Jimi Manuwa’s desire to fight David Haye isn’t out of personal spite, just business.
The “Poster Boy” sees the dollar signs in boxing vs. mixed martial arts (MMA) match-ups. Manuwa has expressed interest in fighting cruiserweight and heavyweight boxer Haye in a boxing ring.
The fourth ranked UFC light heavyweight appeared on MMAFighting.com‘s “The MMA Hour” to explain why such a fight would make sense and sell out the O2 Arena in London, England:
“There’s no issue, but I think it would be a great fight. Conor McGregor wants to fight Floyd Mayweather, why not put me against David Haye? David Haye is a big name in boxing, and he just lost to Tony Bellew. I’ll come to his world. We’ll do boxing. We’re two big names in London as well, and everything, I think why not? [Haye] won’t last in MMA, because I’ll take him down and smash him. I’ll come for his belt. I’ll come to his world. It’s a big money fight in London, we’ll sell out the O2 and that’ll make sense. We can go to Vegas [too]. We can go on the McGregor undercard. I heard Roy Jones wants to fight Anderson Silva as well. This is picking up momentum, let’s do this.”
