MMA fighters generally don’t fare well in high-level boxing. However, legendary boxing trainer Teddy Atlas believes there’s a UFC champion who could do the job. Atlas is confident that UFC bantamweight champion Sean O’Malley could transition and cross over to the boxing world and hold his own. Atlas, who analyzes both boxing and MMA, has seen enough of O’Malley to make him believe that he could do something in the “sweet science.” “He can cross over because he has the instinct, the talent, the abilities of a boxer, a pure boxer,” Atlas said on his YouTube channel. “He’s got the legs. He’s got the eyes.
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