In a shocker that mixes palookas and R&B, boxer Terence Crawford revealed a tale with crooner Trey Songz, whose rocky relationship almost got physical, all because of a little bet. The undefeated boxing phenom detailed the near-throwdown on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast, where he didn’t exactly mince words metaphorically speaking about how everything went down.
Crawford says that the incident occurred at one of 50 Cent’s top-dollar Tycoon Weekend soirees, the kind of blowout where celebrities from across the sports and entertainment world convene for games of chance and high mischief. But this specific gathering got heated when R&B crooner Trey Songz may have quite literally taken a bet a step too far during a celebrity basketball game.
“Trey Songz was just having a moment. Is he serious or is he playing? I was waiting to go ‘I’m just playing with you.” Crawford, known for his discipline in and out of the ring, said his long waiting game ran out when it was evident the former singer had pushed past his limits. “I wasn’t gonna punch him, I was gonna choke him,” continued Crawford. “I wanna choke you, I don’t even wanna punch you.” The boxing world champion revealed his instincts were kicking in and that the situation could have gotten worse were it not for 50 Cent intervening. The rapper and entrepreneur allegedly intervened at the last hour to cool things down and avoid what may have become a messy incident.
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Trey Songz has yet to publicly comment on the incident, but Crawford’s side of the story is of a tense scene that even he was unprepared for. The boxing star is no stranger to confrontation, but he explained that this moment was more about surprise and disrespect than actual anger. Crawford elaborated on the situation during an earlier appearance on Cigar Talk. He said the two were watching the halftime show at the celebrity basketball game when Trey tried to make a bet that escalated into a confrontation.
Of course, what makes the story all the wilder is the calm, matter-of-fact way Crawford recounts the night. No posturing, no pounding of the chest, just a simple capitulation that yeah, things got really real, really quickly, and that only a thin strip of poise and the intervention of a certain rapper-cum-adversary, tipped the situation from bubbling to boiling over.
The occurrence has had fans talking, not least expressing shock that a man like Trey Songz would push someone known as one of boxing’s most dangerous fighters. For his part, Crawford has gone on to laugh about it more than anything, treating the day as something of a weird aside in a career full of severe competition and high-stakes clashes. Yet, the moment reminds us that, even among stars, tempers can flare, and egos collide, as in the case of several bet-hedging competitors who learned that not all bets are worth the heat.
