“Am I interested in a fight with Shavkat? No. We trained with him in Florida, and I don't want to embarrass Henry Hooft again, as I did in the fight with Gilbert Burns. Shavkat is making his way to the title, this is his dream. But now he is not fighting for the title, and he has other options with whom to fight. I repeat, I would not want to put Henry in such a position, ”Usman said.
Kamaru previously stated that he would like to fight Stephen Thompson.