Russian UFC lightweight champion Islam Makhachev on the air of the show “Tous pour le Match!” on the channel he said that in the future he was ready to try himself in boxing.
At the end of October, in Saudi Arabia, Britain’s Tyson Fury, holder of the WBC belt, defeated former UFC champion Frenchman Francis Ngannou in a 10-round boxing match by split decision. In the third round, Fury was knocked down. On October 21, at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi, Makhachev knocked out Australian Alexander Volkanovski in the first round and defended the lightweight championship belt.
— Recently, a sensational fight took place according to the rules of boxing between Ngannou and Fury. Do you see yourself participating in similar events after a while?
– Why not. I would love to try it. Ngannou’s last fight showed the level a professional fighter can reach when switching to boxing. There was a lot of talk about Fury not being ready, but it was a fight regardless. Fury was knocked down. I think Fury showed boxing poorly. And now conversations between boxers and fighters are relevant,” Makhachev said on .
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