Coronavirus: Terence Crawford Opposes Lockdown, Labels COVID-19 As Media Conspiracy

Boxing superstar Terence Crawford does not believe the Coronavirus is real, calling the disease as a mere conspiracy created by the media to stimulate fear aimed at "trying to control us."

Speaking with Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, the three-division world champion said he is not convinced by the reports about the pandemic.

"I’m telling you. I don’t feel like, a lot, all these people that they say are dying and sick from it is actually true," Crawford said. "I think they’re using fear to try to control us right now … for something else.

“I don’t know what it is but me personally, I just can’t agree with a whole bunch of things that they’re saying now.

“The media runs the world. You put anything on then everybody’s gonna run with it and you’ll have people scared.”

Crawford stressed that he is not wary of the COVID-19 scare. In fact, he revealed that he does not restrict his family from doing their normal activities despite reports of thousands of cases and deaths in the United States, which is now considered the epicenter of the virus.

“It ain’t no different to any other day. I’m not locked up in the house," he said. "I’m good. They get to go out. I’m not locking my kids up in the house."

According to the latest numbers on Sunday, the U.S. now has 530,006 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 20,600 fatalities as all 50 states are placed "under an emergency declaration for the first time in history."

On Saturday alone, the country recorded more than 2,000 deaths, surpassing Italy for the most number of casualties caused by the virus.

Overall, the Coronavirus has now infected about 1.7 million people worldwide and has claimed 109,000 lives. A total of 409,000 people, meanwhile, have already recovered.