SAO PAULO — Glover Teixeira dominated Mauricio “Shogun” Rua to win an eight-round boxing decision Saturday night in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and said he would gladly take a rematch with Alexander Gustafsson under boxing rules in 2027.
Teixeira rocked Rua multiple times during their Spaten Fight Night 3 heavyweight main event, scoring a knockdown at one point of the match, to emerge victorious in his boxing debut.
Prior of the event, Alexander Gustafsson’s team told MMA Fighting they would be interested in boxing the winner of Teixeira vs. Rua next, and Teixeira likes the idea.
“One hundred percent,” Teixeira told MMA Fighting. “Like I say, I just come
