Terence Crawford has ended 31 of his 41 bouts inside the distance. Gervonta Davis boasts 28 knockouts in 30.
The pair can consider themselves two of the most clinical finishers in the sport when they have opponents hurt, though ‘Tank’ Davis can arguably produce those moments out of nowhere more so than ‘Bud’ Crawford.
At least that is the belief of WBO Welterweight World Champion Brian Norman Jr, who explained the difference in power and named the man who had the edge with one hitter quitters in an interview with Showbizz the Adult.
“When I sparred Terence Crawford I was 20 years old at the time, so it was like he was trying to man me like ‘I’m gonna show you you a little boy’ type stuff. But I’m mature for my age, so that’s why we evened out. Even when you see him fight for real, he don’t necessarily one-shot people, but what he do is he just beat you up and then he kill you. But as far as one shot, who got it? I got to give that to Tank.”
Davis is currently WBA World Champion in the lightweight ranks – the division Crawford started out in – after success at feather and super-feather. He will defend his belt against Lamont Roach Jr on March 1 and recently stunned fans by announcing he will retire at the end of 2025 after another two fights.
Crawford has made his way all the way up to super-welterweight, his latest outing coming in August and being a world title win over previously undefeated Israil Madrimov, though Madrimov managed to last the distance and end a ten-fight stoppage streak for the American.
He now has his sights set even higher, relentlessly pursuing a fight with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez up at super-middleweight.
