Alex Pereira has not entered the octagon since final October when he defeated Khalil Rountree Jr. through fourth-round TKO to defend his gentle heavyweight title for the third time in a six-month span. He’s set to make his return in March in opposition to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313 in a extremely anticipated bout.
‘Poatan’ just lately expressed curiosity in a boxing match in opposition to two-time undisputed champion Oleksandr Usyk. Talking on the JAXXON Podcast, Pereira said, through his coach and translator Plinio Cruz:
“That is one thing he actually needs, however he is below contract with the UFC. We all know [Conor] McGregor did it. Do not understand how he would, however sometime he would love to do it… He is the champ, he wish to battle a champ so Oleksandr Usyk is the one which he needs… He feels that he may do actually good. Individuals discuss boxing, however boxing is one in every of his strongest elements.”
Cruz continued:
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“He is presupposed to battle the champ. He needs to battle the champ so he’d battle Oleksandr Usyk. He thinks he may go head-to-head with him. He thinks he is up there. Me, personally, I’ve put him already to spar some world class, top-10 heavyweight boxers. Guys with names, actual good names, not that I will point out, however he did actually good, bro, so I believe he may do good. I imagine in him.”
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Followers shared their response to the feedback from the sunshine heavyweight champion and his coach. @TalkingChalk101 claimed that he mustn’t take the match as it will be a homicide:
“Please no. That will be a homicide”
@TedlaJacob shared that he would moderately see him face the winner of Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall:
“The factor is with Alex is that it takes one left hook to finish the battle. However I’ve seen clips of him get pieced up by boxers at a decrease stage [namely in Korea], so idk if its a good suggestion. Relatively see a brilliant battle with the winner of Jones vs. Aspinall”
@PenaCartel recommended that it will be a simple evening for Usyk:
“Love Poatan, however completely not. Usyk does no matter he needs in that battle with out leaving first gear”
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Alex Pereira shares shadowboxing footage forward of Magomed Ankalaev conflict
Alex Pereira is about to make his return to the octagon in March as he seems to defend his gentle heavyweight title for the fourth time in opposition to Magomed Ankalaev. ‘Poatan’ just lately took to X to share footage of himself shadowboxing, captioning the publish:
“CHAMA
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Pereira’s conflict with Ankalaev has had loads of construct up as the 2 spent a lot of 2024 exchanging phrases. Whereas the No.1-ranked gentle heavyweight accused the champion of avoiding the matchup, ‘Poatan’ claimed that he’s the one who pushed for the battle. The 2 could have the chance to settle their variations at UFC 313.