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.
Ngannou walked away from the UFC, and their heavyweight title, when his contract expired with the organization. The vacant title was eventually captured by a returning Jones.
In the last two years, Fury has exchanged words with both fighters on several occasions.
Last week, Fury revealed that he’s received offers to face both Ngannou and Jones in ‘hybrid’ fights – but there was no indication on what the exact rules would be.
Back in 2017, Showtime and the UFC came together to stage a massive cross-sports boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor.
The event became one of the most lucrative ventures in combat sports history – with over 4 million purchases on pay-per-view.
Ward does not see Fury facing either guy for the moment.
Fury is currently having trouble securing an opponent for his next fight.
Ward would rather see the WBC heavyweight champion straighten out his boxing future first – before he considers any cross-sport encounters.
“Personally, I would like to see [Fury fight] both,” Ward said on The MMA Hour.
“I don’t see Tyson really fighting either one of those guys. I think Tyson will take a bag like Floyd did, but I think Tyson is really trying to figure this boxing thing out. I want to see what happens with him with this [next fight] because he seems to have trouble getting a fight in boxing, much less an MMA fight, and I don’t think right now Tyson Fury should do that.
“You’ve been off with boxing, the boxing world is a bit upset. They’re clamoring like, ‘Dude, what’s next? We hear you talk, but where’s the fight?’ If he took that, if he veered that way right now, I don’t think it’d be the right time. Get a boxing fight, Joshua, something like that, and then go fight one of those guys.”