Ilia Topuria most likely gained’t get his want however he’s doubling down on his callout to battle Terence Crawford, particularly after he walked out to the identical track utilized by the UFC light-weight champion previous to his win over Canelo Alvarez on Saturday.
As he marched to the ring previous to a surprising 12-round win over Alvarez on Saturday, Crawford used the monitor Canción del mariachi from actor Antonio Banderas and the band Los Lobos, which was made well-known in his 1995 movie Desperado.
“First he calls me drunk… then he walks out to MY track,” Topuria wrote on Twitter. “Crawford, everytime you need, I’ll educate you tips on how to dance that mariachi within the ring. And Canelo, I’ll prevent a spherical after him.”
Topuria has repeatedly talked about his want to crossover from MMA to boxing very similar to Conor McGregor did for his 2017 battle towards Floyd Mayweather. Whereas that experiment ended with McGregor struggling a tenth spherical knockout, he nonetheless gained an unbelievable quantity of publicity to not point out a nine-figure payday for his efforts.
Ever since that battle ended, UFC CEO Dana White has scoffed at permitting one other fighter to strive their hand at boxing however Topuria believes he’s in a singular place to vary his thoughts.
”It’s one thing I wish to do, and I don’t assume [Dana] will inform me he doesn’t wish to assist me obtain my dream… I’ll have his assist, I’ve little doubt about that,” Topuria stated throughout an look at WOW FC. “It’ll take some convincing, however I’m certain it’ll work out.”
Whereas it appears extremely unlikely Topuria ever will get the prospect, he’s actually received the starpower behind him to at the very least make that request. Topuria has rapidly change into one of the talked about fighters on the earth, to not point out his climb up the pound-for-pound rankings after capturing UFC titles at each 145 and 155 kilos.
