Usman’s reign as champion had him in conversations among the greatest welterweights of all time. But unlike trash-talking superstars such as Conor McGregor, ‘The Nigerian Nightmare’ tried to mostly let his fighting do the talking. He thinks McGregor’s rise influenced a lot of fighters’ perceptions of success.

“Nowadays, we’re in these weird times in society to where everybody wants to be seen, everybody wants to be heard. It’s information overload. We have these mics, we have these phones, we have these things that just – we all want to just be out there.

“For me, I’ve never been that kind of guy, I guess that’s kind of been a knock on me. Some people didn’t like the fact that when I’m dominating everyone, I’m not belittling them. I’m not saying this or saying that,” he said.