{"id":330889,"date":"2019-11-04T17:02:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T01:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=330889"},"modified":"2019-11-04T17:07:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T01:07:05","slug":"jorge-masvidal-believes-hed-be-a-legitimate-threat-to-canelo-alvarez-in-a-boxing-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jorge-masvidal-believes-hed-be-a-legitimate-threat-to-canelo-alvarez-in-a-boxing-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Masvidal believes he’d be a ‘legitimate’ threat to Canelo Alvarez in a boxing match"},"content":{"rendered":"

After Jorge Masvidal beat Nate Diaz at UFC 244, he had an interesting callout at the post-fight press conference in the form of boxing champion Canelo Alvarez.<\/p>\n

He said it is a fight he wants. On, Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show<\/a>, Masvidal backed those claims even more.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m dead serious about fighting Canelo Alvarez,” Masvidal said. “If they give me nice little change, I will take my talents over there. I\u2019m going or the off button man. I feel like I can shock the world.”<\/p>\n

Jorge Masvidal believes he can get MMA into the win column after Conor McGregor’s loss to Floyd Mayweather. “Gamebred” also believes the power he has<\/a> would be a big difference in the fight.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanelo is a better boxer and has thrown 10,000 more jabs than me because that\u2019s what he does morning and night, just box,” he said. “So yeah he is a better boxer. But can I bring some elements that boxers aren\u2019t used to, that are in the legal rounds of boxing and throw Canelo completely off his game? F**k yes.”<\/p>\n

“I’m a natural bigger dude,” Masvidal added.” With boxing gloves on I’m not afraid of breaking my hand because I have that cast [of tape] on, it will be a little bit extra harder. I feel I can be a legitimate ass threat in there. Plus I’m a little longer than him, too.”<\/p>\n

Canelo Alvarez is considered one of the top pound-for-pound boxers in the world right now and coming off of a knockout win over Sergey Kovalev on Saturday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It seems unlikely this fight will ever happen as Dana White has been reluctant to do these boxing vs. MMA fights since he made the McGregor-Mayweather bout. But, if it is made, Masvidal promises to shock the world.<\/p>\n

“In the wake of Conor and Mayweather, it showed me a lot of things that I thought were good and bad,” Masvidal said. “I saw they can’t read us as well as they can read a boxer. Our movements are different. How we cover distance is different. Those things give them problems.<\/p>\n

“I think I can throw enough punches that I can attack Canelo and put him on his ass. I’d be going for the knockout, obviously. Nothing else. This is not to disrespect Canelo, because I think the dude is a beast. I think he’s a stud. It would be an honor to get in the ring with him. But he did say some shit like no MMA fighter would be a challenge and this and that. I beg to differ.”<\/p>\n

How do you think Jorge Masvidal would do against Canelo Alvarez in a boxing match? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 11\/4\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After Jorge Masvidal beat Nate Diaz at UFC 244, he had an interesting callout at the post-fight press conference in the form of boxing champion Canelo Alvarez. He said it is a fight he wants. On, Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show, Masvidal backed those claims even more. \u201cI\u2019m dead serious about fighting Canelo Alvarez,” Masvidal said. 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