Despite taking on Canelo Alvarez At 168 pounds, Terrence Crawford It was revealed that the hardest hit he received in his career was a 147-pound boxer.

Crawford moved up two weight divisions to super middleweight to challenge Canelo for the undisputed title in September at Allegiant Arena in Las Vegas.

Many fans thought the size difference was too much for the naturally smaller Crawford, but he proved his doubters wrong by: Dominated most of the fight and won by unanimous decision.

The American has since ended his career, Finished with a perfect record of 42 wins and 0 lossesleading fans to debate who they think might be the strongest fighter “The Bad” has ever faced.

For many, Canelo would be the logical choice, having racked up 39 knockout wins, including one even at light heavyweight against Sergey Kovalev.

Crawford put an end to the speculation by revealing that Canelo was not the toughest puncher, instead claiming that Lithuanian boxer Egidius “Mean Machine” Kavaliauskas was the one who did the most damage.

“In a real fight, I get hit harder. ‘Mean Machine’ (Kavalliskas) gets hit harder than Canelo, to be honest.”

In December 2019, Crawford defended his WBO welterweight title against Kavaliaskas and won in stoppage time in the ninth round to retain his gold belt.

“The Mean Machine” last fought in November when he defeated Samuel Molina to win the European welterweight title and now has a record of 24 wins from 28 fights, 19 of which came via knockout.