Terence Crawford Record: 42-0, Canelo Win, Retirement

Undefeated Record: 42–0 (31 KOs) ·
Knockout Percentage: 73.81% ·
Undisputed Runs: 3 weight classes (140, 147, 168) ·
Stance: Southpaw

Crawford’s numbers tell one story: a long-armed southpaw whose record never blinked.

How many times has Crawford lost?

The short answer is zero. Crawford retired with 42 professional fights and 42 wins — 31 of them by knockout, per ESPN’s boxing coverage — and his final fight was scored 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113 in his favor, via AFP through Philstar.

What is Terence Crawford’s complete boxing record?

• Professional record: 42 wins, 0 losses, 31 knockouts.
• Knockout percentage: 73.81%.
• Final stretch: the Israil Madrimov fight and the Canelo Alvarez fight both went the distance and ended in unanimous decisions for Crawford, per Sporting News.

Two of those 42 wins defined the zero. Crawford defeated Errol Spence Jr. in 2023 to unify the welterweight titles, per The Athletic’s career recap, and closed his career by taking Canelo Alvarez’s super middleweight belts. The unbeaten record is respected because it was built against champions, not soft opposition.

The implication: the zero isn’t a cautious fighter’s trophy. Crawford chased belts from lightweight to super middleweight, and the ‘0’ survived every weight jump.

Who is better, Crawford or Canelo?

Until September 13, 2025, that was boxing’s favorite hypothetical. Then Crawford moved up to super middleweight and answered it in the ring, beating the reigning undisputed champion by unanimous decision to take the 168-lb belts, per the Associated Press. The fight settled the head-to-head; it did not settle the “who is the bigger star” argument, which went quiet with Crawford’s retirement three months later.

Canelo entered the bout as the bigger man in the bigger weight class. Crawford had to leave his home division to make the fight happen — and won anyway. That context is the entire debate in miniature.

Is Canelo going to rematch Crawford?

• No rematch has been announced.
• Crawford announced his retirement in December 2025, roughly three months after the fight (CNN).
• Crawford said he had nothing left to prove.

The catch: a rematch would have been a box-office event, but a retired 42–0 fighter has no financial motive to risk the zero.

How much is Crawford getting paid to fight Canelo?

• The specific purse was never publicly disclosed.
• PPV revenue splits were the recurring sticking point before the fight was made.
• Public information covers the scale — a stadium event in Las Vegas — not the final split.

What this means: the business side of the fight is the one big number that never made it into the public record. For Canelo’s camp, the debate is over; for fans, it is the last unanswered question of the rivalry.

Who has 0 losses in boxing?

Zero-loss champions form a short club, and retired members are rarer still. Floyd Mayweather retired unbeaten at 50–0; Rocky Marciano and Joe Calzaghe also finished without a defeat. Crawford now sits in that group with a different distinction: three undisputed runs, the only such career in the four-belt era (Associated Press).

Who went 50 and 0 in boxing?

• Floyd Mayweather is the fighter behind that search: he retired at 50–0.
• Rocky Marciano and Joe Calzaghe retired unbeaten with shorter résumés.
• Crawford’s 42 fights make his zero the shortest of the group — and the one with the most belts attached.

A perfect record is only as good as the names attached to it. Crawford’s zero includes Errol Spence Jr. and Canelo Alvarez at the tail end — the two biggest wins of his career arriving just before the finish line.

The trade-off is simple: a longer career builds a bigger legend, but it usually cracks the zero. Crawford left before that trade ever became necessary.

What boxer has 100% knockout?

No serious champion with a long career has a 100% knockout record. A 100% knockout record is a mathematical artifact of a short résumé — the more elite fights you take, the closer the number moves toward reality. Crawford’s 73.81% finishing rate (ESPN) is the elite benchmark that actually travels with a title.

Who punched harder than Tyson?

The honest comparison is about what power does to a career. Crawford finished most opponents early, went the distance only when the opposition was elite, and won those fights as well. That is the signature of a finisher who never needed the knockout to win.

Why this matters: “who punched harder” is a highlight-reel argument. “Who retired unbeaten” is a legacy argument. Crawford owns the second one.

Who is considered the best boxer of all time?

The GOAT conversation has a long memory and a short list: Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Roberto Duran and a handful of others. Crawford enters it with 42–0, three undisputed runs and a win over Canelo Alvarez in a division far above the ones where he made his name.

Who defeated Muhammad Ali 5 times?

• Nobody. No single opponent defeated Muhammad Ali five times.
• Ali’s five career losses were spread across five different rivals.
• The search question confuses a career loss total with a head-to-head record.

The same logic applies in reverse to Crawford: the curiosity about a perfect record is really a question about vulnerability. Ali’s five losses made him human; Crawford never had to find out how he would respond to the same test.

The verdict: Crawford lacks Ali’s era-defining rivalries, but he also lacks his losses. In a debate that runs on numbers, 42–0 with three undisputed chapters is an argument that doesn’t need a rebuttal.

Crawford vs Canelo: head to head

One fight resolved the head-to-head, but the matchup took years to make because the careers never aligned: different divisions, different commercial peaks, and a negotiation that dragged on until Crawford forced the issue.

What this means: Crawford jumped to a heavier man’s division, beat him on the scorecards, and retired before the rematch math could start.

Timeline: from Omaha to 42–0

Crawford’s career spanned 17 years and five weight divisions; the milestones that matter fit on one page.

• 2008: Turns professional (Associated Press).
• 2014: Wins his first world title, the WBO lightweight belt (Associated Press).
• 2017: Becomes undisputed champion at 140 lbs (Associated Press).
• 2018: Moves to welterweight and wins the WBO title (Associated Press).
• 2023: Defeats Errol Spence Jr. to become undisputed welterweight champion (Associated Press).
• 154-lb stop: Defeats Israil Madrimov by unanimous decision in a 154-lb title bout (Sporting News).
• September 13, 2025: Defeats Canelo Alvarez by unanimous decision in Las Vegas to become undisputed super middleweight champion (AFP via Philstar).
• December 2025: Announces retirement at 42–0 (CNN).

The pattern is unmistakable: a long climb through boxing’s middle divisions, then the three biggest fights of his career in the final stretch.

What’s confirmed, what’s not

Retirement coverage closed the record and opened the debate at the same time. The line between the two is clear.

Confirmed facts

• Crawford retired with a 42–0 record and 31 knockouts (ESPN).
• He defeated Canelo Alvarez on September 13, 2025, to become undisputed super middleweight champion (Associated Press).
• He is the first male boxer in the four-belt era to be undisputed champion in three weight classes (Associated Press).

Still unclear

• The specific financial terms of the Crawford-Canelo fight were never made public.
• Whether Crawford will ever return to the ring for a comeback or exhibition remains unanswered.
• A definitive pound-for-pound ranking of Crawford against Canelo is still a matter of opinion, not record.

The split tells the story: the past is a matter of record, the future is a matter of debate.

What the retirement sounded like

I have nothing else left to prove.

— Terence Crawford, reported by ESPN at his retirement announcement

Terence Crawford retires at age 38.

— Sporting News, boxing

Crawford’s final professional appearance was the Alvarez fight.

— The Athletic, on the end of the career

The pattern in all three: Crawford left on his own terms, with the final quote — “nothing else to prove” — already functioning as the sport’s consensus.

The verdict on Crawford’s 42–0

Crawford’s retirement leaves the sport with a statistical vacuum: the rare fighter who did everything asked of him, then left before the market could ask for more. For boxing promoters, the implication is now concrete — find the next face of the pay-per-view era quickly, or watch the sport’s center of gravity drift back to the heavyweight celebrities it built before Crawford came along.

Frequently asked questions

Crawford’s open items are not about the record — they are about what a retired, unbeaten champion does next.

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