Undisputed boxing champion Terence “Bud” Crawford spent the hours before his 38th birthday under the glare of police spotlights rather than celebration.
The undefeated Omaha native was pulled over early Sunday morning in a traffic stop. The stop escalated to officers ordering him out of his vehicle at gunpoint. A video of the incident widely shared on social media.
The footage surfaced days after Omaha honored Crawford with a victory parade celebrating his recent triumph over Saul “Canelo” Alvarez. The win reinforced his reputation as one of the sport’s greatest fighters. That victory, at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas earlier this month solidified his status as boxing’s pound-for-pound king…