Ilia Topuria may be a big deal in the UFC, but he’s a virtual nobody in Terence Crawford ’s world.
Crawford is the talk of the combat sports community following his unanimous decision victory over Canelo Alvarez at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday night. Winning one of the most highly-anticipated boxing matches in recent memory established “Bud” as one of the top fighters of his generation — and put him on another level in terms of stardom.
During an apppearance on the "The Ariel Helwani Show,” Crawford recalled meeting Topuria at a UFC event, but he didn’t really know much about “El Matador” until the Georgian-Spaniard began calling him out on social media.