Since producing a boxing masterclass and defeating Errol Spence Jr. by ninth-round TKO late last month, Terence Crawford has remained in the public eye, having appeared on mainstream outlets such as CBS Mornings and "The Breakfast Club" to name a couple.
Having recently joined Rich Kleiman on the Out Of Office podcast, Crawford said he's all focused on his career and continuing to make boxing history. However, when his career is said and done, "Bud" would like to develop tomorrow's boxing stars within his TBC Promotions and be 100 percent transparent with them while doing business.
"When I take that step to go out and sign fighters, I would definitely make that switch," he told Kleiman.
"Most definitely I got an eye out and watching up-and-coming fighters and fighters with the talent to go places in the future and not only for them to be signed to TBC Promotions but for me to guide them and let them know that there's more to the sport and more to the game.
"Be an OG to let them know the game and show them the way and put everything on the table. That way they know they're not getting misused or abused."
He added: "I think that will be the start to changing the game up."
Delving into that a bit more, Crawford likened the boxing business to the rap game and how a rapper might work diligently to put together a masterpiece of an album only for the artist's record label to own it. If Crawford has his way, fighters will own their fights — and not their promotional outfits.
"Us fighters, we fight our ass off but we don't own our fights," Crawford explained. "The promotional companies own our fights and they got the right to say what they're going to do with it and what they're not going to do with it. And they can go and sell your fights for hundreds of millions of dollars and don't have to give you a cent.
"That's just one avenue," he added about how to spark healthy change in the hurt business. "But I think that will clean up boxing a lot."