King
Green learned a humbling lesson after issuing an open challenge
to boxers.
Green recently made headlines by picking apart professional boxer
Bang Williams in boxing sparring. Williams trains under former
four-division world champion Adrien Broner, who was also in
attendance as the veteran UFC fighter trash-talked and repeatedly
stung his pupil.
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‘I learned today what real boxing is’: King Green humbled by
WBO interim champ
Green subsequently issued an open challenge to all professional
boxers. The
Ultimate Fighting Championship lightweight soon met his match
in WBO interim super lightweight champion Arnold Barboza Jr., who
pieced up Green, albeit they ended without any bad blood.
Green then admitted that Barboza showed him what real boxing looks
like. While Green went in expecting a slugfest, Barboza kept a
solid guard and displayed slick footwork to pick him apart.
“I’m thinking we’re going to do this certain dance,” Green said on
his Instagram Stories. “And it doesn’t exactly turn out the way I
thought it would. I learned today what real boxing is. In my head,
I thought we’d be all guns. But Arnold came out with peekaboo,
tight stuff. So, he is not open to no attacks… He showed me real
boxing where he came in, gave me no way to work. He would open up,
pop, pop, pop, close back up.”
Riding a four-fight winning streak with three finishes in the UFC,
Green (36-17) is coming off a first-round buzzer-beater stoppage
win over Terrance
McKinney.
King Green
says he learned what “real boxing” is today after sparring Arnold
Barboza Jr“It didn’t exactly turn out the way I thought it was… Very
interesting lesson I learned.” pic.twitter.com/oEVA6OiiiR— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch)
August 11, 2026
UFC fighter King Green
just pulled up to boxer Arnold Barboza’s gym and got the work 😬“I didn’t know I was going with a real champion. F*ck! He socked
the sh*t out of me chat.” pic.twitter.com/546yf2JB8Y— Happy Punch (@HappyPunch)
August 10, 2026