Khamzat Chimaev is not planning a full-time transfer to a different sport, however he no less than likes the thought of switching to boxing for a high-profile bout with one other UFC celebrity.
As he ready for his first title protection as middleweight champion at UFC 328, Chimaev floated the thought of dealing with Conor McGregor in a Zuffa Boxing match. To be clear, Chimaev has nothing private in opposition to McGregor as he has no grudge in opposition to him, however he is aware of it is going to be a number of enjoyable and can most likely make them each some huge cash.
“I am not going to maneuver on to boxing,” Chimaev stated throughout a media scrum forward of UFC 328. “I will all the time be a UFC fighter without end. Possibly if Zuffa (boxing) offers me an opportunity to field with Conor or if Conor desires to just accept it. That is nice. Why not?”
Clearly, McGregor stays the game’s greatest draw, so his participation in that struggle will solely profit Chimaev, however he additionally thinks the previous two-division UFC champion is without doubt one of the finest boxers at the moment combating in MMA.
McGregor, in fact, famously switched to boxing in 2017 and fought Floyd Mayweather on some of the profitable pay-per-view playing cards of all time.
McGregor misplaced that struggle by TKO within the tenth spherical, however continued to struggle longer than most anticipated, particularly contemplating Mayweather’s credentials and pedigree as one of many prime boxers of the previous half-century.
“Conor is an effective boxer, among the finest boxers within the UFC,” Chimaev stated. “It will be good to struggle that man. The cash is nice too. He speaks higher than Sean Strickland. It will be enjoyable.”
In a wierd flip of occasions, Chimaev truly credit McGregor for moving into MMA together with his gorgeous KO of Jose Aldo in 2015, which noticed “The Infamous” rise to the highest of the UFC.
McGregor gained the featherweight championship with a 13-second knockout, however Chimaev stated the paycheck he obtained from that struggle made a giant impression on him.
In a means, it modified his life without end.
“Once I noticed that struggle, I requested him how a lot cash he made,” Chimaev stated. “That is why I made a decision to start out doing MMA. It will be cool to look at. It will be cool (to field him). Why wouldn’t it be private?”
