Terence Crawford responds to being stripped of world title: “Who do you think I am?”

Terence Crawford was stripped of his WBC belt today after the sanctioning body said he had not paid sanctioning fees for his last two bouts.

The pound-for-pound superstar moved up to super middleweight to dethrone Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez via unanimous decision, adding to an already stellar legacy.

Though his next move in unclear, Crawford won’t be making a defence of all four major titles at 168lbs after the WBC announced its decision via President Mauricio Sulaiman,

Speaking on Instagram, Crawford made his feelings on the situation clear.

“I saw Mauricio had a lot to say about me not paying him $300,000, plus another $100,000 something for sanctioning fees. Then he gonna tell me I ain’t apologise? Who the f**k do you think I am? Boy, you better slap yourself. I ain’t paying your ass s**t.

“What makes you so better than any of the other sanctioning bodies? Answer that question. Everybody accepted what I was giving them and the WBC think you are better than everybody. You have the green belt, which don’t mean f***ing s**t. You want me to pay you more than the other sanctioning bodies because you feel like you’re better than them.

“You can take the f***ing belt. It’s a trophy anyway. The f**k am I paying you every time I step foot in the f***ing ring? I’m the motherf***er that’s putting my life on the line, not you … You should be paying me. This dude gets on a plane, gets a hotel suite. Him and his buddies, they go out for five-star meals and all that. Guess who got to pay for it? Us fighters.”

“Mauricio, everybody in the world know you was going for Canelo. You was mad that I beat Canelo. It’s okay. It happens. Say congratulations instead of having that little smirk on your face, all mad an pouting. You should’ve took the money and you should’ve been grateful that I was rocking the belt around as your champion … I been stripped before, it doesn’t matter, I’m still considered the undisputed champion.”