UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira continues the trend of MMA champions who call boxing champions.
Francis Ngannou and his two-fight series with Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua was the highest winning crossover crossover. 'The Predator' rushed down and stole a score card, but in his fight with Joshua, Ngannou was slept in the second round.
Even, Ngannou's performance against Fury brought him to a large extent with MMA fans, and they were cautiously optimistic about his fight with Joshua.
This is not the case for Pereira, because he has summoned one of the brightest pound-for-pound stars in sport.
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Fans respond to Alex Pereira who calls Oleksandr usyk in boxing
In an appearance on the Jaxxon podcast, Pereira registered his interest in a cross-over boxing match with undisputed heavyweight King Oleksandr Usyk. The last five boxing victories of Usyk have come across Fury, Joshua and Daniel Dubois.
'[Boxing] Is something he really wants, “Coach Plinio Cruz translated for Pereira. “But you know, he is a contract with the UFC – we know that McGregor did it …
'[…] He is the champion, so he wants to fight a champion. So oleksandr usyk. . . . He feels that he can do really well. '
Fan Sentiment was a mixed bag for Pereira vs. Usyk.
'[…] I have seen clips from him [Pereira] Is absorbed by boxers at a lower level (namely in Korea), “wrote a user. “So I don't know if it's a good idea.”
The thing is with Alex is that one left hook is needed to end the fight.
But I have seen clips being recorded by boxers at a lower level (namely in Korea), so Idk if it is a good idea.
Rather see a super fight with the winner of Jones vs Aspinal
– Jacob Tedla (@tedlajacob) January 30, 2025
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“Alex has no footwork,” wrote another. “Usyk would embarrass him.”
A user contributed: “Usyk would destroy him.”
Lol Usyk would destroy him
– 𝓜𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓥𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 (@moonvenable9) January 30, 2025
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“Bro went tooth and nail with Khalil Rountree,” another user came in. “And now want to fight with Usyk Lmao.”
A user shared Pereira's knockout loss with Adesanya: “Imagine what Usyk would do with this fraud in a boxing match,” they wrote.
How good is the boxing of Alex Pereira
'Patan' has a 1-0 professional boxing record, which eliminates a Journeyman Fighter in 2017. Since then, the best fans have had to continue his sparring images with different boxers on a professional level.
Before he played in the lead at UFC 303, Pereira let images free from him with Demsey McKean, who was 22-1 at that time. Pereira shows good distance management, head movement and counterattacks, but in the end sparring was friendly.
In more images from 2023, Pereira enjoys some hard spruce with Olympic level boxer Khalil Coe and another unnamed hunter. COE is a top 60 light heavyweight boxer with a record of 9-1-1; He would have been unbeaten at the time of the spruce.
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