“I know that I am number one. There is no question of "if" or "but" in this. I have been number one in my eyes for many years. When you ask a dedicated boxing fan, he'll tell you Crawford is number one," Bud said on the Showtime Boxing podcast.
“Inoue looked good in his fights. Canelo too, except for the last one. We all look good in our fights. But the fact that I'm not being given the honor it deserves fuels the fire in me for the next fight. I have to prove and show the world that I am number one when I say that I am number one."
“I wouldn't say it sounds selfish. It's just confidence. Everything I've done so far has proven this. I beat everyone at welterweight. I never had a close fight, I dominated everyone. I think it shows that I am number one. I rise category by category and defeat them one by one. I feel like this is exactly what it means to be number one in the world. Not only fights in one or two weight categories and victories. This is dominance in each subsequent division, ”said the boxer from Nebraska.