Francis Ngannou: record, next fight and profile →
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar De La Hoya is embracing the possibility of a heavyweight fight between WBC champion Tyson Fury and former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou.
Dillian Whyte is back in demand following his majority decision win against Jermaine Franklin in November. Although Whyte is a frontrunner to face Anthony Joshua in a rematch sometime in 2023, he’s also interested in fighting a former heavyweight champion from a completely different sport.
Francis Ngannou will not be a heavyweight boxing champion. I guarantee it. Nevertheless, the 6-foot-4, 258-pounder became the next big thing in the ring – at least for novelty purposes – when his chief MMA nemesis, Dana White, went public with the story that he’d been relieved of his UFC championship and released from any contractual ties to the conglomerate.
Ex-UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou is apparently listening to an offer from one of the most well-known crossover boxing entities in combat sports.
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has expressed new interest in facing former UFC world champion Francis Ngannou. Last year, Ngannou - the most recent fighter to hold the UFC's heavyweight title - was angling for a boxing match with Fury.
Francis Ngannou, the most recent fighter to hold the UFC heavyweight title, is going to entertain offers from boxing promoters and MMA organizations.
I hear it’s NFL playoff season. But being a diehard New York Jets fan in January is typically about as worthwhile as scouting out ocean-front property in North Dakota. Which means, in lieu of spending my time this past weekend hanging on six games’ worth of punts, passes, and kicks, I flitted through the channels and filled up my notebook.
Former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellew has cautioned Francis Ngannou from crossing over to the sport of boxing. Ngannou, who held the UFC heavyweight title, was stripped of the belt on Saturday night - after failing to reach a new contractual agreement with the UFC.
Heavyweight contender Joe Joyce would embrace the opportunity to box against UFC champion Francis Ngannou. Leading up to his 2020 fight with Daniel Dubois, Joyce sparred a few rounds with Ngannou at the UFC‘s Performance Institute in Las Vegas.
Promoter Bob Arum is apparently taking everything Tyson Fury tells the media lately with a grain of salt. The head of Top Rank Inc. believes his star heavyweight charge will partake in some of the biggest fights that remain on the horizon of his career, despite Fury’s repeated claims that he is not looking to pursue boxing on the professional level any longer.