he give what round to who.
We can argue all day, but that ain't going to change the results.
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
So I just don't get into it.
I just hope that I'll never be on the end of that stick.
joe rogan
Right.
Yeah, that's what's unfortunate, is that it was such a great fight, but so many people thought the decision wasn't right, that it sort of diminished the accomplishments of both fighters.
Because Devin Haney fought a brilliant fight, and so did Lomachenko.
I mean, Lomachenko turned the clock back.
He looked incredible.
terence crawford
Yeah, both of them put on a show.
I was rooting for Devin the whole time.
But both of them put a hell of a show on.
Gotta tip my hats off to them because they put it all on the line.
joe rogan
Yeah, and you know, that weight class is a fucking stacked weight class too.
When Devin Haney beat Kambosis and beat him twice and just the way he did it, like the way he looked.
terence crawford
Oh, I already knew that.
joe rogan
You already knew that?
terence crawford
Definitely.
Not taking nothing away from Kambosis, it's just...
joe rogan
Levels.
terence crawford
It's levels.
joe rogan
Levels.
terence crawford
You know, it's the reason why, you know, people was avoiding Devin and Shakur.
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
Because those two boxing...
If you're not on that level mentally, you're not even going to compete with those two dudes.
joe rogan
It's such an interesting thing because a lot of people don't know The general public.
When someone gets to an elite level, they need some high-profile fight in order for people to realize.
Because all the boxing fans realize.
Shakur's a great example.
He's not really a household name, but he should be.
He's an elite fighter.
He's so fucking good.
But he needs a big, high-profile fight, like Gervonta did.
Nobody want to fight him.
terence crawford
Nobody want to fight him.
And I see why.
I get it.
But at the same time, they're going to have to see him sooner or later.
No matter what, no matter how far they go, they're going to have to see him sooner or later.
All these fighters, he's calling out everybody.
He's calling out the Pitbull.
He's calling out Lomachinko.
He's calling out Devin.
He's calling out Tane.
He's calling out everybody.
He want to fight everybody right now.
That's a dangerous man when you know how talented he is.
He's motivated.
He's focused.
He's staying in the gym.
He's a gym rat.
He loves boxing to the core.
Yeah, that's a dangerous man right now because he got something on his mind that he want to accomplish.
joe rogan
And he's still very young.
Very young and still getting better with every fight.
Him versus Tank would be insane.
Tank is one of the most interesting fighters to watch.
Because he's so different.
His style is so different.
You know, he's so economical.
Like, he puts pressure on guys without throwing too many punches.
And then starts to figure holes out.
And the way he can explode and move in with one shot.
My God.
terence crawford
Yeah, he's very explosive.
He's very explosive.
And, you know, man, he'd be cracking them dudes.
unidentified
God.
terence crawford
Cracking people.
He be putting him to sleep.
joe rogan
Just cracking people.
And he has so much confidence in his power.
So much confidence in his power.
He doesn't give a fuck if he's giving away a couple rounds.
terence crawford
Yeah, he definitely be giving away rounds.
But, you know, he just, in his mind, he know it's a matter of time before I catch you.
And that's the thing with Tank, you know, these fighters.
You know, you got to be aware...
15 rounds.
I know you're going 12, but you got to think you're going three more because, you know, the slightest slip, and we've seen it, you know, time and time again.
One slip, one mistake, and it's over.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
You know, so...
You know, hats off to Tank.
You know, he's a great, talented fighter.
But again, he haven't faced the top elite fighters in his division.
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
You know, so we want to see Tank against, you know, somebody his size, you know, at the elite level.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
And I believe he'll do good because, you know, he got the skills, the power.
He got that ring IQ to do good.
But we haven't seen that yet.
joe rogan
Yeah, he's also wild.
He's a wild fella, so he's fun to watch.
He's just a crazy dude.
terence crawford
Yeah, coming from Baltimore, man, I think that's just his upbringing as well.
Product of his own environment.
joe rogan
Yes, yes, for sure.
He's just so unique in his approach.
He doesn't fight like anybody else.
terence crawford
Yeah, it's alright.
joe rogan
I just get very frustrated when there's amazing fights that are on the table that don't get made, you know, like Usyk and Tyson Fury.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
I was like, I want to see.
I know Usyk is small, right?
I know he's small for the weight class, but goddamn that dude's good.
Goddamn he's good.
And the pace that he fights at for a heavyweight is insane.
terence crawford
Definitely.
I think that goes back to, you know, the business.
Mm-hmm.
You know, um...
On the business side, Usyk is a great fighter and has accomplished great things in the sport of boxing.
And for him to get disrespected in the negotiations, because I'm pretty sure that's probably what it came down to, is not right.
joe rogan
Well, he was willing to accept 70-30, which is crazy, but he's like, I want this fight.
This is a big fight.
And he must realize also that 30% of a Tyson Fury fight is probably bigger than anything he's ever had before in his life.
terence crawford
But I still honestly think, you know, he deserved more than that.
joe rogan
I think so too.
But I love the fact that he said yes, and then it still didn't happen.
terence crawford
Right.
So, you know, who was behind the reason why it didn't happen?
joe rogan
Yeah, I don't know.
terence crawford
That's when you start asking those type of questions.
joe rogan
Who do you think was behind it?
terence crawford
I don't know.
I can't say.
I wasn't, you know, in the negotiations, but, you know, it should be some type of forum where, you know, these fights should be mandatory to happen so you can clean up the sport of boxing and it can only be one champion in one division.
Like the UFC. Right.
I think we got too many titles.
I think we got too many sanctioned bodies.
I think we need to clean up the sport as a whole.
I think the fighters need pensions.
We need 401Ks.
We need a union.
We need health insurance.
I think we need all that.
You know, we put our life on the line to go out here and entertain, you know, the people.
And once we're done entertaining, we leave home, you know, and we come home not the same fighter that we once was when we left.
You know, and it's heartbreaking to see a lot of these old-time fighters You know, that speaking impaired and, you know, can't enjoy the fruit of their labor or just flat out broke.
And they gave their life to the sport and doesn't have anything to show for it.
And I think that's wrong.
I think, you know, we need to create something to where At least the fighters can you know live comfortable after the sport of boxing given if you know something dramatic was to happen or you know you didn't put in a certain amount of years in a sport that you can pay in on your own to have you a 401k so when you retire you got some type of income coming in because When you're getting that much
money so fast and so frequently, you're just spending.
You're just spending because in your mind, I'm going to fight again and I'm going to get it again.
I'm going to fight again, then I'm going to get it again.
But then you start living off of that.
And then once you get to the end, tail end of your career, you're like, damn, I didn't spend it.
Millions and millions, and I got a couple of more fights.
Now you're struggling, you know, because you got to pay taxes.
If not, they come to take everything you got.
And then, you know, you pay taxes, now you got not even half of that.
And now you're looking like, damn, I got to make this stretch.
And then you ain't got no work ethic skills because you've been boxing your whole life.
You didn't go to college to get no curricular skills in other lanes.
So, uh...
Yeah, I think we need to create something to clean up the sport of boxing.
joe rogan
Do you think it's possible to eliminate the sanctioning bodies?
I mean, the only person that can kind of do it is a guy like you.
Because, like, if you're a world champion in four different organizations, you're undisputed.
There's no one that can say they're the welterweight champion of the world, except for Terrence Crawford.
If you say, All these belts are bullshit.
Like, I'm the fucking champion, whether it's the Ring Magazine belt or whatever you sanction, whatever you sanction.
Do you think it's possible to do something like that?
terence crawford
I think it is.
I think anything is possible.
You know, I think Floyd, I think Canelo, they showed us time and time again that it's not about the belts.
When you get to a certain point in your career, you're bigger than the belts.
Right.
Coming up, everybody want to be a champion.
But once you get your name out there and you become a megastar or a star, the belts don't mean nothing.
We paying for the belts.
joe rogan
How much do you have to pay?
terence crawford
We got to pay like, what, 3%?
3%?
2%, 3%?
joe rogan
That's crazy.
terence crawford
Definitely.
joe rogan
That's so crazy.
terence crawford
It's like, I'm paying you to make me a belt.
joe rogan
And do you have to pay 3% to each individual section?
Yeah.
unidentified
Wow!
terence crawford
Some of them is different.
Some of them is 3%, some of them 2%.
You know, so it's like, I'm paying for you to come out here and watch me fight to give me a belt that, you know what I mean, I'm already paying for.
Come on now.
I'm paying you.
You're not paying me.
I'm paying you.
The only one that really matters is the ring belt because it's free.
It's free.
Why do I gotta pay to be champion?
Once you start thinking about that, like, dang.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
I'm paying all this money.
joe rogan
And the ring magazine belt is as respected as any of them.
terence crawford
Yeah.
That's the number one guy in the division.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
That's how it should be.
I don't think, you know, a champion should have to pay to be champion.
joe rogan
No.
terence crawford
Where is all the other money going to?
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
You know, especially when you get to these high-priced fights, you know, that 2% and 3% is turning into a lot of money.
joe rogan
Yes.
terence crawford
So you're like, okay, so what is you doing with the money?
Right.
What is the money going to?
joe rogan
Where's the value?
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah.
The value is entirely in you.
terence crawford
Definitely.
joe rogan
In you and your name.
People don't give a fuck about those three letters.
terence crawford
At all.
joe rogan
At all.
They just know Terrence Crawford's the best.
And who he's fighting, who cares, like whatever it is, that's the big fight.
WBO, WBC, IBF, nobody gives a fuck.
terence crawford
They don't.
joe rogan
Nobody gives a fuck.
terence crawford
They care about who you beat.
Nobody, you know what I mean, care about the belts.
You know, yeah, it's cool to say, you know what I mean, He's an undisputed champion of the world, or he's a champion of the world.
That's beautiful.
That's history.
That's legacy.
But at the end of the day, it's all about the man's future.
That money that we spend on them belts with them sanctioned bodies can go to our kids and our family.
It's a lot of money.
joe rogan
A lot of leeches.
Yeah.
What do you think about what Floyd's doing?
What Floyd's doing is kind of crazy.
terence crawford
I love it.
joe rogan
It's amazing.
He's making more money than most boxers just fighting people who have zero chance.
terence crawford
I love it.
I love it because it's entertainment.
joe rogan
Yes.
terence crawford
Ali did it.
Tyson did it.
Like, why can't Floyd do it?
A lot of people...
joe rogan
Well, Floyd's doing it better than anybody.
terence crawford
Yeah, that's what I was about to say.
A lot of people are getting mad because how well he's doing it.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
But if I was in Floyd's position and I got the opportunity to do what Floyd is doing right now, travel the world, sparring, I would do it.
We spar for free.
Why not spar for some millions of dollars?
It's not going on my record.
I'm entertaining.
I'm getting a workout at the same time.
Why not?
Right.
joe rogan
No, I agree.
I think it's amazing.
I just love the fact that he's gamed the system.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
You know, because the system is you get to a certain point in time, you're a champion, make as much money as you possibly can, you retire, and then there's no more money.
And Floyd's like, let me just box some people that have zero chance.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
And then now with what's going on in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, you can get paid insane amounts of money.
If you're Floyd, people just want to see you perform.
terence crawford
Definitely.
Not just if you're Floyd.
You see Tyson Fury now went over there.
joe rogan
Well, he's got a fight in Ghana.
Yeah, that's happening in October.
That is an interesting thing.
That's an interesting thing because you got a guy in Francis Ngannou who was the heavyweight champ, retired from the UFC, left the UFC as the champ, but has zero professional boxing fights.
terence crawford
He has no chance.
unidentified
We're not.
terence crawford
When I was doing an interview at the UFC gym, they asked me about the fight.
I said, you have no chance.
Tyson Fury all day.
You're talking about one of the best heavyweights.
joe rogan
Ever.
terence crawford
Ever.
You know what I mean?
And you think this guy with no boxing experience is going to come in there and just beat him?
He don't hit harder than Deontay Wilder.
joe rogan
No, nobody hits harder than Deontay.
terence crawford
So what you think this guy going to do with them 10-ounce gloves on?
Now with 4 ounces, 6 ounces, what he wear, he probably strong.
But add some more ounces on, you know, it's a different game.
He's going to get tired.
You know, it's going to be a different game.
joe rogan
Yeah, he doesn't have the experience.
And to go from...
Listen, I think that he could have a...
He's also 36. Yeah.
You know, he could have a career as a heavyweight boxer because he hit so fucking hard.
If they built him up and he starts fighting guys and, you know, different styles and gets to the point where he's really got experience a few years down the line, he could fight world-class fighters.
I think he could fight good boxers if he learns those lessons.
terence crawford
I don't know.
joe rogan
But to do it at 36, that's what I'm saying.
terence crawford
That's a little up there, you know.
That's up there.
It's going to take some years to develop him.
joe rogan
A long time.
terence crawford
To take him through them steps and get tested and, you know, he walking right into the championship with nothing.
joe rogan
It's kind of crazy.
terence crawford
Yeah.
I commend him, though.
joe rogan
Oh, well, he wants the bag.
He's going to get a big one.
I mean, I don't know what he's going to get paid, but it's going to be more money than he's ever made before.
terence crawford
Right.
I believe him.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
That's why all those MMA guys coming over to boxing, trying to, you know, they see Conor McGregor, they like, oh, made all that money?
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
Let me try.
Yeah.
joe rogan
That was a fascinating fight, Conor versus Floyd.
It was fascinating.
Because Conor's a talented fighter, but to just jump right in against the best ever.
Like, it's just...
terence crawford
Hey, he did what he had to do.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
Got that back.
That's all it comes down to.
You know, solidifying yourself and taking care of your family.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
You know, that's why I say a lot of people, they look at a lot of these boxers that have a loss and then they just think they're not good or, you know, great.
Man, them guys train their ass off.
You know what these fighters go through in the MMA and boxing?
Fighters go through the most to just entertain and put food on the tables for their family and their children, take care of them, and they don't get the recognition or respect that they deserve.
You see all these other sports, they get praise, but boxing and MMA is, man, that shit is hard.
It's like you versus one man brutally trying to kill each other for some money.
For people to be cheering.
The fight is the easy part.
You don't see the injuries I had to overcome in training camp.
You don't see all the mornings I had to get up when I was tired.
You don't see all the hard other training that I had to do To get to right now.
They see things right now.
They don't see the years that I had to do just to get to this point.
They don't see all the sacrifices I had to make to get to this point.
They just see you right now.
They could have been a fan of you from your last fight, but what about You before that last fight.
What about you the whole 10 plus years that you've been doing this sport as a professional?
What about that?
And it's just like, man, I didn't work my ass off to get to this point right now.
And it's like, this shit didn't come easy.
You might think it is because you just now noticing that Me and my career, but this shit was hard.
Like, who thinks getting punched in the face, in the head, that's tough living.
joe rogan
It's tough living.
Especially at a championship level.
terence crawford
That's tough living.
joe rogan
I think most people will...
Don't have any comprehension of the amount of sacrifice, the amount of just determination and will and discipline that you have to have.
terence crawford
Yeah.
It's hard, man.
I don't...
My kids...
No.
joe rogan
No.
terence crawford
No football, no boxing.
joe rogan
Good for you.
terence crawford
They hate it, but when you get to a point where you can make decisions on your own, I'm out of it.
But I'd rather you keep wrestling, keep playing basketball.
It's college tuition already paid for, so y'all good.
You know, think of something else.
Go play soccer.
Go play tennis or something.
Go play baseball.
You know...
Coming up in the hood, there's three things that the black community raised.
Basketball, football, boxers, wrestlers as well.
But you can't make no money in wrestling.
That's UFC. But yeah, come on now.
There's other sports that you can do.
Golf, they make a lot of money.
Baseball, they make a lot of money.
Soccer, they make a shit ton of money.
So it's like, you know, when they're little, they just be like, I want to make a lot of money.
I want to be a basketball player.
Well, you're not going to be 6'5".
unidentified
You're going to be 4'11".
terence crawford
It's always the real, real short kids that's talking about they want to go to the NBA. And I always get mad when the people say, you can be whatever you want to be.
No, you can't.
That was a lie.
You cannot be whatever you want to be.
No matter what you say, how hard you train, genetics is genetics.
Football, you might be too small.
Basketball, you might be too short.
You can't be the president just because you want to be the president.
So don't tell this person you can be whatever you want to be.
Then you grow up thinking, I want to be the president.
Well, you can try.
I'm not gonna kill your dreams, but it's gonna be hard for you to be the president.
joe rogan
Yeah.
Well, at least the president doesn't rely too much on genetics.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Because we were talking about this last night that there's levels upon levels upon levels And the truly elite have everything.
They have talent.
They have the mind for it.
They have the genetics.
And they have the training.
And they have the discipline.
Because some really talented people don't work as hard.
unidentified
Definitely.
joe rogan
We've all encountered it.
That's the Buster Douglas story, right?
Super talented.
Just only really applied himself during the Tyson fight.
You know, in camp, and look how he came out.
I mean, his mom had died.
He was devastated and heartbroken, and he decided he was going to win the fight for his mother.
Trained like a fucking demon, and came out and outboxed Tyson.
Was hitting him with that jab left hook.
Like, what?
Like, who fucking expected that?
He looked so good.
He looked like an all-time great in that fight.
unidentified
Yeah.
terence crawford
I remember watching that fight and watching the Tyson-Holyfield fight in my mom's living room on the box TVs with the big backs and stuff.
Yeah, man, I used to be like, man, dang, man, it was kind of sad watching Tyson lose his first fight.
joe rogan
It was unbelievable.
Even though I saw the fight after the result.
I didn't see the fight when it happened.
I saw it afterwards.
I knew what happened and I still couldn't believe it.
I'm like, he's going to get up.
He's going to get up and he's going to win.
He always wins.
He's going to win.
He couldn't believe it.
That's how...
Revered Mike Tyson was.
terence crawford
Everything was, like, silent.
joe rogan
It's crazy.
terence crawford
Everybody was just like, what?
And then, like, when Roy Jones Jr. got knocked out by Tarver, like, man, people was crying in my house.
Well, we was at my coach's house.
People was crying.
I was like, man, I was, like, heartbroken.
Like, you know, like, when you go on a roller coaster, then you go down and your stomach sinks in.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
So I was like, Oh, Roy.
joe rogan
I know.
terence crawford
Dang, man.
Like, I couldn't believe it.
I'm like, man, I just knew Roy was going to win.
I was like, man, he shouldn't have fought him again.
I was like, he should have just took the win and then fight him again.
joe rogan
Well, he had gone all the way up to heavyweight and all the way back down to light heavyweight, and I think that weight cut was brutal.
terence crawford
But he still won, though.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
He shouldn't have fought him again.
unidentified
Right.
terence crawford
I sound like a little kid.
joe rogan
I know.
terence crawford
Should have fought him again, man.
And I'm cool as hell with Tarver, you know what I mean?
Both of them.
joe rogan
Tarver's a great fighter.
terence crawford
You know what I mean?
He shouldn't have fought him again.
joe rogan
But when they were reading the instructions to him, and he said, you got any excuses tonight, Roy?
I was like, oh my god.
That was heavy.
Then he went on to knock him out.
terence crawford
That was legendary.
joe rogan
That was a rough one, but for me, the rougher one was Glenn Johnson.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
When Glenn Johnson knocked him out because he was stiff.
And it was right after the Tarver knockout.
terence crawford
And he didn't even look like he hit him that hard.
I just think, you know, after that, Roy just couldn't take the punches no more.
joe rogan
Right.
terence crawford
Because it seemed like, you know, his body wasn't reacting the same way to the punches.
You know, every time he get hit with a clean shot, it was like rattling on him.
unidentified
Mm-hmm.
terence crawford
You know, and I always tell people, it's not the punch.
It's your brain.
Gotta have that water.
A lot of people be dehydrating themselves to the fact where, you know, they losing too much water in their brain and then once they get hit, their brain is knocking against nothing, just your skull.
And then that snap, that's what knocks them out.
Yeah, you see a lot of that in MMA. Guys cut a tremendous amount of weight in MMA. Man, you know, I got friends that's in the MMA, and I've never seen somebody lose so much weight in one day just to make weight.
joe rogan
It's crazy.
terence crawford
It's like, man, them dudes losing like 12 pounds.
joe rogan
More.
terence crawford
I'm like, how y'all losing so much weight in one day?
Like, nah, y'all crazy.
joe rogan
Yeah, and they can't even use IVs.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
You guys can use IVs to rehydrate?
terence crawford
No, we can't use IVs either.
joe rogan
No?
When did they change that?
terence crawford
I ain't never knew that.
They changed anything.
I think that was legal, because you didn't know when Floyd fought Pacquiao, that was a thing.
That he was using IVs or something like that.
But yeah, you can't use that stuff.
joe rogan
Yeah, that was the way that fighters always recuperated.
They always took IVs.
And then USADA came along, and apparently you can use the IV to mask performance-enhancing drugs.
That's why they outlawed it.
terence crawford
Yeah.
I think that was a thing.
joe rogan
I think the weight cutting in MMA, they should ban it.
I don't know how they could do it, but...
terence crawford
Y'all need more weight classes.
joe rogan
That's the problem.
terence crawford
Because when...
When you're talking about lightweight, then you're going from, what is it, 155?
155 to 170. Yeah, 155 to 170. It's a giant jump.
joe rogan
How about 185 to 205?
terence crawford
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.
So it's like, man, we got to because we damn sure can't go up there.
joe rogan
Yeah.
You're one of the only elite boxers that can wrestle.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Has anybody ever come to you and said, Terrence, what do you think?
Dip your toes in the MMA water.
terence crawford
I don't get paid enough.
joe rogan
But if you did?
terence crawford
Nope.
joe rogan
Nope?
terence crawford
Ain't anybody about to be kicking me.
unidentified
Hey, look, we can wrestle, we can fight, but them kicks...
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
No, I don't care with nobody.
Man, them kicks is dangerous, bro.
Especially them kicks in the leg.
Did you see when Muhammad Ali was doing that exhibition with that kickboxer?
joe rogan
Inoki, yeah.
Yeah.
terence crawford
Boy, tore him up.
Tore Ali up, man.
Yeah, now you respect that sport.
I respect it.
I respect it.
We can fight and wrestle all day.
I ain't, them kicks and elbows.
joe rogan
Have you ever trained with any of that stuff?
Have you ever tried to train Muay Thai?
terence crawford
Nah.
joe rogan
Nothing?
terence crawford
I trained jujitsu a little bit.
joe rogan
Oh yeah?
terence crawford
Yeah.
But them kicks and elbows, nah, they're dangerous.
They're dangerous.
And they sneaky too, because when you're not used to getting kicked, you know what I mean, you can think somebody's about to punch you and they boom, boom!
And you block You don't block kicks like you block punches.
unidentified
Right.
terence crawford
So you might be trying to parry something, and there you go.
joe rogan
Ali versus Inoki.
And Inoki was lying on his back, which is even crazier, and with shoes on.
terence crawford
Yeah, tearing Ali legs up, man.
joe rogan
Yeah, just kicking at his legs.
The way they fought was so crazy that he just dropped down to his back and was throwing kicks.
He had no gloves on, but I don't think he punched him.
Look at that, look at that.
terence crawford
Look at that.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
Man, you gotta be aware of everything.
joe rogan
Very dangerous, too.
Very dangerous, because your legs can get torn apart, your knees get ruined.
terence crawford
Your toe, kicking somebody, your toe, your fingers.
joe rogan
Your foot.
terence crawford
And y'all go through a lot.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
Man.
Man, y'all go through a lot, them MMA dudes, man.
$5,000.
Just show up.
$5,000 to win.
$5,000 for best in your show.
Hell no!
joe rogan
Yeah.
Well, that's the guys coming out.
terence crawford
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I know what I was just saying.
That's how it is in UFC, too.
joe rogan
Yeah.
I don't...
terence crawford
They might get a little more money, but they'd be the same thing, like $20 million.
I mean, not $20 million, $20,000.
$20,000, $20,000, $20,000, $20,000.
So they fighting their ass off to get that bonus.
joe rogan
Yeah, it's true.
terence crawford
Fighting their ass off to get that bonus.
joe rogan
I don't like the win bonus.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
I do not like that at all.
unidentified
Why?
joe rogan
Because, first of all, there's bad decisions.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
And when you have a bad decision and someone gets caught out...
Like, if a guy's making 50 and 50, and then...
There's a bad judge call and you lose $50,000 because some people are incompetent at their job.
Happens all the time.
terence crawford
So why don't they just change it to like boxing, like a flat purse?
joe rogan
They should.
I don't know.
I'm not responsible.
It's not my side of the game.
I'm just a commentator.
terence crawford
Change it to a flat purse.
joe rogan
100%.
terence crawford
Yeah.
Like boxers, man.
Win, lose, draw.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
We getting X amount that's on that contract.
joe rogan
Yes.
terence crawford
And that's it.
joe rogan
That's how it should be.
Because it's not like anybody doesn't try to win.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Because they think that they're going to get their money either way.
They're going to try to win.
terence crawford
Man, them dudes be fighting their ass off, man.
They be busted up.
Eye all the way out here.
Teeth in they mouthpiece.
I'm like, man, them dudes like, come on.
Man, you talking about gladiator, warriors.
That's what they is, man.
joe rogan
Do you watch a lot of UFC? Yeah.
terence crawford
I'll be watching it.
joe rogan
Who stands out for you?
terence crawford
John Jones.
John Bones Jones.
That's my guy.
I like...
Dang, man.
It'd be hard to say his name.
He just beat the dude that beat him.
joe rogan
Israel.
terence crawford
Yeah, I like Israel.
He's amazing.
That dude he beat.
That beat him, and he just beat, man.
That dude was a big dude, man.
joe rogan
He's huge.
Yeah.
terence crawford
He's big.
joe rogan
That guy cuts a lot of weight.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Because he weighed in at 185 pounds, and then he fought at 225. Yeah.
He was 225 when he got into the ring.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
That's crazy.
terence crawford
Then my guy that just beat Cejuda.
joe rogan
Aljubain.
He's fighting this weekend.
terence crawford
I was just down there with him when I was training.
We was training twice together before that fight and after he was doing physical therapy.
We were supposed to be playing basketball.
So if you're watching Aljo, you still got to get on that court with the old boy now.
joe rogan
Yeah, he's fighting this weekend against Jerome Alley.
It's a big fight.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah.
Do you ever go to those live?
terence crawford
Yeah, I went to a few of them live.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
I went to a few of them live.
I think I went to...
The last one I went to was Amanda Nunez.
Amanda.
She was fighting...
Dang, I forgot her name.
But two guys from Omaha.
Drew Dobert.
joe rogan
Okay.
terence crawford
And...
He fought John Jones, too.
He from Omaha.
I forgot his name.
joe rogan
You put Omaha on the map.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
You really did.
People talk about Omaha now a lot.
terence crawford
Smith.
Anthony Smith.
joe rogan
Oh, okay.
Yeah, Anthony Smith.
terence crawford
Drew Dober and Anthony Smith was fighting on the same car, so I went there to support them.
And Amanda.
I like Amanda.
Sweet to go.
joe rogan
Yeah, she's amazing.
She had to retire because her legs are so damaged from kicking.
She goes too much kicking ass.
Like she got nerve damage on her legs.
terence crawford
See?
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
It's never gonna go away.
joe rogan
Probably not, yeah.
unidentified
So...
joe rogan
I mean, you gotta think, you're getting shins slammed into those nerves over and over again.
Slammed into your calves.
You ever been calf kicked?
terence crawford
No, don't kick me.
We're not about to do none of that.
Don't kick me.
Listen, my legs are skinny.
We're not about to do it.
Hey, you kick me, jump him.
joe rogan
Do you think there's any boxers that would be...
I mean, the only person that's elite that ever fought in the MMA realm was James Toney.
terence crawford
James Toney got choked out.
He don't got no wrestling background.
joe rogan
I don't think he even trained for it.
I interviewed him before that fight.
He was making up kick names.
I think he just boxed.
He was hoping he'd catch him with a punch.
terence crawford
Yeah, nah.
First thing they gonna do is shoot.
First they gonna fake the punch up top, and then they gonna shoot.
If you don't know how to sprawl, it's a wrap.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
It's a wrap.
See, wrestling, man, I always say, man, I'm a boxer, but I can wrestle.
If a wrestler grabs you, I don't care what you know, I don't care who you is, it's over with if you're not a wrestler.
Right.
It's over with.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
And nothing you can do.
And nine times out of ten, a street fight, you're going to end up on the ground.
unidentified
Mm-hmm.
terence crawford
Period.
So, if you don't knock him out before he grabs you, or in a mix of him trying to grab you, it's over with.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
So, I hope you're in shape.
I will poke them in the eye, bite them, something.
But, you know, wrestlers, they tough.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
So, you might bite them, they might be like, bite harder.
Put you in a chokehold and then it's over with.
joe rogan
Wrestling is such a tough sport and there's no accolades.
There's no glory.
There's no world championship where you're making millions of dollars.
It's just all for the glory of winning.
That's all there is to it.
And those are some of the toughest human beings alive.
Elite wrestlers, like I want to talk about hard work.
terence crawford
I done been through some of them.
joe rogan
Did you wrestle in high school?
terence crawford
No, I wrestled in middle school.
joe rogan
In middle school?
terence crawford
I stopped in middle school.
joe rogan
Because your boxing career started taking off?
terence crawford
I actually got kicked out of school.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
What happened?
terence crawford
I was playing around with the kids, me and my friends.
We had the little keys, so we was going through the hallways and we were scratching each other's neck with the keys.
Somebody right here in the middle of us, and you don't see me.
And I go over here, and I scratch you on the neck with the key, and you just be like, ah!
And we just start dying.
That was the thing to do back then.
His little soft self went to the nurse, and the nurse asked him what happened.
He was just like, oh, me and my friend Terrence was playing around, and he scratched me with a key.
So they brought me to the office, and Expelled me because they said I was using a weapon.
I got expelled for the half of the whole school year.
I had to go to an alternative school.
It was crazy.
But I was quitting wrestling anyway.
Wrestling was tough, man.
Them dudes was kicking my ass.
No.
joe rogan
But I think there's something about your wrestling background that helps you in the clinch.
terence crawford
Definitely.
Definitely.
I still always mess around wrestling.
To this day, you know...
Yeah, that wrestling gets you physically strong.
It gets you, you know what I mean, your foundation first and foremost.
Everything comes from your foundation.
So if you got a good base, good foundation, it's going to be hard to move for anybody.
You know, that's why, you know, you see those sumo wrestlers, you know, they foundation, they base is just like, hmm.
Right.
And you can try your hardest to move them and they just sitting there and you're just like...
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
Man, how I'm not able to move this dude and I'm pushing him.
It's just, they got that base and that foundation.
joe rogan
Yeah, there was a discussion, I forget what experts were talking about that, but they were factoring in your wrestling background.
And they were saying that there's something about Terrence when he's in the clinch that's different than other people.
It's because of your ability to manipulate bodies, where you can move people around.
And then, also, what you do, I think, better than anybody ever, You land punches in tight spaces.
In tight spaces where you just find the chin.
You're so good at those tight hooks.
Practice.
Yeah, man.
It's just...
It's just very impressive to be able to pull that off on a guy like Errol Spence.
terence crawford
Yeah, that's something that me and my coaches was working on, shortening up your shots.
Because if you're watching a few of my past fights, I kind of open up.
I kind of throw my shots too wide, leave myself open.
So that was something that we was working on in camp.
And I always told the reporters and people that interviewed me, it ain't about Spence.
I don't got to change anything up for Spence.
I just got to make sure I'm prepared and I'm 110% ready for myself.
And all I got to do is be myself and then I believe I'll be anybody.
joe rogan
Was there ever a time where you wondered or were you worried that you weren't going to get that big fight?
As you're like 35 years old, you become 36, 36, and then you're in a position like Artur Beterbiev, who's 19-0, 19 knockouts, everyone's fucking terrified of the guy, can't get a big fight.
Just can't get that big marquee fight.
terence crawford
Definitely.
I was, like I told you, I was in a process of thinking about retiring, you know, because I was just like, man, I'm not going to get that Spence fight, you know, but it's worth a shot, you know, to go back and try to see if we can land that fight.
But I'm not about to get, you know, I'm not about to just take anything just for the fight.
Right.
You know, a lot of fans and a lot of people in the media, they felt as if I should just take anything, but they're not the one fighting.
They're not the one that, you know, been doing this their whole life, so for them to tell me, just take this or just take that, you know, Given if I was to put them in the same predicament that I'm in and all the accolades that I have, would they do the same thing or would they just take whatever somebody's just going to give them?
You know, I had to stand for something.
To get to a point in my life where, you know, I can get everything that I want.
You know, and I feel like me standing my ground and staying firm and true to myself and not switching up and not, you know, overdoing it led me to this moment right here.
joe rogan
One of the things that happens with some boxers is they leave a lot in the gym in sparring sessions and that they just spar too hard.
They have too many hard sparring sessions.
How often do you spar?
terence crawford
I spar Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturdays.
Some of them be hard.
You know what I mean?
That's just how it is.
You can't replace, you know, I would say, like, tech sparring and, like, soft sparring from, you know, a comparison to get ready for a fight.
Because you fight how you spar.
You spar how you fight.
And if I'm in there just doing this, huh, huh, huh, huh, catch, catch, huh, huh, then...
When the fight comes and everything is full blast, full speed, I'm not going to be able to keep up because I done trained that way.
I can hit the bag, I can hit the mitts, all that I want, but nothing's coming back.
I'm not feeling that presence of a person pushing me, hitting me, holding me, things like that.
So, sparring is very important.
I'm not saying that you have to go hard every single time you spar.
But there got to be days where, you know, that fighter is trying to put it on you because now you're getting used to that.
Now your body is getting in shape to withstand the rounds, the time, the, you know, the grappling, the holding, the hitting, all that.
So you need that.
joe rogan
How do you judge when you're doing too much hard sparring?
terence crawford
Your body will tell you.
I'm a firm believer in listening to my body.
You know, so I've been doing this a long time.
My coaches, they've been doing this just as long or longer or BOMAG longer.
Well, we all started, you know, this journey on when I was 2008 when I turned pro.
So, they've been around me since I was a kid, so they know when my body is breaking down or when I'm complaining about something, Bo would be like, alright, well, we're going to do this today.
We're going to do this today.
And I'd be like, man, what?
He'd be like, we're going to do this today.
I'm like, man, I don't want to do that, man.
I want to work.
Because as a fighter, I want to work hard every day.
But it's up to your coaches to know when to pull back.
When to take days off.
Oh, no, you ain't working out today.
Huh?
You ain't working out today.
You been working out hard, you know, today off.
Or some days we were going in and you'd be like, oh, we're going to do four-round sparring.
I'm like, what?
Yeah, we're going to do four-round sparring.
Alright.
Y'all got it.
So, things like that.
joe rogan
So, it's just a trust and an understanding that your coaches know you as good or better than you know you.
terence crawford
Definitely.
Definitely.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
You know, so they gonna tell me, you know...
Some days they're going to say, man, you ain't got no energy today.
Did you eat?
Some days I'll be like, no, I didn't eat before I came.
Oh, I can tell.
You know, or you're moving kind of slow.
You alright?
You know, so it's very important that you be honest with your coaches as well.
Because a lot of people, you know, they tend to keep certain things away from them.
And then when things go left, then the coaches is to blame when the coaches wasn't aware of everything that was going on with you.
So if you got, you know, injuries or you're not feeling well or, you know, something's not right or something's going on, as a team, you got to let your team know because that's why they there.
And that's why they're able to pick up on certain things like, you know, you're overtraining or you're not, you know, getting enough rest.
What time are you going to sleep at night?
You know, you need to put the phone down at this time and, you know, just all that.
joe rogan
Do you monitor your resting heart rate, your heart rate variability?
Do you do any of that stuff?
terence crawford
Yeah, I do all that, you know, in the mornings.
So when I get up in the morning, we put it on my finger, then we monitor that, and then it takes your blood, oxygen, your oxygen level, your heart rate, and all that stuff.
joe rogan
And so from there, you can say, okay, I'm a little tired.
Or there, I'm a little overworked.
terence crawford
It's easier today.
Not really.
Sometimes I go off of that, but I just go off of how my body feels.
I just use that for...
Just how much oxygen I'm taking in and the levels that I'm at.
So once I start cutting weight, that's what I've been at, this range.
Once I start cutting weight, then I can compare the two.
joe rogan
And how far out do you start cutting weight?
terence crawford
I probably cut weight probably like two weeks, two to three weeks.
joe rogan
And so that's just a decrease in calories?
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Is there anything else that goes along with that?
Is it an increase in cardio or anything else?
terence crawford
No, just everything is the same.
It's just, you know, decreasing the amount of food intake.
You know, we start cutting the food probably like in portions.
Then, you know, we probably change up the times of the workouts.
joe rogan
And then when you get down to the day of the weigh-ins, how much weight are you actually cutting?
terence crawford
None.
None.
joe rogan
So when you weigh in, that's natural?
terence crawford
Yeah, like, the day of the weigh-ins, I'm not cutting none.
joe rogan
That's beautiful.
terence crawford
I used to.
I used to have to cut, like, five pounds in the morning of the weigh-ins.
You know, that shit was tough.
joe rogan
Did you feel that the next day?
terence crawford
Nah, not really.
Sometimes, but not really.
joe rogan
But it's better to not.
terence crawford
Yeah, because I always, I just rest.
You know, resting is most important.
Like, I just sit in the bed all day.
Especially when I was at 135, I didn't do nothing.
I was...
Cuttin' weight.
140. Cuttin' weight.
Cuttin' weight.
But yeah, that shit tough.
This last fight with Spence, it was tough.
But I tried to make weight at least the night before so I could sleep in, sleep as long as possible until the weigh-ins and go from there.
joe rogan
And what do you do for recovery?
Do you have anything specific that you do for recovery?
Massages, sauna, anything along those lines?
terence crawford
I get massages.
I don't use a sauna.
joe rogan
No?
terence crawford
No, I don't use a sauna.
That's pretty much it.
Just, you know, Normatec.
joe rogan
Oh, those leg things?
terence crawford
Yeah, those are great.
Normatec, massage.
I hate the cold plunge.
I did it for the first time this camp.
And man, I tell you, I was freezing.
I always thought my balls was going to be freezing, but my fucking fingers was cold.
My toes wasn't cold.
I was so cold, I couldn't even feel my feet.
I was in there like this.
I was trying to put my hands under my armpits and I was just shaking like this.
I was just like, I'm about to get out.
They was motivating me and I was like, man, this is the hardest thing that I ever did because I'm anemic so me and Cole don't You're anemic?
Yeah, I gotta take iron pills.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Interesting.
unidentified
Is that before you stopped Red Beat always?
terence crawford
Yup.
When I was little.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
When I was little.
Yup.
So, I gotta go from the cold, then they put me in the hot, and then it felt like needles was shocking my body, like needles was going through.
I'm like, dang!
You know what I mean?
I felt good.
Then it was like, alright, you gotta go back in the cold plunge for one minute.
No, it was two minutes.
Two minutes.
I was like, what?!
Like, come on.
So I went up there, and I was like, all right, get out.
You done.
I said, I don't go back in the hot.
They was like, no.
I was like, oh, man.
But I was cool that I did it, you know, that it was something that, you know, I wouldn't do.
And I did it for the first time, and I felt like I accomplished something.
joe rogan
How did you feel after you got out?
terence crawford
I felt good.
joe rogan
Yeah.
terence crawford
I felt good.
But the crazy part about that is, two days after that, I had got a cold.
And I was like, I was messed up.
And I was like, man.
Was it because of that?
But found out that it was the air conditioner in the house.
It was blowing right on my face.
joe rogan
Oh.
terence crawford
On my bed.
I sleep with the cover all over my head.
I don't know why.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
Yeah, I've been doing that since I was a little kid.
So we looked up and it was showing up.
I was just like, man.
And it was on like 62. So it was freezing in the house.
I was just like, man.
I turned off everything in the house.
It was all hot.
Everybody kept trying to turn the hair back on.
Like, man, turn that off.
Like, no.
And it's 120 in Vegas.
I'm like, yeah.
It's that.
Turn it off.
I was like, man, I ain't never experienced that ever in my life.
I never got sick during fight week.
joe rogan
Really?
terence crawford
Ever.
joe rogan
How sick did you get?
terence crawford
I was sick.
For one day, I was, like, down.
I was down, but, like, Yeah.
joe rogan
How far out from the fight was that?
terence crawford
A week.
joe rogan
Oh, shit.
terence crawford
A week.
So I was down, but I was just like, man, that one day I was hurting.
But then, you know, my nutritionist, she gave me some...
Vitamin C. My chef gave me a whole bunch of oranges and melons and grapefruit.
Big ol' bowl.
You ain't eatin' no meat.
This is what you eatin' all day.
I was like, what?
He was like, yeah, trust me.
That's all I ate the whole day.
And the next day I felt better.
I was like, oh, all right, we back to normal.
Well, we wasn't all the way back to normal because my coach didn't let me work out.
But, yeah, we was good.
joe rogan
How many days did you have to take off from that cold?
terence crawford
Just one and a half.
joe rogan
Oh, not that bad.
terence crawford
Yeah.
So that one day, I didn't do nothing.
Then the next day, I didn't go to the gym.
I didn't work out in the gym.
joe rogan
And then a day or so later, you're back in.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Well, that's fortunate.
That would have sucked if that happened a couple days out.
terence crawford
Yeah.
joe rogan
Yeah.
And then fuck up your weight cut, too.
unidentified
Yeah.
terence crawford
I would have had to find a way.
joe rogan
Isn't it crazy, though, when you think about all the things that have to come together so perfectly?
Peeking in your conditioning, peeking in your physical training, your technical training.
Everything's got to come together.
terence crawford
Everything.
But when you've done this for...
So long.
You know what you got to do to get there.
I think I peaked like twice during this camp.
I was working so hard.
I was just like, man, I wanted this so bad.
It was like, all right, we got to pull you back.
Mmm.
Alright.
joe rogan
And when they pull you back, like for how long?
terence crawford
Just a couple of days.
Pull you back.
You know, because you're looking too sharp in the gym.
You're way above schedule.
So we got to pull you back.
Working too hard.
Get you some rest.
joe rogan
That's such a fascinating aspect of the training.
Because it's just so on feel and knowing and just having an understanding of the athlete.
terence crawford
Yeah, because you as the fighter, you want to feel good.
You want to look sharp.
You want to, you know, feel all those things.
But your coaches on the outside, they're like, okay.
We still got like three, four weeks.
And he's looking like this at this point in time when we want him like that at the tail end.
So pull him back a little bit.
joe rogan
It's such a dance.
It's such a perfectly orchestrated dance.
Everything has to line up.
Have you ever had a fight where you peaked too early?
terence crawford
No.
joe rogan
Never?
terence crawford
Not that I know of.
joe rogan
Well, listen, Terrence, what you've done is amazing.
As a person who's a boxing fan, it's beautiful to see.
I love watching.
Like I said, I love excellence.
I love when someone is just at the top, the very top of the game, of the sport, of everything.
And that's you right now, man.
terence crawford
Appreciate it.
joe rogan
I hope you enjoy it.
Congratulations.
It's an honor to talk to you.
terence crawford
Thank you.
joe rogan
I'm a giant fan, man.
Thank you very much.
terence crawford
Appreciate it.
unidentified
Thanks for having me.
joe rogan
Tell everybody your social media so they can hit you up.
terence crawford
You can reach me on Twitter.
Well, they call it X now.
I don't know what that is.
At Terrence Crawford.
And then you can reach me on IG at T-Bug Crawford.
Or Facebook, Terrence Crawford.
joe rogan
You're the fucking man, bro.
terence crawford
Yes.
joe rogan
Thank you very much.
Appreciate you being here.
unidentified
All right.
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