Joe Rogan is baffled by what the WBC did in December.
The longtime UFC color commentator was among those laying heavy praise on Terence Crawford for what he did inside the boxing ring last September.
Crawford beat Canelo Alvarez after moving up two divisions to challenge the Mexican legend for undisputed super middleweight status.
The American’s upset victory in Las Vegas saw him become the first male fighter in the four-belt era to win the undisputed championship in three divisions.
But ‘Bud’ did not occupy the undisputed throne for long after a financial dispute resulted in the WBC stripping him of the super middleweight title.
A few months after his victory over Alvarez, Crawford was stripped by the WBC for not paying $300,000 in mandatory fees to the sanctioning body.
While explaining its decision to take back the belt, the WBC said it had reduced Crawford’s obligation from 3 percent to 0.6 percent of his reported $50 million purse.
Crawford aimed an epic rant at the WBC after he was stripped, and Rogan recently followed suit with a passionate reaction of his own.
“Ridiculous,” the UFC commentator said while speaking to Gable Steveson during an episode of the Joe Rogan Experience. “Terence Crawford’s like, ‘F— you, I’m the champ, I just beat Canelo.’
“Is that what they wanted from him, $300,000? They stripped him, I know they stripped him, which is crazy.
“That is so nuts that they get paid that much just to be a sanctioning body,” he continued. “And what are they doing? They’re not doing anything. It doesn’t mean anything.
“‘Dethroned over $300,00 fee’, wow. That is crazy. ‘Unpaid fees end brief reign as undisputed champ’. It doesn’t matter! He’s the f—— champion! You can’t take the guy’s belt because he’s not willing to give you money.
“F— you, he won. He won, f— off. F— off, he won.”
Why Terence Crawford retired following undisputed title win Crawford announced his retirement from boxing shortly after being stripped by the WBC, and he recently delved into the reasoning behind that decision.
The 38-year-old insisted that losing his undisputed status had nothing to do with it while speaking to Adin Ross on a live stream.
“No, not at all, that’d be stupid of me,” Crawford said.
“I’m 38. 38 is old in boxing. I’ve been boxing since I was seven. I have nothing else to prove. I have nothing else to accomplish.
“It’s like, what more can I do? They’re not gonna give me the credit anyway so it really doesn’t even matter,” he added.
