Could Francis Ngannou be at Heavyweight champ if he started Boxing in his late 20’s ?

**Eff Pandas** · 02-23-2024, 08:01 AM

Definitely touches a belt. Maybe changes the whole landscape of what we know to be the recent HW history. Dude has a crazy physicality to him, good work ethic & is a very intelligent cat.

If he'd had access to training & competitive boxing at an even younger age I think he might just have been one of those guys that gets mentioned in ATG HW threads as bold a take as that might be.

**Marchegiano** · 02-23-2024, 08:23 AM

100% agree with Panda. Perfect post dude.

**hugh grant** · 02-23-2024, 08:27 AM

Yes, yes and yes. Oh I thought you said from young? But from late 20s, I'm not sure that's rather old

**Dr. Z** · 02-23-2024, 10:07 AM

Originally posted by WillieWild114

He did great against Fury as a novice im wondering how great he would’ve been if he started at the age of 26 ?

As in the #1 guy, like Usyk is now? That is as incredible reach based on one boxing match. I think you can say he would be in the mix of a few fighters who could be world champions.

**ELPacman** · 02-23-2024, 11:11 AM

Hard to say. I don't take too much away from the Fury match because Fury was clearly not himself in there. Whether he really took Ngannou too light and thought there was no chance he could even be competitive with him. I feel he didn't put his normal training efforts into that fight. That said, he gave a sleeping Tyson Fury a real good fight for his pro debut and you can't take that away from him. He's a strong dude with a big punch, but we've seen that over and over again in the heavyweight division. He would need something else extra special to stand out. We might see that against AJ.

**YGriffith** · 02-23-2024, 11:18 AM

He would've been a champ if he wasnt robbed (if it was a title fight)

Could Francis Ngannou be at Heavyweight champ if he started Boxing in his late 20’s ?