Francis - Joshua is a perfect matchup

Hearn will be wiling to cash Joshua out against Ngannou

Ngannou is the new Canelo with the amount of nuthuggers all of a sudden.

This is probably a better matchup. Styles make fights.

Fury beat himself. He didn't take this seriously while Ngannou clearly put the work in and proved himself to be world class. Fury made the grave mistake of underestimating who he was dealing with. It was a circus fight. Rather then turning up as the Lion tamer, or even the Lion, he turned up to play the clown. Joshua knocks Francis out.

Ngannou will definitely be the co main, could be against joshua or wilder but since joshua has been fighting in saudi, it could be against him

If Joshua's got knocked out by him, he would have to retire. If I'm his team I wouldn't take the fight, he too vulnerable. Better to get knocked out by Wilder tbh

As much as some people dislike AJ, he'll destroy Ngannou. AJ always stays in shape unlike Fury.

I think it might be a bit unfair to zhang. But for Josh it's a good win to best Francis better than fury did to get a fury fight Zhang is the best heavyweight in the division imo He would sleep fury and joshua Usyk would be the tougher fight for him but can see him winning in a hard fight

Somebody getting KTFO. Bring Joshua on against the new face of boxing. Joshua pre ruiz dominates and stop ngannou and fury but now joshua gets slept by ngannous left hook

Lol, oh so now Ngannou vs AJ is a great fight, would have been slaughtered a few months ago. This is Fury’s **** up, he can rematch the novice and sort it out himself. {"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","title":"double-thumbs-up-pointing-emoticon-vector-47469852.jpg","data-attachmentid":32057090} Someone realistic about what we just saw.

Lol, oh so now Ngannou vs AJ is a great fight, would have been slaughtered a few months ago. This is Fury’s **** up, he can rematch the novice and sort it out himself. It's absolutely not a great fight but I can definitely see it happening. Everyone will want to fight Ngannou now. And Ngannou is going to get some really great offers. If Ngannou is serious he'll mount a proper boxing career by getting some decent matchmaking in place. Quickly. But the offers he'll get will be very hard to turn down. A guy with a 0-1 record is a massive scalp. It's so weird!

Lol, oh so now Ngannou vs AJ is a great fight, would have been slaughtered a few months ago. This is Fury’s fuck up, he can rematch the novice and sort it out himself.

I think it might be a bit unfair to zhang. But for Josh it's a good win to best Francis better than fury did to get a fury fight

Also Ngannou hasn’t been training just striking for decades (like all the other boxers). He might actually be fresher with less damage to the head and have less miles on the clock than the other top guys. i just said this to someone this morning.

It would be hard for Ngannou to beat anybody in boxing now as his surprise factor is gone. But, I'm super happy for him to get another $10m+ pay day. He deserves it.

Didn't Hearn make contact with Ngannou first before Joshua chickened out?

Ngannou probably has the better chin. And is at least comparable in power and athleticism if not better. Hes also mentally stronger. AJ is the more skilled boxer though and isnt an unfocused undisciplined slob like Fury. Could be an interesting fight I suppose. Tbh i'd rather see Ngannou show the full range of his talents in MMA though, but the paydays mean hes probably staying in boxing now.

Also Ngannou hasn’t been training just striking for decades (like all the other boxers). He might actually be fresher with less damage to the head and have less miles on the clock than the other top guys.

Ngannou is full of confidence, has a strong work ethic, and relentless will to win. That's powerful. AJ has more experience but I'm not sure he has the self-belief and when they're fighting it out in the trenches I'd give Ngannou the advantage.

Eddie Hearn is scrambling to make this fight as we speak. I could see it happening, it’s another big payday for Ngannou and Joshua’s team likely thinks a win would allow them to one up Fury.