Gabriel Gonzaga will make his boxing debut in October, but he’s not in it for money or anything like that.
The one-time UFC heavyweight title contender will take on Alando Pugh in a four-round boxing match at New England’s Future 4 event in Worcester, Mass., on Oct. 28, and he explained to MMA Fighting why he decided to step into the squared circle a year after announcing his retirement from mixed martial arts in September 2016.
When “Napao” competed in MMA for the last time, he said he would only return to a cage if paid at least $100,000.