Terence Crawford names his top five boxers of all-time

Among the names was the undefeated Floyd Mayweather

Adam Hamdani
Saturday 30 March 2019 21:35 GMT
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Terence Crawford has named his five best boxers of all-time, with the likes of Sugar Ray Robinson and George Foreman failing to make the cut.

Crawford, one of boxing’s current pound-for-pound king’s, faces Amir Khan on April 20 as he looks to make the second defence of his WBO welterweight belt before a potential unification fight against the also undefeated Errol Spence.

In a ‘quick hits’ series with Top Rank Boxing on Instagram, Crawford was asked to – without taking too long – name his top five to ever enter the professional ring.

Have a scroll through the gallery below to see who the American picked.

Crawford recently admitted that he is keen to unify the welterweight division in a bout against Spence – having already held world championship belts in three weight classes.

“Of course it is makable,” Crawford said.

“I believe it would be the biggest fight in the welterweight division.

Spence impressed with a points win over Garcia
Spence impressed with a points win over Garcia (Getty Images)

“But I have this fight against Amir Khan. After the fight, we can talk about Errol Spence and Al Haymon and Top Rank doing business together. But right now, I am not even thinking or worried about Errol Spence.”

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