Comments Thread For: Francis Ngannou expects Deontay Wilder talks to begin soon

[Elastic Recoilz]

I'll take that bet!!!!!!!!!!!
I'll wager that Wilder does him quicker than Joshua did.

I want that newbie money!

wilder's not the same guy he was. It looks like he is currently well down the path of athletic decline which essentially equates to them right hands not landing like they once did. wilder connected flush with that shot on Herndon multiple times with little to no effect. wilder is also a guy who needs to get into that savage mentality in order for him to get that raw power off - he is clearly not that guy nowadays, for whatever reason.

[famicommander]

That's a great post! A little emo there at the beginning but, I don't argue anything there. I don't argue that Francis Ngannou has continually developed.
So you can relax reading this.
Did you not see where I rank him as a well rounded Mixed Martial Arts legend?
My dialog spoke to his history, of which I am better familiar with than you might imagine, kicking around this since Fighting Sports Newsletter times.

So back to what I DID try to relate; People say Francis Ngannou isn't a boxer.
They're Wrong.

Let me remind you of what you actually said:

A boxer is ALL Francis Ngannou is. The Wrestling, Submission Grappling and Kickboxing/Muay Thai that he possess is that of a non-fighter student.

Again, there's no backtracking. You didn't say he was well rounded. You didn't say he continually developed. You said a boxer is ALL he is. Your emphasis.

You're a clown.

[letsgochump]

Francis by KO.

[elfag]

95% of Ngannous MMA game pre-Gane fight was him just using boxing + takedown defence. He is widely regarded as the biggest puncher in MMA history and was also considered to have a great chin due to never being rocked in his entire MMA career. So he might not officially be a boxer, but to see him get dominated at the thing he does best by far in MMA and get his supposedly iron chin cracked that easily still killed his aura.

He's a striker

That's not a boxer

He was also fighting a gold medalist 250 lb heavyweight, it's not like McGregor fighting a 40 year old 20 pound smaller guy with brittle hands, he could eat a lot of those shots

Joshua doesn't punch like the UFC guys Francis fought, he punches like a 250lb elite pro

[fistandfury]

My question is....who is funding it? Because it will be a big fight in terms of purses, no doubt.

[Oregonian]

When did I call Francis Ngannou a bum? You might be thinking of another poster I guess.

He is FAR from a "bum".

All-Time MMA Heavyweights

1. Fedor Emelianenko 40-7-0. RUS.
2. Francis Ngannou. 17-3-0. CAM.
3. Stipe Miocic. 20-5-0. US
4. Antonio Robrigo Nogueira. 34-10-1. BRZ
5. Jon Jones. 28-1-1. US
6. Cain Velasquez. 14-3-0. US
7. Fabricio Werdum. 24-9-1. BRZ
8. Junior Dos Santos. 21-10-0. BRZ
9. Randy Couture. 19-11-0. US
10. Josh Barnett. 35-8-0. US
11. Tim Sylvia. 31-10-0. US
12. Vitor Belfort. 26-14-1 BRZ
13. Alistair Overeem. 47-19-0. NET
14. Brock Lesnar 5-3-0. US
15. Bas Rutten 28-4-1. NET
16. Mirko Filipovic. 38-11-2. CRO
17. Dan Severn. 101-19-7. US
18. Royce Gracie. 15-2-3. BRZ
19. Ken Shamrock. 28-17-2. US
20. Daniel Cormier 22-3-0. US
21. Frank Mir. 19-13-0. US
22. Andrei Arlovski. 34-22-0. RUS
23. Mark Coleman. 16-10-0. US
24. Igor Vovchanchyn. 55-10-1. UKR
25. Tom Aspinall 15-3-0. US

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I was responding to TMLT87 and you chimed in

So how long was Ngannou trained in boxing?

[TMLT87]

People forget how much he was hyped up when he fought Stipe the first time, Dana basically already crowned him the new UFC Heavyweight champ during the press conferences and showed a lack of respect for Stipe.

Yep, the UFC pretty much openly wanted Ngannou to beat Stipe for the belt.

HW in the UFC has been rough for a long time now. I would say it goes as far back as Stipe and DC, the way they shut down the division for years with that trilogy only for DC to retire right after and Stipe to get his head caved in and lose the belt in his next fight. Then Ngannou making one title defence (in an underwhelming fight too) and leaving as champ, then obviously this whole Jon Jones debacle wasting even more time. Its a ****ty division. Its a shame because I would say in the first half of the 2010s HW MMA was better than HW boxing, now its not even close.

[TMLT87]

He's a striker

How multifaceted is his striking game though? someone like Gane is absolutely a fully fledged striker, but Ngannou was pretty much all punches.

Any way you look at it, getting your **** pushed in like that is going to lower your stock regardless of if its a different sport or not. If Usyk strayed over to MMA for some bizarre reason and got himself tapped out inside 2 mins that would hurt his image too. But in Ngannous cause it was much worse because he was supposed to be an iron chinned power puncher who routinely decapitated people in the first round in MMA.

If Ngannou had stopped after the Fury fight he'd probably be the most respected HW on the planet right now, guy left the UFC as champ then arguably became an uncrowned boxing champ too. But he took one fight too many and it all came crashing down.

[TMLT87]

When did I call Francis Ngannou a bum? You might be thinking of another poster I guess.

He is FAR from a "bum".

All-Time MMA Heavyweights

1. Fedor Emelianenko 40-7-0. RUS.
2. Francis Ngannou. 17-3-0. CAM.
3. Stipe Miocic. 20-5-0. US
4. Antonio Robrigo Nogueira. 34-10-1. BRZ
5. Jon Jones. 28-1-1. US
6. Cain Velasquez. 14-3-0. US
7. Fabricio Werdum. 24-9-1. BRZ
8. Junior Dos Santos. 21-10-0. BRZ
9. Randy Couture. 19-11-0. US
10. Josh Barnett. 35-8-0. US
11. Tim Sylvia. 31-10-0. US
12. Vitor Belfort. 26-14-1 BRZ
13. Alistair Overeem. 47-19-0. NET
14. Brock Lesnar 5-3-0. US
15. Bas Rutten 28-4-1. NET
16. Mirko Filipovic. 38-11-2. CRO
17. Dan Severn. 101-19-7. US
18. Royce Gracie. 15-2-3. BRZ
19. Ken Shamrock. 28-17-2. US
20. Daniel Cormier 22-3-0. US
21. Frank Mir. 19-13-0. US
22. Andrei Arlovski. 34-22-0. RUS
23. Mark Coleman. 16-10-0. US
24. Igor Vovchanchyn. 55-10-1. UKR
25. Tom Aspinall 15-3-0. US

I definitely wouldnt have Ngannou second either in ability or resume. I would say Big Nog is no2 resume wise. Head to head ability wise on everyones respective best night i'd take at least Fedor, DC and Cain over him, I think guys like JDS, Reem, Werdum, Cro Cop, Barnett and Kharitanov would have all had a decent to good shot at beating him too.

Jury is out on Jon vs Ngannou because we barely saw Jon at HW and the HW version was past prime. And its too early to say what Toms ceiling is, hes kind of like his countryman Itauma, looks incredible but its against underwhelming opposition. Unfortunately in Toms case unlike Moses, there is nobody all that great out there for him to beat to ultimately prove himself.

[PRINCEKOOL]

Francis Ngannou beat Tyson Fury, but was decimated by Anthony Joshua 'Tyson Fury has lost his last three fights as a professional boxer'.

Francis Ngannou inflicted more structural and physical damage on Tyson Fury, landed the most power punches out of the two fighters, and scored a knock down 'The statistics of the fight, clearly show that Ngannou beat Fury over the duration of the 10 rounds'.

The fight between Francis Ngannou and Deontay Wilder 'I think is another great opportunity for Ngannou. Because just like Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder technically and fundamentally as a boxer is not the best fighter. Wilder for all of his abilities is an extremely clumsy at times, and technically inefficient fighter. Tyson Fury also has those traits as a fighter, which is why he has been smashed about and decked so many times in his career even at domestic level'.

I think Francis Ngannou has a definitive chance of beating this version of Deontay Wilder 'It is a extremely dangerous fight for both fighters. In my opinion if Ngannou can fight a disciplined fight like he did vs Fury, he could pose Wilder some issues'.

Stylistically Anthony Joshua was always going to be a very difficult fight for Francis Ngannou 'Because Anthony Joshua has historically been a fundamental solid, and technically sound fighter. When a heavyweight fighter has those traits combined with great athleticism, power and work ethic. For any novice boxer such as Francis Ngannou, beating Anthony Joshua was always going to be his biggest and most dangerous challenge'.

To conclude: Anthony Joshua was quite simply better at everything Francis Ngannou could do as a fighter inside a boxing ring 'Pound for pound Joshua is the better athlete, most likely his has greater level of brute strength, speed, power and endurance. And skill for skill he was a by far superior boxer'.

When you match Francis Ngannou at this point in his career vs ether Tyson Fury II or Deontay Wilder 'Astonishingly, Ngannou may be better than Fury or Wilder in certain areas of their game. And that was why stylistically Francis Ngannou always had a chance against Tyson Fury, and right now? He has a similar chance of beating Deontay Wilder'.

If a fight between the two fighters was to happen 'Deontay Wilder should be the favourite to win. But stylistically Francis Ngannou is a real chance of winning' etc.