January 28, 2023 10:30 am ET
Former UFC featherweight champion and soon-to-be Corridor of Famer Jose Aldo is ready for his skilled boxing debut.
Aldo, 36, will step into the boxing ring to face Argentina’s Alberto Emmanuel Zambrano on Feb. 10 in Rio de Janeiro. The bout will happen underneath the Shooto Brazil Boxing banner, and will likely be a six-round struggle at 140 kilos. UFC Fight Pass will stream the occasion stay.
Aldo’s coach introduced the information of the opponent’s identify on Instagram.
Zambrano has fought thrice as an expert boxer, shedding every match, based on BoxRec. His most up-to-date look within the ring was towards Alexis Nahuel Torres on Nov. 13, 2020, a struggle he misplaced by TKO within the second spherical.
Aldo retired from MMA competitors after a unanimous determination loss to Merab Dvalishvili at UFC 278. Though he has stepped away from the game, he nonetheless believes he might make one other run at bantamweight, the place he spent the ultimate six bouts of his 20-fight UFC profession competing.
Throughout the UFC 283 broadcast, the promotion introduced Aldo could be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame as part of the 2023 class. The date for the induction ceremony has but to be introduced, though it sometimes happens throughout July’s “Worldwide Battle Week” in Las Vegas.