Sean O’Malley is scheduled to go head-to-head against boxing powerhouse Canelo Alvarez on September 14. O’Malley will headline Dana White‘s dream project at the Las Vegas Sphere while defending his featherweight belt. As the clash captures the attention of many fight fans, ‘Suga’ is confident about his chances to beat Alvarez’s hype.
Dana White has spent more than $20 million in order to book the iconic Sphere. He has plans to give fight fans the biggest sporting event in the history of combat sports. Given the expectations from the boss, there is a lot of pressure on O’Malley to deliver. However, the champion doesn’t seem to care about it and mentioned that he would make bigger headlines than Alvarez.
who are they talking about. Are they talking about Canelo, are they talking about the boxing fight, or are they talking about the absolute dominating, beautiful, masterful, masterclass performance I put on Merab and the viral knockout that came with it
Sean O’Malley via his YouTube channel
O’Malley mentioned that he’s actually excited to share the octagon against Merab Dvalishvili who’s with a ten-fight undefeated streak. According to O’Malley, he will provide a highlight-worthy knockout finish and will steal all the headlines from Canelo Alvarez. On the other hand, Alvarez doesn’t even consider UFC or O’Malley a competition for September 14th.
💥🥊Sean O’Malley eager to see if he can steal the spotlight from Canelo Alvarez who both fight on a stacked weekend of Combat Sports
“When it comes to Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, who are they talking about. Are they talking about Canelo, are they talking about the… pic.twitter.com/pADPqjED09
— Home of Fight (@Home_of_Fight) August 12, 2024
Even Conor McGregor who is currently in the middle of a beef with O’Malley mocked Canelo Alvarez for clashing with UFC. Since becoming the champion, O’Malley has established himself as a huge star and can sell tickets. It would be interesting to see his numbers go against the superstar boxer next month.
Sean O’Malley disses boxers for their one-dimensional skills
Sean O’Malley is regarded as one of the best strikers on the UFC roster. The featherweight champion is a sniper with incredible power. Despite his lanky physique, O’Malley has dropped a lot of opponents throughout his brutal power.
However, according to the fighter, punching power isn’t the only thing that he likes to possess. In an interview with Ariel Helwani, O’Malley mentioned that boxers can’t threaten him because they are limited to only punching. On the other hand, the MMA champion has various other weapons such as kicking, grappling, etc.
I would hate to just have boxing skills and not be able to defend myself on the ground, cause then I couldn’t talk sh*t. Like the boxers can’t actually talk sh*t to me…They can talk sh*t on Twitter, but they can’t actually fight.
Sean O’Malley via The MMA Hour Show
Sean O’Malley believes he would be able to beat Gervonta, Haney, and Shakur all in one night in MMA:
“I would hate to just have boxing skills and not be able to defend myself on the ground, cause then I couldn’t talk sh*t. Like the boxers can’t actually talk sh*t to me…They can… pic.twitter.com/1bTLIl3wTU
— AFeldmanMMA (@afeldMMA) November 6, 2023
O’Malley himself has talked about his intentions to box in the future. The fighter even had an online squabble with boxing superstar Ryan Garcia for a potential clash. According to O’Malley, after getting a few more title defenses, the UFC will let him have a crossover boxing bout. Knowing his fast hands and knockout power fans are excited to see how it will turn out for O’Malley.
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