Terence Crawford retired at the top. Undefeated, 42–0, the undisputed super middleweight champion after beating Canelo Alvarez. Nothing left to prove. Then on Tuesday night he opened X and typed three words.
"Maybe one more!🙃"
Maybe one more!🙃
Advertisement— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) November 4, 2026
That was 9:12 p.m. Pacific. Within minutes he was picking opponents out loud. First Gervonta Davis, a fight the scale won't allow: "I wish I was at 135 I'll stop Tank," Crawford wrote. Then he laughed it off — "Then again I'll come in at 135 and he'll say I gotta be 130 come fight time."
So he went looking for someone who could actually make weight.
"What's up @RyanGarcia 160?"
What's up @RyanGarcia 160?
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) November 4, 2026
Thirty minutes later, he answered his own question: "Mybad @RyanGarcia you got Mayweather to focused on I forgot.🤷🏿♂️"
Mybad @RyanGarcia you got Mayweather to focused on I forgot.🤷🏿♂️
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) November 4, 2026
Why Garcia, why 160
Garcia is 28 and holds the WBC welterweight title. His recent fights have been at 147, so 160 is a 13-pound climb for him. For Crawford, who has fought everywhere from 147 to 168, it's the middle of his range. That's the needle in the offer — a real fight, at a real weight, against a man who just beat Canelo.
And Garcia already has a dance partner in mind. On October 30, he publicly pressed Mayweather to commit to a fight for his belt, saying he's fighting February 6 regardless and writing, "I will TAKE your zero with pleasure. Final warning no more games let's make it happen." Mayweather, 49, has since announced a December 19 exhibition in Bangkok against Matty Floyd and called it "a lil tune up before me and Ryan Garcia lock up Feb. 2027." Nothing between the two has been signed.
Then he went straight at Floyd
By Wednesday morning, Crawford had skipped the middleman. "There's a reason they want me to come back," he wrote. "They had yall fooled thinking I couldn't sell and wasn't marketable.🤣🤣🤣 now look I'm the ticket." Then the pitch, uncensored in the original: Floyd, "me and you would crash everything. GOAT vs GOAT."
There's a reason they want me to come back. They had yall fooled thinking I couldn't sell and wasn't marketable.🤣🤣🤣 now look I'm the ticket. Fuck it Floyd me and you would crash everything. GOAT vs GOAT Fuck it.
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) November 4, 2026
No weight. No date. No terms. Just the most expensive two words in boxing — "Money" Mayweather — sitting next to his own name.
Garcia did answer, just not the way Crawford asked. After Crawford posted that Garcia "know what's up," Garcia fired back: "Do you really need to get beat up? Stop the yapping, send an offer or shut up. Simple. Your people know my people."
Do you really need to get beat up? Stop the yapping, send an offer or shut up. Simple. Your people know my people.
— Ryan Garcia (@RyanGarcia) November 4, 2026
Crawford replied by tagging Garcia and Turki Alalshikh, the Saudi boxing power broker whose checks make fights like this happen. As of Thursday morning, Mayweather has not publicly responded.
Nothing signed — Garcia wants an offer, Floyd has not answered
There is no fight. No contract, no date, no venue, no purse. What there is: an undefeated champion who walked away clean, a welterweight champion asking him to put money on the table, and a 50–0 legend whose name keeps coming up in everyone's plans.
Crawford closed the day like a man who already knows the answer. "Ok yall im done fucking with yall. I'm going to the gym today to knock this rust off.😁"
Ok yall im done fucking with yall. I'm going to the gym today to knock this rust off.😁
— Terence Crawford (@terencecrawford) November 4, 2026
Sources · 5 sources
- Terence Crawford on X — "Maybe one more!" (x.com); the Tank Davis posts (x.com, x.com); "What's up @RyanGarcia 160?" (x.com); "Mybad" (x.com); the Mayweather pitch (x.com); "know what's up" (x.com); the tag of Garcia and Turki Alalshikh (x.com); the gym post (x.com).
- Ryan Garcia on X — "send an offer or shut up" (x.com), as also reported by Boxing News (boxingnewsonline.net).
- talkSPORT — Garcia's October 30 ultimatum to Mayweather (talksport.com) and Crawford's callouts, including Mayweather's December 19 Bangkok exhibition (talksport.com).
- Bloody Elbow (Nov. 4, 2026) — the callout sequence, Garcia's WBC welterweight title and recent fights at 147 (bloodyelbow.com).
- MiddleEasy (Nov. 4, 2026) — the post sequence and times, the full Mayweather pitch text, Garcia's September 12 WBC title defense at 147, Crawford's win over Canelo and his retirement (middleeasy.com), and Mayweather's Bangkok announcement against Matt "The Jedi" Floyd (middleeasy.com).
