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Kamaru Usman has big plans to fight boxing's pound-for-pound king Canelo Alvarez on Mexican Independence Day this September.
The UFC welterweight champion hopes for a crossover fight similar to the level of Conor McGregor vs Floyd Mayweather and believes he can 'shock the world'.
Both men are No 1 in the pound-for-pound rankings of their respective sports and Usman plans on locking horns with Alvarez if he can defend his belt against Britain's Leon Edwards.
Kamaru Usman wants to take on Canelo Alvarez (right) in a huge crossover bout
The UFC welterweight champion is also the organisation's pound-for-pound king
Usman and Edwards are touted to fight this summer and the champion told TMZ: 'In July, I'm going to fight Leon Edwards. God willing, I get through Leon Edwards, then in September, Mexican Independence Day, I will stop Canelo Alvarez.
'Boxing is dead, at the end of the day. I'm not saying there's not good boxers, there's some fantastic boxers. Errol Spence Jr, there's a ton of guys that I could go down and really tell you that are fantastic fighters.
'But boxing is dying. At the end of the day, everybody wants to be entertained, and when have you ever seen pound-for-pound against the pound-for-pound? I'm not afraid to do that.
'Unfortunately those guys, i.e. Canelo, will never come over here to UFC to challenge. That's beside the point.
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Usman has looked sensational as champion at 170-pounds and wants a chance to box
Canelo is the most formidable fighter in boxing and is the sport's biggest pay-per-view star
He added: 'Listen, he can overlook all he wants to overlook, but he's fighting guys over there that nobody knows.
'And he's going around saying 'Payday, payday loans online'. Absolutely, it's the biggest payday you are ever going to make.
'I understand he gets paid, he makes money, but fighting me is the biggest payday he's ever going to have.'
Usman has defeated Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington twice, also demolishing Gilbert Burns.
He has already beaten Edwards but much has changed in the years between their first fight and the Birmingham native is fully deserving of his chance.
Leon Edwards (pictured) has set his sights on fighting Usman in the summer
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