Comments Thread For: Demetrious Johnson Wants Ngannou To Continue in Boxing, Sees Nothing Left For Him in MMA

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MMA veteran Demetrious Johnson would like to see his fellow former UFC champion, Francis Ngannou, continue his career in boxing. On Saturday in Saudi Arabia, Ngannou made his professional debut in boxing - against the man many observers regard as the top heavyweight in the sport, WBC world champion Tyson Fury.
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[Convict45]

Tyson Fury lost.

[jaded]

I'm sure Ngannou is going to stick with boxing now. He's 37 years old and will have enough big paydays ahead of him in boxing to retire. Tyson Fury reached out to him with the offer to fight and made his dream come true.

[thack]

Ngannou will earn much bigger paydays in boxing than MMA .Now he IS one of the biggest stars in the land of money , I thought I saw old Turkey point and tell him he'd won the fight in the ring shortly after the verdict , my thoughts too, although a point either way would not of caused an argument in my opinion.This kid is a polite and bright breath of fresh air with a storyline history and I wish him only the best , he's a credit to the world of licensed fighting.

[TMLT87]

Hes probably never going back to MMA now because of the boxing paydays, but I absolutely disagree with there being nothing left for him in MMA. For me a fight with Jones, the Aspinall/Pavlovich winner, a Gane rematch, maybe somewhere down the line Jailton, or outside of the UFC just using his profile to help build the PFL as a serious competitor, maybe fight someone like Malykhin, all of that would have been more interesting than anything he can do in boxing because of the potential stylistic match ups etc.

[YGriffith]

Hes probably never going back to MMA now because of the boxing paydays, but I absolutely disagree with there being nothing left for him in MMA. For me a fight with Jones, the Aspinall/Pavlovich winner, a Gane rematch, maybe somewhere down the line Jailton, or outside of the UFC just using his profile to help build the PFL as a serious competitor, maybe fight someone like Malykhin, all of that would have been more interesting than anything he can do in boxing because of the potential stylistic match ups etc.

Doubt dana will ever allow him back in the UFC , as for building the PFL, i doubt he'll sacrifice life changing money and generational wealth for that, especially since he's gonna be 38 soon.

[tokon]

He's 37 years old and just opened the door to at least a couple of big money boxing matches that, on top of the Fury purse, will earn him retirement money. Maybe after that, if he was still motivated, MMA will still be there for him.

[TyrantT316]

Fury would do better in rematch. Francis can make some noise though.

[Willow The Wisp]

Money talks and BS walks. Boxing is hot and MMA’S not. (At least, not like it was 5 years ago).

Boxing is the bigger, more globalized sport in spite of some brilliant marketing strategies made by the UFC which includes cornering the market, deals with ESPN and advertisers, and retaining fighters through what have been called "slave contracts", paying them a small percentage of the proceeds.
Above all, boxing is where the long, storied History resides.

Few MMA stars have ever had a choice, but McGregor and Ngannou did, and boxing is where they made their money, after the UFC had invested heavily their exposure.

In MMA the talent is thin, particularly at heavyweight, where Ngannou would make quick work of current title holder Jon Jones or anybody else.

In Boxing, conversely; there are loads of massive fights out there for the Boxer-MMA stylist to earn from, as he builds on what he's begun by pressing the underprepared champion for all he's worth, in a shocker event.

[IceTrayDaGang]

dana punching the air right now... this would have given ufc a boost and a good look if Ngannou was still with the ufc... this will also put pressure on dana since Francis was successful so this will push other ufc fighters to want to cross over and do some boxing matches, etc..