Jon Jones destroys Francis and Fury the same night, takes them down and chokes them both out in under 5 mins, the pair of them.
Keep doubting him. Jon Jones hid from Ngannou for 3 years. Tonight showed why. Jones will never dare to get in a ring or cage with Ngannou ever. He's going to hide behind Dana White and "his side of the street" for the rest of his career, and the rest of his life. As Ngannou said to him: "so cross the street."
Ngannou is the undoubtedly the baddest man on the planet. To take only 12 weeks to prepare and probably draw with the best heavyweight of this era who had all the advantages including a 24 ft ring is amazing
Have to wonder of Fury's fragile ego took a massive hit against a fighter with no pro bouts - that can impact his next fight; the game is heavily mental. Food for thought.
I think it was the perfect storm. Fury has gotten lazy, he stopped working on what made him great, and resorted to relying on mauling to wear people down, he also fought two BS opponents since Wilder, which did nothing to help him progress as a HW. The problem tonight was he could not maul a man that is the superior wrestler, physically stronger, and weighs about the same, and has power in BOTH fists, something Wilder didn't. What we have is Fury's Krytponite, a snapshot of what happens when Fury fights someone that can compete with him physically, and has the engine to press him, tonight also proved that the Wilder fights were more about Fury being a weight bully than anything else.
A rematch with Francis is by FAR the most lucrative fight out there in the HW division, but Fury is probably so embarrassed that he will maul Usyk, and then retire.
This felt more like Rocky III to me (Thunderlips vs Balboa). Fury treated this like an joke/exhibition (like Rocky did) and it looked awful. I wonder if this gives Saudi's pause about paying big $$ for fights when one guy may not take it so serious.
He started taking it seriously when he got knocked down and fought scared the rest of the way.
All the Wilder fanboys lifting up Fury to make Wilder look good. Both Fury and Wilder need to fight other guys instead of fighting mediocre competition so that they can continue acting like they are the 2 best heavyweights....That narrative has always been ridiculous![/QUOTE
Guaranteed this forum is about to experience a complete fanboy deck shuffle.
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