Will Dana White’s foray into the world of boxing ship us a heavyweight crossover conflict between Alex Pereira and Oleksandr Usyk?
Final month, White introduced that he was lastly entering into the boxing enterprise alongside Turki Alalshikh, chairman of the Common Leisure Authority in Saudi Arabia.
Few particulars have been introduced, however the information prompted combat followers to instantly begin questioning if White’s boxing promotion would enable UFC athletes to cross over, opening up the opportunity of greater paydays and thrilling superfights.
One of many greatest fights the promotion may probably e-book is a showdown between undisputed heavyweight boxing world champion Oleksandr Usyk and Pereira, a former two-division UFC titleholder.
Providing his tackle the chance, Pereira’s coach and former UFC champion Glover Teixeira steered that if ‘Poatan’ and Usyk ever throw arms contained in the squared circle, they may do it at heavyweight, and even mild heavyweight.
“Possibly they put Usyk and Alex for the heavyweight champion,” Teixeira mentioned throughout an look on The Coach and The Informal podcast. “I feel Usyk can combat mild heavyweight… He’s what like 230 [pounds]?”
Sorry Alex Pereira, Dana White says no UFC fighters in his boxing promotion
Sadly, it seems like White has zero curiosity in permitting UFC fighters to swap out their four-ounce gloves for eight-ouncers.
“No, by no means,” White informed ESPN in March when requested about UFC-contracted athletes crossing over into his boxing promotion. “I’m certain there are guys that wish to field, however I actually don’t wish to see any of that. We hold the boxers within the boxing and MMA guys within the MMA. We’ll by no means have that.”
For now, it seems like White’s boxing group will concentrate on creating new stars. After all, if the followers are loud sufficient and the income is large enough, something is feasible in fight sports activities.
