Comments Thread For: Francis Ngannou Confirms Talks With Deontay Wilder, Says 'Next Step' In His Career 'Has To Be Boxing'

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

Francis Ngannou is determined to get in the squared circle first before he ever steps back into the octagon. In an interview with ESPN on Friday, the former UFC champion from Cameroon offered an update on his career, saying he expects to announce his boxing debut in the next "month or two."
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[thack]

Seems like Joshua wants a bit of the heavy-handed but defenceless MMA guy , it's a pity Hearn is not so keen with Wilder. Who himself has been beaten in to fights like this.

[M312]

Francis Ngannou is the Golden Goose right now. They all see a huge, marketable fight that is very winnable.

Be interesting to see who gets him.

[A.B Counterhooks]

He burned ufc bridge with Dana so has no other way to go but boxing ,no way bkfc or bellator would pay him such figures.

[puroylan]

B.S.! Ngannou is bleeding and desperately looking for huge payday! It ain't gonna happen. Big mistake of him leaving the UFC. It's greed.

[FinitoxDinamita]

B.S.! Ngannou is bleeding and desperately looking for huge payday! It ain't gonna happen. Big mistake of him leaving the UFC. It's greed.

Kudos to him if he gets the purse he's looking for, but fighting Wilder could turn out to be his last Boxing match. He will probably crawl back to MMA after he goes to sleep in the ring.

[PBR Streetgang]

From what I understand his first love was boxing and he had intended on pursuing that as a career. I'm curious who is his first opponent, will he try to get a relatively safe fight under his belt or will he jump in against bigger name and big money fight?

[Scooby817]

Stop this booffunery. Make the real HW fights that need to happen ffs. [EX: Fury-Usyk, Wilder-Ruiz]. Ngannou can start his boxing career like very one else, by starting at the bottom and working his way up.

[blindsideyou]

I don’t watch ufc so I don’t know who this guy is but I think everybody knows what happens to mma guys that turn to boxing and to do it against Wilder? He’ll wake up re.tard. ed the next morning.

[TheOneAboveAll]

B.S.! Ngannou is bleeding and desperately looking for huge payday! It ain't gonna happen. Big mistake of him leaving the UFC. It's greed.

Greed? UFC fighters are vastly underpaid considering what the UFC cards generate. The man competes in a sport in which every night out could be his last chance to make money. Why begrudge someone for trying to make his own way and earn as much money as he can?