Undisputed light-weight champion Devin Haney believes UFC star Sean O’Malley would make an enormous mistake by going through a prime boxer in a crossover struggle.
In current months, O’Malley has referred to as for fights with Haney and Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis.
Within the aftermath of his largest win, when he captured the UFC bantamweight title from Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292, he referred to as for a struggle with Davis.
The crossover boxing scene has exploded in recent times – and this weekend WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury will collide with former UFC king Francis Ngannou in a non-title boxing match in Saudi Arabia.
Ngannou is a large underdog and only a few observers expect him to final the complete distance.
Apart from the current callouts by O’Malley, MMA fighters are persistently difficult boxers for crossover bouts.
“I imply, clearly [I laugh when I hear it], as a result of it’s completely completely different,” Haney mentioned to The MMA Hour. “At any time when the MMA guys come over to boxing, it’s not good for them, and it’s by no means going to be good for them. And the identical, I don’t disrespect the MMA guys as a result of it’s only a completely different sport. I do know that I can’t compete with these guys within the cage. However in the case of the boxing ring, they’ll’t compete with me. So it’s simply two completely completely different types of combating.”
If they really collided within the ring, Haney count on a one-sided demolition if he confronted O’Malley.
“It’s not the most effective factor for Sean O’Malley to get right into a boxing ring with me,” Haney mentioned. “It’s simply, it’s not. It gained’t be aggressive. It gained’t be aggressive. However I respect him within the cage, what he does within the cage. He’s a hell of a fighter within the cage. However if you step into that sq. circle, the boxing ring, it’s a very completely different factor.”
