Terence Crawford told the WBC it can keep its super-middleweight world title.

Crawford responded Wednesday after the sanctioning body stripped his belt by claiming the undefeated American had failed to pay $300,000 in sanctioning fees from his fight with Canelo Alvarez.

Crawford became the undisputed super-middleweight champion when he beat Alvarez by unanimous decision in September, but the WBC said it hasn’t received its 0.6% sanction fee on Crawford’s reported $50 million earnings.

On his Instagram account, Crawford disputed the earnings figure and accused WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman of favoritism.

“You want me to pay you more than the other sanctioning bodies because you feel like you're better than them. You can take the belt," Crawford said, adding an expletive.

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