Kamaru Usman Feels He May very well be a Menace at Gentle Heavyweight
Throughout an episode of “Pound 4 Pound with Kamaru and Henry,” Kamaru Usman expressed confidence in his potential to have success as a lightweight heavyweight (through Championship Rounds).
Kamaru Usman recollects his face off with Jan Blachowicz, and nonetheless believes the matchup favoured him 👀
“You see my arms subsequent to his?… Everyone was speaking about ‘he’s a lightheavyweight’ however I used to be on the market thick on him…
I’m telling you… I wouldn’t have known as for 205 [lbs]… pic.twitter.com/dHgH9XvPcd
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) Could 23, 2024
“I’m telling you… I wouldn’t have known as for 205 [lbs] if I didn’t suppose at that time that the type favored me and I might do it. Everyone’s received energy when the combat begins, however you seize their leg and also you drag him down… the combat utterly modifications. And that’s precisely what I used to be gonna do. Glover Texeira did the very same factor.”
What’s subsequent for the 37-year-old Usman stays to be seen. He continues to flirt with a showdown in opposition to Blachowicz, who gave present UFC Gentle Heavyweight Champion Alex Pereira a troublesome problem final 12 months. If Usman had been to face and defeat somebody as excessive up the 205-pound ladder as Blachowicz, then a showdown with both “Poatan” or Jiri Prochazka can’t be dominated out.
It’s a giant ask of the previous welterweight king, however Usman has by no means been shy in calling for giant challenges.