Alex Pereira has an enormous fan in heavyweight boxing star Anthony Joshua.
Joshua took day out of his weekend to lavish some reward on the UFC gentle heavyweight champion, tweeting that Pereira ought to compete in boxing sometime. Pereira has turn out to be recognized for his fearsome, one-touch knockout energy, which has carried him to world championships in a number of divisions in MMA and kickboxing.
An appreciative Pereira responded to Joshua, asking him who he thinks he ought to field.
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“I’m honored you assume so,” Pereira wrote in response to Joshua’s praise. “It’s at all times been my dream, I’m 37 I can’t make a profession in it so who do you advocate I battle?”
Pereira isn’t any stranger to competing within the squared circle, having been a standout kickboxer for years earlier than making his UFC debut in late 2021. He additionally has one boxing match on his résumé from June 2017, a third-round TKO win.
In his most up-to-date outing, Pereira scored a second win over Jiri Prochazka, defeating his rival by way of second-round TKO to efficiently defend his gentle heavyweight title in the primary occasion of UFC 303. 9 of Pereira’s 11 MMA wins have come by KO/TKO.
Joshua’s boxing profession continues to chug alongside as he has received 4 straight fights. This September, he has the possibility to turn out to be a heavyweight champion once more when he fights Daniel Dubois for an IBF title not too long ago vacated by Oleksandr Usyk.
