Francis Ngannou: record, next fight and profile →
Former two division world champion Andre Ward is very interested in watching Tyson Fury face MMA superstars Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou - but he doubts either contest will come off.
WBC heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has claimed that the UFC has offered him a ‘hybrid fight’ with their heavyweight champion, Jon Jones.
Deontay Wilder is closer to a fight date, even if his opponent is still way up in the air. The former heavyweight titlist from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, suggested in a recent interview that he will be back in the ring by August or September, and that he is currently narrowing down his potential opponents. Wilder delivered his remarks
WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford has warned MMA star Francis Ngannou that he's making a big mistake by calling out two of the elite at heavyweight - Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder.
Promoter Eddie Hearn is not convinced that Francis Ngannou is capable of competing with any of the heavyweight boxers that are highly ranked. The former UFC heavyweight champion is looking to make his boxing debut before the end of the year.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is still eager to push ahead with his ambition of having a boxing match with a top-rated pugilist. The man Ngannou wants to face is former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder.
Francis Ngannou is determined to get in the squared circle first before he ever steps back into the octagon. In an interview with ESPN on Friday, the former UFC champion from Cameroon offered an update on his career, saying he expects to announce his boxing debut in the next “month or two.”
Deontay Wilder is in a mood to wheel and deal. The former heavyweight titlist from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, recently told an outlet that he is now in talks with former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou about making a “two-fight deal.”
Francis Ngannou may have felt hamstrung and marginalized in his final years with the UFC, but he is already looking like a hot commodity in boxing without having even ducked through the ropes.
Eddie Hearn can already hear the till whistling. The head of Matchroom believes former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is on the precipice of a very lucrative and potentially successful stint in boxing.