Taking within the motion at notable boxing occasions in Saudi Arabia over the past couple of years, skilled footballing icon, Cristiano Ronaldo has offered his opinion on the ever-evolving query: MMA or Boxing?
Ronaldo, a former footballing star for Actual Madrid and Manchester United — twice, at the moment performs his commerce in Saudi Arabia, that includes with Professional League facet Al Nassr — netting 50 objectives for the facet since his unceremonious second exit from Outdated Trafford two years in the past.
Cristiano Ronaldo picks MMA over boxing as his most popular fight sport
And noticed side-by-side alongside former two-division UFC champion, Conor McGregor sat ringside at Francis Ngannou’s boxing match debut with former WBC heavyweight titleholder, Tyson Fury final yr in a controversial choice — Cristiano Ronaldo has shared his ideas on which fight sports activities he finds higher: MMA or Boxing?
Picking mixed martial arts as his preferred combat sports over boxing — regardless of showing at Oleksandr Usyk’s title unification conflict with the above-mentioned, Fury alongside Saudi adviser, Turki Alalshikh — the veteran Portuguese striker seems to have his desire set on blended martial arts over fight completely within the squared circle.
Alongside along with his choose of MMA over boxing, Ronaldo claims he would additionally somewhat watch the NBA over the NFL, tennis over golf, Components 1 over it’s motorbike MOTOGP companion — Ronaldo couldn’t separate between tennis megastars, Novak Djokovic, or Spaniard ace, Rafael Nadal.
In the case of skilled wrestlers, the European Championships winner additionally sided with The Rock as an alternative of veteran Hulk Hogan, and picked Chicago Bulls icon, Michael Jordan over Golden State Warriors shooter, Stephen Curry.