Former British heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has urged UFC’s Alex Pereira to change sports activities, with boxing a viable possibility for the Brazilian in response to ‘AJ’.
Alex Pereira To Boxing?
Excessive reward got here from Anthony Joshua this week, as he took to X to recommend a profession swap for UFC Alex Pereira into the boxing world.
Alex Pereira ought to make a boxing debut sooner or later.
— Anthony Joshua (@anthonyjoshua) July 6, 2024
Pereira responded to the tweet very quickly in any respect and he was clearly touched by the reward from considered one of heavyweight boxing’s most talked about fighters
“I’m honoured you assume so,” Pereira stated in response to Joshua. “It’s all the time been my dream – [but] I’m 37, I can not make a profession in it, so who do you suggest I battle?”
Joshua replied merely with: “choices are infinite.”
The choices are infinite champ. I’m certain one thing may be achieved. Drop @258mgt a line 🫡 https://t.co/KxQjwwAqtH
— Anthony Joshua (@anthonyjoshua) July 7, 2024
Alex Pereira is extensively considered top-of-the-line boxers within the MMA and his clear knockouts have been one thing to marvel at throughout his profession within the octagon to date.
Pereira had a report of 33 wins from 40 fights in kickboxing earlier than he switched to the UFC and 21 of these victories got here through knockout. Within the UFC Pereira has simply two losses to his identify, with 11 wins – ten of these coming by KO/TKO.
Though ‘AJ’ want to see Pereira make the swap to boxing, there are nonetheless loads of blockbuster fights that ‘Poatan’ can take to safe his MMA legacy.
Dana White lately teased what could be the largest battle in Pereira’s profession but, saying that we might get a Jon Jones vs Alex Pereira bout within the heavyweight division if the ‘individuals need to see it’.
Pereira has been busy these days and after headlining UFC 300 earlier this yr, he was known as in at late discover to exchange an injured Conor McGregor on the primary card at UFC 303. The Brazilian gained each fights which took his report to 11-2-0 within the UFC.
