Crawford torches Topuria: ‘Who’s this guy?’ after Gaethje ambush
The welterweight king’s retired blitz on a rising MMA star spotlights the credibility gap between cross-sport trash talk and ring reality.
, on Saturday. Crawford, retired at 42-0, mocked Topuria for claiming he could knock out boxing legends like Canelo Álvarez and Crawford himself. “I barely knew this guy until he started talking about knocking out Canelo and me,” Crawford wrote.
” Topuria’s pre-fight trash talk escalated after he called Gaethje “a washed-up fighter” and vowed to make UFC history by finishing him inside the distance. Instead, Gaethje dropped Topuria in the first round and finished him via doctor stoppage at 3:05 of round one, handing the Georgian his first professional loss in 15 fights. The fallout spread beyond the cage.
