While fighting in the UFC is the highest honour in MMA, many continue to toy with the idea of a move over to the boxing ring.
Conor McGregor fought Mayweather, Anderson Silva fought Paul, and a parade of other names from the Ultimate Fighting Championship have made the transition in recent years.
Whether it be due to the paydays or the spectacle, nobody can deny that fighting at a major boxing event is something every combat sports athlete wants to tick off their bucket list.
Today, we’re going to run through a few fighters who we believe could - and should - entertain the idea.
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Max Holloway has all the confidence in the world
Max Holloway
He’s screamed it from the top of his lungs before and you can bet he believes it: Max Holloway considers himself to be the best boxer in the UFC.
That may not necessarily be true for everyone but nobody can deny just how crisp and sharp his striking is, and even when he loses, he tends to give a fairly good account of himself.
In the wake of his third loss to Alexander Volkanovski, you could also argue it’s the perfect time to pull the trigger on something like this.
Petr Yan knows how to throw hands
Petr Yan
When Petr Yan is at the top of his game we genuinely don’t know if there’s a scarier striker out there.
The Russian sensation takes a while to get going but the composure and precision he showcases inside the Octagon are unlike anything the bantamweight division has seen in a long time.
This is another example of ‘it could actually happen’ too, given that ‘No Mercy’ is reportedly considering a brief exit from the UFC after his defeat to Sean O'Malley.
Derrick Lewis - the UFC’s most prolific KO artist
Derrick Lewis
No, he isn’t the most technical fighter in the world. No, he’s never held a world championship. But how can you argue against the most prolific knockout artist in UFC history getting a crack in the boxing ring?
‘The Black Beast’ serves as the definition of entertainment value whenever he makes that walk to the cage and you just know he would leave absolutely everything he has inside the squared circle, regardless of what the result ends up being.
The weird and wonderful world of Jiri Prochazka
Jiri Prochazka
It’s important to be unpredictable and somewhat unorthodox in the boxing realm and those are two boxes that Jiri Prochazka most definitely ticks.
The UFC light heavyweight champion has spent a long, long time perfecting his striking style, and as a pure martial artist, we’d be fascinated to see what kind of tricks he’d introduce in this particular practice.
It may not be pretty 100% of the time, but it’d be hard to keep your eyes off of the action.
The Predator is coming
Francis Ngannou
Francis Ngannou is an absolutely terrifying individual and if you don’t believe us, go and look at how he put legends like Alistair Overeem, Stipe Miocic and Cain Velasquez to sleep with relative ease.
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‘The Predator’ is the perfect nickname for him and unlike some of the other entries on this list, a boxing move is something that Ngannou has teased time and time again.
Back in April, he even got into the ring and promoted a possible crossover with Tyson Fury, which still appears to be on the table.