Comments Thread For: Teddy Atlas Gives Ngannou Chance for Upset Against Fury: 'It Could Be Lights Out For Fury'

[Alan Smithee]

I like Teddy but this is hype, plain and simple. Fury will toy with this dude and then drop him hard. Can't wait for Fury/Usyk and I would love to see Wilder/Joshua. I am optimistic that boxing will right it's ship with the loss of Showtime. I think the sport needed a kick in the rump! Hoping for the best!

[tokon]

Teddy on the payroll too?

[Lupara]

Teddy. What a washed up sellout

[Phase III]

Leave it to psycho Teddy Atlas to say such foolishness. The Tyson v Ngannou fight is pure BS and a terrible mismatch. Sad that UFC fighters who live on Dayna’s plantation need to crossover to boxing ti get real money.

[landotter]

Best case scenario: Fury underestimates him and gets dropped by a flash knock down. Problem is Fury has been there, done that. It is not like Ngannou can stay on him while he is down. Fury will get that magical 8-count boxing provides, and Fury is a master at "lean and survive" and Ngannou has no experience on how to take advantage of that in the boxing ring. Fury sirvives, wakes up pissed, and the moment is over. Only if Ngannou gets the one punch KO does this end any other way than Fury rolling over him and I just do not think that Ngannou can punch harder than Wilder/ If round 12 of Wilder-Fury #1 did not finish off Fury, I do not think a rookie boxer will do it.

[BodyBagz]

It would be the biggest upset in the history of sports.

Won't happen.

[TMLT87]

Theres always a punchers chance but its highly unlikely of course.

If it did happen it'd ****ing serve Fury right for how hes behaved this last few years.

[dan-b]

I will say, I think boxing fans do sometimes underestimate the quality of the hands of MMA guys. Ngannou might have a bit better chance than some people think. Plus, Vegas often seems to know something we don’t, and Ngannou at 8:1 isn’t crazy, a lot of live underdogs will get those kinds of odds.

"Vegas" doesn't know anything. Odds always shorten in the lead up to fights as the dumb money piles in on the underdog and bookmakers protect themselves in case of a freak result. Doesn't change the actual, objective most likely outcome.

[champion4ever]

While anything is possible: I just don’t see Ngannou catching and stopping Fury. Wilder’s power is lot faster and accurate than his.

Perhaps, if he can touch Fury up to the body enough in the earlier rounds first; Then he just may have a modicum of a chance KO Tyson Fury.

[dan-b]

As much as I get accused of being a Fury "hater" (an overused word on this forum) I'm actually hoping to read (I won't be watching) he cruised to a comfortable victory in this exhibition. I want to see Fury - Usyk on 23rd December.