Fighter Kamaru Usman seems to have made the rounds in the UFC’s welterweight division, and while he’ll likely face Leon Edwards in his next fight, the idea of a top-level encounter with Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez is very present in his mind.
Already in November 2021, Usman had expressed the desire to do battle in a boxing match with the one who is considered the best “pound for pound” boxer on the planet.
“In 2022, I’m going to shock the world,” Usman told TMZ Sports. In July, I will face Edwards. And God willing, I will have beaten Edwards, and in September, I will stop “Canelo” Alvarez.
“I absolutely see myself winning this fight. And that’s the thing that a lot of people don’t realize. A lot of people, because they think they can’t do something, try to project it onto you. They were also saying that about Tyron Woodley is what happened? I told him I would dominate him for five rounds and that’s exactly what I did. »
AT The MMA Hour earlier this week, Alvarez seemed more open to the idea than he has in the past. ” May be. Why not? You never say no,” he mentioned.
“Canelo”, who holds all the super middleweight belts, will face WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on May 7 in Las Vegas and is expected to face Gennadiy Golovkin in September.
