Bud Crawford has no regrets about missing the Olympics. The gold medal was not my dream!

Terence Crawford‘s His career is far from over and he is He has accomplished more than any active professional boxer… he’s only missing one thing: an Olympic medal.

But Bud doesn’t care!

TMZ Sports She spoke to the undefeated champion as the 2024 Games in Paris were in full swing, including boxing, a sport Crawford currently dominates.

Terence is a professional and is not eligible for the games… but that doesn’t mean he never wanted to compete in the Olympics. In fact, in 2008 Bud failed to qualify after losing to a contender. Saddam Ali.

But Crawford (40-0, 31 KOs) isn’t thrilled about it — in fact, he says it was never his primary goal.

“The Olympics were never in my dream,” said the 36-year-old. “I never dreamed of winning an Olympic gold medal.”

“My dream was always to be world champion and my dream came true.”

Mission accomplished.

Terence will be able to continue living his dream on Saturday when he faces the champion. Israel Madrimov (10-0, 7 KOs) at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles.

This will be the first event of the Riyadh Season in the United States.

“I always hear that this is going to be my toughest fight, every fight,” Crawford said. “I won’t know until I get in the ring with him.”

As good as this weekend’s matchup is, fans really want to see Crawford vs. Canelo Alvarez …though Bud says he’s not worried about that fight, at least for now.

“Canelo is not even on my mind right now,” Crawford said. “All the talk about Canelo is just nonsense that I don’t really care about right now.”

“Right now my focus is on Israel.”