Cristiano Ronaldo’s passion for watching the sport he’s become one of the best in the world at is limited to his time on the pitch, it seems. Speaking to two-time world middleweight boxing champion Gennady Golovkin in the documentary “Parallel Worlds” for DAZN, Ronaldo says he’d rather watch combat sports than the sport he paid for.
“Playing football is my passion, but I prefer to watch other sports on TV,” said Ronaldo. “Between watching a football game or a boxing or UFC fight, I choose boxing or the UFC.”
“When I was at Manchester United, a coach boxed with me,” he added. “I think practicing boxing is useful for football because it sharpens your senses and you learn to move.”
For what it’s worth, Ronaldo was speaking on a combat-centric sports show, and DAZN enlisted the 35-year-old winger as a brand ambassador. That’s not to say that his statements are entirely a cynical ploy to sell subscriptions, as he appears to have legitimately taken boxing lessons and tries to apply them to his career as it relates to his playing days until the end of the season. thirties.
“Last summer I chatted with Anthony Joshua,” Ronaldo said. “At 33, you start to think your legs are fine. I want to stay in sport, in football. People are going to look at me and say, “Cristiano was an amazing player but now he’s slow. ”I don’t want that, you can change a lot of things in your body, but the problem is not that, it depends on your state of mind, your motivation and your experience, which is in my opinion. the most complex thing.
“In sports you can mature. Watch (Roger) Federer at tennis. He’s 37 or 38 and he’s still in his prime, and there are some in boxing too. ”
It doesn’t look like the Portuguese superstar is slowing down anytime soon, as through 10 appearances for Juventus on the national and European stage he has scored 14 goals and two assists.
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