Henry Cejudo Shuts Down Tyson Fury By Naming the Real “Heavyweight GOAT”; Excludes Muhammad Ali from the Conversation Altogether

Henry Cejudo is one of the most successful MMA fighters in the world. He made his name by becoming a UFC double champion, adding to his Olympic gold medal. Post-retirement, Cejudo became a combat sports analyst and does a podcast with famous journalist The Schmo.

They share the podcast and discuss various fights from the UFC, MMA, and other combat sports. In the recent episode of ‘The Triple C and Schmo’ show, they talked about Tyson Fury. Fury successfully defended his WBC heavyweight title against Dillian Whyte at the Wembley Stadium, London.

However, it did not bring him to the ‘greatest of all time’ debate according to Henry Cejudo. The Schmo put a straight question, “Triple C, is Tyson Fury your heavyweight boxing GOAT?” Cejudo instantly shut down the argument and said Fury is yet to fight many top guys to earn that status.

“Tyson Fury um… how many… how many… No. You still gotta go with the Klitschko dudes. You can’t go in with them now, but I know boxing very, very well. Vitali Klitschko did some amazing things man, and he reigned as a heavyweight champion for almost… He only had X amount of losses, but he defended his belts so many times against the absolute best in the world man.

He instead picked the Russian Boxing legend brothers duo, Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, especially the elder one.

So I’m about to go over Vitali Klitschko, unless… unless I may be wrong on this, but uh, for the heavyweight division, that’s the one that really comes to mind.”

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However, The Schmo reminded Cejudo that he absolutely forgot one of the greatest boxers of all time. Schmo asked, “Muhammad Ali?” This put Cejudo in a dilemma as soon as he realized it. Shortly after, ’The Triple C’ changed his answer.

“Muhammad Ali, yah, well, there was only one heavyweight. You know what? I’m about to go, Muhammad Ali. I take that back because you know what? back in those days, there was only one heavyweight champion. I don’t know how good this dude is.”

He then went on to explain how Ali had a more difficult career than anyone else and defeated the best out of the best.

Is Henry Cejudo returning to the UFC?

The Triple C retired from MMA in May 2020 after successfully defending his bantamweight title against Dominick Cruz. However, he hasn’t gone away from the sport altogether. He hosts the regular Triple C and Schmo show and keeps his foot in the game.

Recently, there are speculations that Cejudo might return to the Octagon. This comes after he recently met with the UFC brass and picked a UFC champion as his next target. Cejudo met with two important UFC executives in Hunter Campbell and Sean Shelby. 

His manager Ali Abdelaziz shared the pictures of the meeting on Twitter and hinted on a bantamweight return. Shortly after, The former double champ responded to the tweet and said, “I’m coming back for these tomato cans and I’m going to right the wrong!  Aljolame you the number one contender Bitch  @funkmasterMMA @danawhite“

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He called out current UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling as the top target for his return to the Octagon.

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