Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos has his eyes set on boxing and inked a deal with a boxing management company. Boxing management company S-JAM made the announcement on Tuesday.
“A UFC Heavyweight Champion, who holds the ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ in UFC heavyweight history… Welcome to SJAM, ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ. @junior_cigano will be co-managed by SJAM Boxing alongside Nilo Effori. Stay tuned for fight newsโฆ,” the management company posted on social media.
The announcement included a 22-second video promo of dos Santos training that ended with a graphic that read, ‘Dos Santos Has Arrived.’
๐ฅ A @UFC Heavyweight Champion, who holds the ๐ก๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ in UFC heavyweight history…
โ S-JAM BOXING (@sjamboxing) November 2, 2021
Welcome to SJAM, ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ.@junior_cigano will be co-managed by SJAM Boxing alongside Nilo Effori. Stay tuned for fight newsโฆ ๐ pic.twitter.com/s08dE9BLhG
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Dos Santos was released by the UFC following his UFC 256 TKO loss to Cyril Gane. It was the former champion’s fourth TKO loss in a row. His last MMA victory came in March 2019.
With his MMA career seemingly in the rearview mirror, dos Santos has big ambitions in boxing. “Cigano” believes he’ll face the likes of Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, or Tyson Fury one day, and ‘beat them up.’
“Anthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury – I really believe at some point it’s going to happen. I’m going to have a big fight against one of these guys and I’ll beat them up,” dos Santos said in a second video posted by the management company.
๐ช โAnthony Joshua, Deontay Wilder, Tyson Fury. One day I will fight against these guys, and I will beat them up.โ
โ S-JAM BOXING (@sjamboxing) November 2, 2021
Heโs already done it in the @UFC, @junior_cigano is now ready to fight the biggest names in boxing. ๐ฅ๐ pic.twitter.com/h4DrCOBytl
Dos Santos also posted the announcement and videos on his social media accounts. In a post displaying the graphic ‘Dos Santos Has Arrived,’ the Brazilian wrote, “If I say letโs box Iโm not kidding.”
If I say letโs box Iโm not kidding
โ Junior Dos Santos ๐ พ๏ธโ (@junior_cigano) November 2, 2021
Iโm now part of @sjamboxing
Letโs go #juniorcigano #boxing pic.twitter.com/lTL664Lkux
Former UFC Champion Junior Dos Santos signs with boxing management company
