The Takedown | UFC’s Jorge Masvidal fighting Canelo is not boxing clever – combat sport crossover call outs must stop
- Fans are greedily eating up every morsel of clickbait as UFC fighters and boxers challenge each other
- Perhaps we’ve only got ourselves to blame – it’s human nature after all to wonder who is the best
If it’s not Jorge Masvidal repeatedly offering to step in the ring with Saul “Canelo” Alvarez, it’s Tyson Fury showing his willingness to fight just about everyone. Every day now seems to bring another cross-combat sport call out.
It’s tempting to blame Floyd Mayweather Jnr and Conor McGregor – their 2017 super fight started it all with UFC fighters wanting to get in the boxing ring.
It was referenced by Masvidal when he said he could take the UFC to 1-1 against boxing by beating Alvarez.
Then again we could blame that absolute sham where Muhammad Ali was kicked in the shins for a while by Antonio Inoki. That was a non-event, much like Mayweather’s own trip to Japan last year to take out kick-boxer Tenshin Nasukawa.
It’s time to call out each other. We should blame ourselves for this. It’s human nature after all.
