Sean O’Malley’s little-known undefeated boxing record

Sean O’Malley has type within the boxing ring because the UFC champion continues to be linked with a crossover contest.

O’Malley shot to fame by claiming the UFC bantamweight title in opposition to Aljamain Sterling at UFC 292. Since then, O’Malley has stepped over to check the waters by calling out boxers.

Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney have since responded to O’Malley, who surprisingly holds an undefeated file in the identical sport.

Sean O’Malley’s Boxing Report

‘Sugar’ Sean defeated David Courtney in 2016 by way of a technical knockout. The combat lasted 179 seconds. O’Malley entered the UFC a 12 months later, and the remaining is historical past.

An enormous occasion in boxing appears to be a matter of time for O’Malley, who Garcia once more talked about.

“I’ve all the time been a star,” stated Garcia in response to a video of O’Malley. “However I by no means had the chance to indicate it as a result of my platform not doing PPV on the time.

“I all the time knew that if I did a PPV, it might do nice. It did 1.2 million PPV buys. I’m additionally conscious sufficient that should you simply put each combat on PPV, you’ll do horrible numbers like 150k-200k, shedding your organization cash and robbing the followers.

“Individuals who need to see you, we have to be selective. I’m simply getting began. The system doesn’t know learn how to promote, so all of us fighters have gotten to take issues into our personal fingers.”

Devin Haney alternate

Haney first spoke about O’Malley on The MMA Hour.

“I imply, clearly [I laugh when I hear it], as a result of it’s completely completely different,” Haney acknowledged. “Each time the MMA guys come to boxing, it’s not good for them. It’s by no means going to be good for them.

“I don’t disrespect the MMA guys as a result of it’s only a completely different sport. However I do know I can’t compete with these guys within the cage.

“In terms of the boxing ring, they’ll’t compete with me. So it’s simply two completely different kinds of preventing.”

He continued: “It’s not finest for Sean O’Malley to get right into a boxing ring with me. It’s simply that it’s not. It received’t be aggressive. It received’t be aggressive.

“However I respect him within the cage, what he does within the cage. He’s a hell of a fighter within the cage. But it surely’s completely completely different if you step into that sq. circle, the boxing ring.”

Disregarding Haney’s phrases, O’Malley advised TimboSugarShow: “The factor about Devin Haney is like, I’m not making an attempt to throw shade or something, however I’ve legit by no means watched him field one combat ever.

“I didn’t even actually know who he was till extra lately. Like him, Gervonta, there’s a man named Shakur [Stevenson].

“I talked to the UFC a few potential boxing combat sometime, they usually have been like, ‘Nobody is aware of Devin Haney. There’s a zero p.c likelihood that ever occurs. He’s not a star. Nobody is aware of him.’”

They’re preventing phrases from O’Malley, who will undoubtedly return to the boxing ring in some unspecified time in the future.

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