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UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall still has boxing in his sights.
UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria has revealed his future plans to leave mixed martial arts for professional boxing.
Darren Till is aiming to run it back with two of the fighters who handed him his most memorable losses in the UFC – and is already thinking about completing the trilogy after those. ‘The Gorilla’ went on a strong run up the UFC welterweight rankings before earning a shot at Tyron Woodley’s title in 2018.
In a recent interview, current lightweight champion Ilia Topuria revealed that he is planning to retire from UFC to pursue boxing.
On December 3, it was Pimblett’s turn to cross paths with Goetzee, a fighter with Down syndrome who is nicknamed ‘GGG’ in reference to legendary boxer Gennadiy Golovkin. Pimblett helped make Goetzee’s dream come true once again, going back and forth with him in the ring for a couple of rounds before getting playfully knocked out by ‘GGG’.
Since Conor McGregor took part in one of the biggest fights of all time, crossing over to box Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2017, numerous UFC champions have tried to lobby for a shift over to boxing, and the increased paycheck that comes with it. And heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall is no exception.
Former UFC title challenger Darren Till is looking to re-engage some of his past rivalries, but he wants them in boxing.
The 34-year-old announced on The Ariel Helwani Show that he’s now returning to MMA by signing with the PFL after admitting that boxing didn’t necessarily suit him.
TKO, the UFC’s partner promotion, argues that the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act (MAABRA) is better for the health of the sport of boxing, while many fighters and fans oppose that view, claiming that it could contractually handcuff fighters and centralize power.
Ilia Topuria doesn’t plan on having a lengthy MMA career. While Topuria (17-0) rapidly shot to stardom, he has always been economical with his career, never fighting more than t