NEW YORK – Jorge Masvidal wants big money fights, and that includes boxing.
Masvidal (35-13 MMA, 12-6 UFC) defeated Nate Diaz at UFC 244 with a third-round doctor’s stoppage TO to win the “BMF” title at UFC 244 this past Saturday. It was a fight in which he was comfortably up on in the judges’ scorecards. He was able to drop, bloody and batter Diaz over the course of three rounds to pick up his third knockout win of the year.
It’s no doubt that Masvidal has risen to one of the biggest stars on the UFC roster, and now he can be added to the list of fighters who want to try their hands at boxing. Famous for growing up street fighting, Masvidal never shies away from a fight, and he’d love a crack at boxing world champion Canelo Alvarez, who fought this past Saturday, as well, and won the WBO light heavyweight title against Sergey Kovalev with an 11th-round TKO.
“If Canelo wants to get his (expletive) kicked, that’s a fight I’ll take, you know,” Masvidal said at the UFC 244 post-fight news conference. “I’m just here to get the biggest checks possible.
“I could box. I could hit hard. I’ve got different angles. I’m not going to get tired in a 12-round boxing event, especially if I have time to prepare for it. It’s just kind of fate. He’s fighting today, I’m fighting today. I heard we killed them on the pay-per-views. UFC, what up? You’re welcome. I don’t know. I’d like to break his face, man. Just fight. Just test myself. Make a lot of money for testing myself, but I truly feel I could make it 1-1, MMA vs. boxing.”
