It seems that the UFC’s new bantamweight champion, Sean O’Malley, wants to broaden his horizons by stepping into the boxing world. O’Malley achieved the biggest victory of his career by knocking out Aljamain Sterling. ‘Suga’ and ‘Funk Master’ came face-to-face on August 19 at TD Garden, Boston. The bout was a highly entertaining affair, with Sterling using combinations of high and low kicks in the first round. On the other hand, the 28-year-old went for some perfect strikes, which were mixed with some shallow moves. When the bout reached the second round, O’Malley’s one perfect move changed his fighting career.

After the victory, O’Malley called out bantamweight star Marlon Vera for his first title defense. O’Malley has faced just one loss in his MMA career, and that was against Vera. After his glorious victory against Sterling, he felt that it was the right time to take revenge. However, ‘Suga’ was not done with that. He even went on to call out boxing star Gervonta Davis for a boxing match. This move by O’Malley didn’t sit well with Ryan Garcia, and the two later engaged in online banter.

When Sean O’Malley called out Floyd Mayweather‘s teammate Gervonta Davis, Ryan Garcia took to the X to warn the bantamweight champion. He wrote, “SUGA Sean you are good and all But stop talking about this I’m going to box stuff You’ll just get knocked out.” Interestingly, Garcia locked horns with Davis back in April. During their match, ‘Tank’ defeated ‘King Ry’ in the seventh round with a body shot.

Hence, when O’Malley came across Garcia’s warning, he mocked him about his loss against Davis. The new champion wrote, ““@RyanGarcia Like you did or different?” When ‘King Ry’ saw the insulting words from O’Malley, he backfired by saying, “Boxing and MMA are two different sports and if you need a reminder let me know I’ll gladly do a tune up for my return fight.” Later, fans came across their X banter posted on Reddit. They surprisingly took the side of Garcia.

Fans react to the exchanges between Sean O’Malley and Ryan Garcia.

Some of the fans agreed with Garcia. They confirmed that Garcia said the truth, as O’Malley would fall short in front of Davis. One fan even warned ‘Suga’ that he should not take up boxing matches against boxers with high KO power.

•  “Ryan is right. Tank would fuck sean up”
• “Ryan is not wrong here..”
• “Okay realistically suga shouldn’t fight guys who are known for having KO power that could fuck his career up(ko power in boxing)”

A good number of fans felt that O’Malley was looking for a boxing match to make more money. They strongly felt that MMA fighters are looking for boxing matches as UFC president Dana White does not pay well them. One fan even mentioned that a big fight in boxing can bring a fortune to O’Malley

• “MMA fighters will keep chasing fights with boxers until their pay increases. That is literally the entire inventive.”
• “Blame Dana. No boxer seriously talks about coming over to mma for a fight.”
• “More mma fighters should call out boxers so that it puts pressure on the UFC to pay their fighters more.”
• “1 big fight in boxing and Sean will make more than he did in his entire mma career might be worth it”

From the reactions of the fans, it is clear that they are taking the side of Garcia, as they believe that the new bantamweight champion would never beat Davis. Also, many blamed the UFC for paying the fighters less, because of which they were forced to take bouts outside the UFC. What do you think about a showdown between O’Malley and Davis? Let us know in the comments below.