By Radio Rahim

WBA, WBC, WBO junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford (32-0, 23 KOs) is ready to conquer his third weight class.

After becoming a world champion at lightweight, and unifying the entire division at junior welterweight, Crawford is ready to move up to the welterweight limit of 147-pounds.

Last month, Crawford unified the WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO titles at 140 with a third round knockout of Julius Indongo. Crawford has already vacated the IBF title - after the sanctioning body scheduled a purse bid for a mandatory defense against Sergey Lipinets.

There are three world champions in the welterweight division - and the man to beat is certainly Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) - who holds the WBA, WBC world titles. Jeff Horn currently holds the WBO's version, and Errol Spence recently became the IBF's beltholder.

Crawford would have no issue with testing himself, right away, against the man he views as the top dog at 147-pounds, Thurman.

"I feel that any weight is the best for my skills, as long as I'm prepared to the best of my abilities. 140 was a great weight class for me and I think it's time to go up and prove myself, once again, at 147," Crawford told BoxingScene.com.

"Right now I'm looking at all the champions - all of them. But at the end of the day, Keith Thurman is the guy to beat at 147. He's the number one guy in the division, I'm the number one guy in the division at 140, moving up, so why not go straight to the head [of the division]."

Thurman has been out of the ring since March, when he won a close twelve round decision over Danny Garcia the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to unify the WBC, WBA world titles.

Afterwards, Thurman underwent surgery for an elbow injury and it was going to keep him out for at least six months. But he also got married along the way and made a decision to stay on the shelf until the first quarter of 2018. Crawford may also not fight again until early next year.