Did you know that undefeated WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford (34-0, 25 KOs) has been a longtime training partner of a current top-ten UFC featherweight? If you don’t, this story will broaden your boxing-MMA crossover knowledge.
One of the world’s pound-for-pound best boxers has been making the media rounds to promote his April 20th title defense vs. Amir Khan (33-4, 20 KOs), and in an interview with the Outside the Cage podcast, “Bud” discussed his relationship with Mirsad Bektic.
“That’s my guy,” Crawford said.
“We train together,” he continued. “He lives in Nebraska. When he came from Bosnia he moved to Nebraska, and we’ve been training together for — I would say nine years?