Boxing celebrity Terence Crawford was mistaken for Grammy-award-winning artist Kendrick Lamar whereas cage-side at UFC 306 final weekend.
Crawford sat cage-side to look at an unprecedented occasion on the Las Vegas Sphere. UFC 306 featured loads of thrilling moments, capped off by Merab Dvalishvili’s win over Sean O’Malley in the primary occasion.
Whereas watching the motion, the UFC determined to place Crawford on the massive screens, as they often spotlight celebrities in attendance. The issue was: Crawford was misidentified as Lamar on the UFC 306 graphic.
You possibly can see the blooper involving Crawford under.
UFC CEO Dana White laughed it off throughout the UFC 306 post-fight press convention, saying that Crawford and Lamar had some resemblance.
Terence Crawford says Kendrick Lamar mishap may’ve been “Intentional”
Throughout a current interview with TMZ Sports activities, Crawford reacted to the viral second.
“I simply wasn’t taking any discover of it, after which I began seeing the photographs on my telephone and everybody laughing,” Crawford stated. “I didn’t [hear from him]…to be sincere, I feel it was deliberately finished. Only for laughters, as a result of how are you going to get us blended up? However all in all, it was humorous to me.”
Mockingly, Crawford is talked about in one in every of Lamar’s hit songs, ‘Euphoria’, one in every of his diss tracks aimed toward Drake.
Crawford most not too long ago defeated Israil Madrimov by unanimous choice in Los Angeles. He gained the WBA and WBO mild middleweight titles.
Crawford, 41-0, has a possible tremendous struggle in opposition to Canelo Alvarez in his crosshairs. However, Alvarez has appeared disinterested in tremendous fights, until an enormous paycheck is obtainable.
Crawford is arguably one of many biggest boxers of all-time after current wins over Errol Spence Jr., Shawn Porter, and Kell Brook. As he prepares for his subsequent boxing match, comparisons to Lamar could proceed jokingly, however each celebrities are on the high of their chosen professions.