Francis Ngannou felt he neutralized Tyson Fury for large stretches of their high-profile showdown by fighting as a lefty. The former UFC champion failed to pull off the upset over WBC titlist Tyson Fury in their 10-round heavyweight bout on Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, but he shocked many viewers by being mostly competitive and even dropping Fury in ...
Buckle up, folks. It’s time for a post-weekend game of two truths and a lie. 1) Francis Ngannou was better in the ring than we thought he’d be. 2) Francis Ngannou will get a big audience for his next boxing match. 3) Francis Ngannou defeated Tyson Fury. Spoiler alert, everyone. The third one is the lie. Though ...
Francis Ngannou knew he had to knock out Tyson Fury to win their 10-round, non-title fight Saturday night. The former UFC heavyweight champion wasn’t naïve about the situation. The same Saudi investors have fully funded the Fury-Ngannou and Fury-Oleksandr Usyk events, yet Ngannou was well aware that upsetting Fury would’ve severely damaged the marketability of his title unification fight versus ...
PFL founder Donn Davis would fully support Francis Ngannou moving forward with another boxing contest. Ngannou, who made his professional boxing debut last Saturday in Saudi Arabia, is riding high after going the full distance with WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. In a fight that many had expected to become a full-blown mismatch, the MMA veteran would drop Fury in ...
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is offering nothing but praise to MMA veteran Francis Ngannou. On Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Fury won a close ten round split decision over Ngannou in a non-title crossover boxing match. Fury has denied claims that he underestimated Ngannou. “You can’t take anything away from Francis Ngannou. He’s a good fighter and he gave ...
Unfortunately for Francis Ngannou, he didn’t have the leverage to get a rematch clause in his contract for his fight with Tyson Fury. Despite that he got knocked down during the third round and narrowly won their 10-round, non-title bout by split decision Saturday night in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Fury isn’t obligated to fight Ngannou again, the way he was ...
Tyson Fury reminded an army of critics after his shockingly close victory over Francis Ngannou of what he predicted before their 10-round, non-title fight. The unbeaten WBC heavyweight champion anticipates an easier fight when he opposes Oleksandr Usyk than Ngannou gave him in the pro boxing debut for the former UFC champion. Ngannou dropped Fury late in the third round ...
Former UFC champion Francis Ngannou is fuming after suffering a close ten round split decision loss to WBC king Tyson Fury. Their fight, which took place on Saturday night in Saudi Arabia, saw two judges issued tallies of 95-94 and 96-93 for Fury, while a third had it 95-94 for Ngannou. Ngannou, who was making his pro debut in boxing, ...
Saturday morning at Wild Card Boxing Gym in Hollywood, CA, Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions hosted a contingent of local media with five fighters headed to Madison Square Garden for the Hollywood Fight Nights New York City debut on Thursday, November 9 at The Theater at Madison Square Garden and broadcast globally on UFC FIGHT PASS. (photos by Lina Baker) Among ...
Dewey Cooper, trainer of MMA veteran Francis Ngannou, indicates that his fighter was promised a top ten ranking from World Boxing Council President Mauricio Sulaiman. On Saturday in Saudi Arabia, Ngannou made his professional boxing debut against the man many viewed as the top heavyweight of the weight class, WBC world champion Tyson Fury. Their fight was a non-title affair, ...