This Saturday, WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford will take on lightning-handed veteran Amir Khan. The bout is Crawford’s 35th, and Khan is expected to share the fate of the 34 who came before him.
What makes Terence Crawford one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world today is not his speed, which is considerable, nor his power, which has handed him 25 knockouts, nor his chin, which has never even been dented. Crawford’s greatest asset is his mind. His calculating intelligence emanates out through the eyes in his face, which stays stoic and impassive whether he is fighting for his life, or hunting down a wounded foe.