Alex Pereira Reveals Whether Serious Talks Happened About Usyk Bout

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira has addressed whether any serious negotiations took place for a potential boxing showdown with Oleksandr Usyk. Both Pereira and Usyk had previously expressed interest in facing off inside the ring.

“If I could choose, my next fight would be either at heavyweight in the UFC, or against Oleksandr Usyk in boxing.

There have been no negotiations for a fight with Usyk — same goes for Jon Jones or Tom Aspinall. As I’ve said before, the logical next step is to stay in my division and defend the title.

But if it were up to me, after that fight I wouldn’t defend the belt again — I’d move up to UFC heavyweight or box. I’ve been wanting to move up. My next fight should be a super-title bout,” Pereira said.

In his most recent outing, Pereira lost his title to Magomed Ankalaev. A rematch between the two is currently in the works.