“I’m definitely going to box. I made it clear that I want to fight boxing. When I got into kickboxing, they didn’t believe in me. MMA, same thing. Boxing, they’ll say the same. I’m used to it.'' Could Pereira beat Aspinal in a boxing match? This content is protected
His chin wont hold up, which wouldn't necessarily be a problem if it were not for his age. But I would like to see it and he would do well in whatever TKO boxing becomes.
Look at his kick-boxing days. His reflexes and general physical attributes made up for his average chin. Heck, even in the first Adesanya MMA fight he got almost taken out, but he endured. But once he slows down enough, then he wont be able to recover like he did in his younger days. Also, a young man can afford to take a few KO losses here and there. Guys in their 40s can not.
Will be too old then. That being said considering the sorry state of the CW division I think he'd do alright at his peak and maybe even now.
I think if he does go pro, it will be with under the TKO banner, and he would certainly do well there. But, if he tries to compete with world class heavyweight... yea, Its not going to go well.
Honestly with some fast tracking and favourable matchmaking I could see him being fringe top 10 at cruiser. Its a pretty poor division and he would be a ****ing huge cruiser with good power.