Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou - Done Deal, On Date TBD In Riyadh

[MulaKO]

Joshua to win by early KO.

Based on what ?

[pollywog]

Joshua will KO Ngannou or beat him up badly. That ramrod jab will beat the hell out of the mixed martial arts guy. Ngannou also doesn't have a steady pressured pace to his fighting..There will be a lot of spots for AJ to grab a breather in this fight, IF he needs it.

A-Side is gonna sh.!t bricks when Ngannou walks through the first couple of jabs and tags him.

He'll get that look, turtle it and be on his bike for the rest of the bout.

[pollywog]

Based on what ?

Free based.

[NYG]

Oh no, bumsquad must be in tears over this! Fury's fans will be ****ting bricks too knowing that AJ will get Ngannou out of there easily and make their crush look terrible.

Will be a fun fight!

Fury destroys AJ you dumb *****

[dan-b]

Wouldn't it be lovely if Parker got moved ahead of Joshua when the IBF next update their rankings

AJ and Hearn taking this fight suggests they're not prioritising the IBF. Hearn hinted at this recently and I assume that waiting until after February 17th to schedule his next fight was unworkable. Let's break it down:

1. Winner of Fury - Usyk is ordered to face Hrgovic. We're assuming this happens but nothing is certain in boxing.
2. Fury and Usyk enter long rematch negotiations and string the IBF along (like they did the WBA in 2023).
3. We're assuming Fury and Usyk winner doesn't face Hrgovic (who is the actual mandatory) but what if they do?
4. If title becomes vacant AJ would need to be ranked number 2, and available, to be ordered to face Hrgovic for the belt. This isn't certain, as you alluded to above.
5. A negotiating period to make this happen is also required. How long does all this take?

[hennanra1000]

From marketing standpoint this fight makes a lot of sense.

Assuming Fury handles Usyk easily and AJ does same with Ngannou - it becomes very intriguing when AJ / Fury is finally made as each has beaten the others worst defeat (i still believe Fury lost to Ngannou as he underestimated him).

It kind of makes AJ / Fury less obvious on who will win. Styles make fights.

Am also intrigued how AJ handles granite chin og Ngannou who will remain dangerous throughout.

[MulaKO]

Free based.

Even then
I’d expect some kind of answer , no ?
Gotta get his next hit right ?

[JakeTheBoxer]

When Hearn mentioned Zhang, Hrgovic and slipped Ngannou's name in there, I kinda suspected it would end like this. A couple of legitimate opponents and the one his fighter is really planning to fight. It was confirmed to be Ngannou when Hearn started talking about how difficult the Hrgovic fight would be to make....

Yes. If you want to make a rubbi.sh fight, just drop some legit opponents before the name you actually want to fight.

So pathetic. Hearn needs Zhang`s and Hrgovic`s name to sell this garbage.

[hennanra1000]

A-Side is gonna sh.!t bricks when Ngannou walks through the first couple of jabs and tags him.

He'll get that look, turtle it and be on his bike for the rest of the bout.

Will be interesting if that doesn’t happen too . Wonder what AJ detractors will say?

AJ has vulnerabilities no doubt - just not as black and white as some here make out.

[dan-b]

...especially a Fury who wasn't taking said fight all to seriously...

Fury said he had a good camp, do you know something he doesn't?