Ilia Topuria fires message at Terence Crawford following boxer’s dismissive remark

Topuria’s post left Crawford a bit puzzled. The American responded by calling the Spaniard ‘drunk’ for claiming he could win a boxing match against him.

Despite Topuria pushing to build a rivalry, UFC president Dana White has never been a fan of crossover bouts involving his fighters.

But with White now connected to the boxing world through TKO Boxing, ‘El Matador’ believes he might have a better shot at making it happen.

On the other hand, Crawford does not seem interested in the matchup right now.

He even admitted after his fight against Canelo that he had not heard of Topuria and had never seen him compete, which led to a response from the Spaniard.

“You say you’re an MMA fan but you don’t even know who I am…. Interesting. The first time we met you told me ‘good luck this week with your fight.’

“Your memory fails you… And soon, your chin will too. I’ll represent the entire MMA community. Pound-for-pound number one in real fights vs the pound-for-pound boxer,” Topuria wrote on X.

Crawford used Topuria’s walkout song for Canelo fight

Even though Crawford says he did not know who Topuria was and is not interested in a crossover bout, there was an interesting link between the two on fight night.

Crawford walked out to the same song the Spaniard uses, though he maintains it was purely coincidental and claims he had no idea ‘El Matador’ uses it as his entrance music.