When you think in the current heavyweight Division we have had recently world title challengers like Gerald Washington for example.
I'd say just the pure and simple fact that Ngannou was a very tough guy, strong, with a good chin and most importantly had a lot of guts and genuinely wanted to fight put's him above guys like Gerald Washington and Malik Scott by default.
We also had highly rated guys like Joe Joyce despite being so slow it's ridiculous, Hrgovic who is a guy who quite literally daydreams in fights like he has ADD, and Zhang who is 40 years old and has a heart defect.
And sure Ngannou only had basic boxing skills but so does Wilder and look how far he's gone. Does Ngannou really have less "skill" than an Alex Leapai or a Marius Wach, who both challenged for titles in recent memory?
I'm not sure why Ngannou was thought so little of, Heavyweight is a dreadfully poor division and Ngannou had a lot more to offer than many title challengers recently. The only thing he didn't have is experience, but tbh that's overrated anyway as you are either good enough or you aren't.
I'd say just the pure and simple fact that Ngannou was a very tough guy, strong, with a good chin and most importantly had a lot of guts and genuinely wanted to fight put's him above guys like Gerald Washington and Malik Scott by default.
We also had highly rated guys like Joe Joyce despite being so slow it's ridiculous, Hrgovic who is a guy who quite literally daydreams in fights like he has ADD, and Zhang who is 40 years old and has a heart defect.
And sure Ngannou only had basic boxing skills but so does Wilder and look how far he's gone. Does Ngannou really have less "skill" than an Alex Leapai or a Marius Wach, who both challenged for titles in recent memory?
I'm not sure why Ngannou was thought so little of, Heavyweight is a dreadfully poor division and Ngannou had a lot more to offer than many title challengers recently. The only thing he didn't have is experience, but tbh that's overrated anyway as you are either good enough or you aren't.
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