Travis Kent Crawford has seen it all. The American boxer has been through the worst types of ups and downs that a boxer can go through. And yet Crawford has persevered, which is an achievement in itself. His rocky early career (which we will talk more about later) has not quenched his thirst for boxing glory.

And on September 13, the 22-year-old will have the opportunity to erase his past missteps, as he sets up to fight Saudi Arabia’s Mohamed Alakel in the first fight of the Canelo–Crawford card at the Allegiant Stadium. Ahead of the most important fight of his career, let’s take a look at all we know about Terence Kent Crawford’s background.

Where is Travis Kent Crawford from?

Travis Kent Crawford’s journey started in the coastal Texas town of Corpus Christi in October 2022. The boxer is an American and continues to live, train, and fight out of his charming hometown. Although we don’t know how he took up boxing, it is safe to assume that Corpus Christi’s vigorous sports culture had something to do with him picking up the sport. Crawford seems to have gravitated towards boxing—exactly when or why we don’t know at the moment, but it seems the Corpus Christi native started to learn boxing early in life. It seems almost all of Crawford’s boxing training happened in his hometown, where he resides to this day.

The 5’9″ boxer doubtlessly takes pride in representing his hometown, and seems to be a pretty patriotic kind of guy. His Instagram profile, for instance, says just two things by way of description. One is ‘Athlete’, which, of course, is the thing he has dedicated his life to. The other is ‘American’, indicating how deeply he loves his country.

Travis Kent Crawford’s ethnicity and religion

Not much public information is available about Travis Kent Crawford, including his ethnicity, family background, or religion. What we do know for sure is that the Texan ardently believes in God, with mentions of the Almighty and his faith being recurring features of his Instagram captions. It seems he is a Christian.

This faith in God is what seems to have kept Crawford motivated and driven despite his brief and forgettable amateur stint. His BoxRec record shows only one amateur fight—against Jordan Jenkins at the 2022 Texas Golden Gloves—which he lost via a unanimous decision. The same year, Crawford would take the leap, turning pro in 2022.

The Texan’s early career went the way of his amateur career, as he lost not only his debut fight, but his second professional fight, too. While his debut fight was a catastrophic KO loss, his second defeat was a much closer majority decision that went the other way. While many would have quit boxing altogether after suffering such setbacks, Crawford was made of sterner stuff.

He persevered and put together a seven-fight win streak between 2022 and 2024. Unfortunately, this was followed by another string of losses. Crawford lost two fights on a trot for the second time in his career, both of them decisions. And that is where the Corpus Christi native finds himself coming into his September 13 contest against Mohamed Alakel. What do you think about Crawford’s boxing journey?