Aaron Chalmers is ready for his shot at the king.
The Bellator Veteran and ex-reality TV star will be taking on Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the exhibition tour. Chalmers and Mayweather are set to meet in a 74-kilogram (roughly 163 pounds) pay-per-view boxing match on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London. It’s a massive opportunity for Chalmers, and while the event may technically be an exhibition, the 35-year-old is relishing the moment.
“I haven’t really got many nerves,” Chalmers said Wednesday on The MMA Hour. “Even seeing him today, there’s not many nerves. This is an opportunity to have fun and enjoy the moment.
“It is one of those situations, where the worst thing that could happen? What, he’s going to beat us up? I know I’m going to get punched in the face numerous times. I can handle that. I’ve been elbowed, kneed, and kicked in the face — it doesn’t bother us. So for me, it’s just about going in there and just being as quick and as sharp as I possibly can. He may be a bit older, so a quick jab might catch him. That one punch will go all over the world, you know what I mean? That’s all, buddy — you know what I mean? .”
Fresh off his first encounter with Mayweather, Chalmers said that the build-up to Saturday was a strange one for him. Mayweather is one of the greatest boxers of all-time and retired in 2017 with a perfect 50-0 record, while Chalmers has only one boxing win to his name. He made his professional debut in June 2022 with a decision over Alexander Zeledon and has been unable to find his way back into the ring since.
However, Deji Olatunji lost his latest exhibition bout to Mayweather via sixth round TKO.
“I feel like Deji was beaten before he got in there,” Chalmers said. “I feel like he was kind of turning into a [fanboy]. Listen, I’m a big fan of Floyd, but I feel like he was a fanboy. He was turning into a fanboy, as he’s in the ring with Floyd and I think he kind of — I don’t know Deji so I don’t want to be disrespectful, but I feel like he kind of s*** himself a little bit.”
“[Mayweather has] such good ring ownership — like he was saying, he can turn it on and turn it off when he wants,” Chalmers added. He said, “When you have boxed as long and at this level, it’s obvious that he can turn the ring on and off whenever he likes.” But listen, I’m treating this like he’s been training for us and I’m going out there to do the best I can, because I know a good performance against Floyd opens other doors for me.”
Chalmers stated that the matchup was his biggest payday and came at a crucial time in his life. His youngest son is currently undergoing surgery and has serious health problems. That’s why he’s so focused on making the best of his opportunity and using the Mayweather bout to open doors to future big fights elsewhere in both boxing and MMA, the latter which sees him sitting at 5-2 over seven pro appearances.
“Now I feel like I’ve got a bit of the fire back in the belly, and I’m sitting down with the PFL in March to hopefully talk some big crossovers,” Chalmers said. As you all know, Jake Paul signed with PFL. Although it may seem far, I will try to talk about Jake Paul and me in a boxing match, and Jake Paul and me in an MMA bout. We’ll get a double crossover. That’s something that would really get us going and get us back in the gym in the MMA world. So yeah, there’s hopefully there’s stuff like that we can look forward to later in the year.”
“If it goes the distance, it’s 50-0-1. Chalmers laughed. Chalmers laughed and said, “That’s how it is in mine — regardless of what he says it’s draw .”
Source: https://www.mmafighting.com/2023/2/22/23611016/aaron-chalmers-confident-hell-outperform-floyd-mayweathers-last-foe-deji-he-kind-of-s-himself?rand=96749
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