After a recent back and forth, Joaquin Buckle has laid out an official challenge to boxing legend Terence Crawford.
It’s safe to say that Joaquin Buckley isn’t a guy who bites his tongue. If he has an opinion, he’s going to let the world know about it – and that, alongside his actual abilities in the cage, is why he’s considered to be one of the most intriguing welterweights in the UFC today.
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Recently, Buckley has been getting into a bit of back and forth with some of the biggest stars from the sport of professional boxing. Joaquin suggested that boxers don’t show UFC fighters enough respect, and said that he’d be able to ‘kill’ the likes of Terence Crawford and Shakur Stevenson if they fought on the streets.
After Crawford laughed him off and hit back, Buckley decided to put forward an actual challenge.
Buckley lays down challenge to Crawford
“Bud is talking crazy, acting like he would do something in the streets, saying he is going to flip the switch, he is going to need the switch if he is playing with me,” Buckley said during a nine-minute video he shared on Instagram.
“We aren’t going to do this in the streets. That was some good deflection. He didn’t want to answer what I asked him, and that is to get that work. We can keep it out of the streets, we ain’t going to be playing like that.
“Let’s get in the ring, let’s spar. You are out in Vegas a lot, you spar at the Apex, you work at the Apex. I think it would be fun. The whole world would like to watch. I know you still train for the lifestyle, I know you still spar.
“I see Shakur thinks something is funny, but at the end of the day, let’s find out because I am dead serious about that… Somebody said you want a payday, this ain’t got nothing to do with a payday, I’m willing to do this for free.
“This is an open invitation to Bud Crawford. Let’s do it at the Apex. I’m going to try to make my way down to Vegas on March 7.”
Quotes via Bloody Elbow
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