Francis Ngannou: record, next fight and profile →
Tyson Fury fully understands that there are boxing fans that are utterly disgusted because the unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion will fight a novice next.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is open to the scenario of returning to the table to negotiate an undisputed fight with IBF, IBO, WBA, WBO champion Oleksandr Usyk. Fury is scheduled to face former UFC champion Francis Ngannou in a non-title bout on October 28 in Saudi Arabia.
By Keith Idec - Tyson Fury was in full P.T. Barnum mode Thursday, trying to convince anyone who would listen that a novice heavyweight has a legitimate chance to knock him out in their boxing match next month. The flamboyant showman reminded disbelievers that everyone from a drunk dude at the bar across the street to a female broadcaster who interviewed him could knock out the unbeaten WBC champion if he or she hit him with the proper
Fury, Ngannou London Press Conference Photos Gallery - Lineal & WBC heavyweight boxing champion Tyson "The Gypsy King" Fury and lineal heavyweight MMA king Francis Ngannou met face-to-face today at the kickoff press conference for the most anticipated combat sports event of the year. (photos by Mikey Williams)
It is often said that when two fighters want a fight to happen badly enough, nothing can prevent it from taking place. Well, when the fighters, television broadcasters, promoters and a country throw their weight behind a fight, it becomes an unstoppable juggernaut.
PATERSON, New Jersey – Zhilei Zhang understands why Tyson Fury has embraced what the huge Chinese heavyweight considers a complete mismatch against Francis Ngannou. Zhang would happily accept a boxing match with an inexperienced mixed martial artist for even a fraction of the purse
John Fury, father of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, is not expecting a complete mismatch when his son faces MMA veteran Francis Ngannou. Ngannou, a former UFC heavyweight champion, will make his professional boxing debut against Fury, in a non-title bout, on October 28 in Saudi Arabia.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Junior Dos Santos believes Tyson Fury is going to put on a show by carrying Francis Ngannou for several rounds in their upcoming fight.
Francis Ngannou could have gone about business and done just fine financially. At the time, the former UFC heavyweight champion was cashing fairly hefty checks and scoring highlight-reel-level knockouts. Yet, when his UFC deal expired, instead of resigning, Ngannou pivoted.
Mike Tyson was on the wrong side of one of the biggest upset losses in boxing history when 42-to-1 underdog Buster Douglas knocked him out in Tokyo, Japan, Tyson was 22 years old and the undefeated heavyweight champion at the time.