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Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou
Posted on 7/11/23 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 7/11/23 at 4:14 pm
Boxings heavyweight champ vs the former UFC heavyweight champ in a boxing match. It's yet to be determined if the belt is up for grabs. I personally am tired of UFC fighters, fighting boxers. If they are gonna meet in the ring, put on the 4 ounce gloves and then meet in the octagon. I don't need to watch the most elite heavyweight boxer on earth pick a part a mixed martial artist. That said, are y'all excited for the fight?
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Posted on 7/11/23 at 4:16 pm to IS_IT_GAMEDAY
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If they are gonna meet in the ring, put on the 4 ounce gloves and then meet in the octagon.
Why would a Fury or Mayweather do that? They have all the leverage.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 4:19 pm to IS_IT_GAMEDAY
It is a shambles, in a lot of ways Boxing has brought this on themselves by having so many belts.
1 belt, 1 No. 1 contender and mandatory fights fixed all of this. There is 4 top class/big draw heavy weights which means 6 potential showdowns should have happened. Only 2 of them - Fury/Wilder and AJ/Usyk - have happened in nearly 5 years.
Hypothetically if Fury retires after this - which I'm sure he will say he will... - he will have ended his career vs Whyte, Chisora and a UFC fighter.
Honestly shambolic.
1 belt, 1 No. 1 contender and mandatory fights fixed all of this. There is 4 top class/big draw heavy weights which means 6 potential showdowns should have happened. Only 2 of them - Fury/Wilder and AJ/Usyk - have happened in nearly 5 years.
Hypothetically if Fury retires after this - which I'm sure he will say he will... - he will have ended his career vs Whyte, Chisora and a UFC fighter.
Honestly shambolic.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 4:19 pm to engvol
Not only that but they have a million weight classes.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 4:27 pm to IS_IT_GAMEDAY
Is this really happening?
This post was edited on 7/11/23 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 7/11/23 at 4:32 pm to MrFreakinMiyagi
Yes at the end of October.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 4:52 pm to IS_IT_GAMEDAY
Good for Ngannou to finally get his payday that Dana wouldn’t give to him
Posted on 7/11/23 at 4:57 pm to IS_IT_GAMEDAY
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Boxings heavyweight champ vs the former UFC heavyweight champ in a boxing match. It's yet to be determined if the belt is up for grabs. I personally am tired of UFC fighters, fighting boxers. If they are gonna meet in the ring, put on the 4 ounce gloves and then meet in the octagon. I don't need to watch the most elite heavyweight boxer on earth pick a part a mixed martial artist. That said, are y'all excited for the fight?
There is no incentive for the boxer to fight in a cage match. Fury has already said he is not a cage fighter. Its the MMA guys that want to fight the boxer because of the pay day. Fury is doing him a huge favor just being willing to box an MMA guy, because of the purse. Ngannou has a puncher’s chance and that is all in this.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 5:22 pm to Palm Beach Tiger
Fury might kill him.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 5:41 pm to IS_IT_GAMEDAY
Hybrid fight is the answer. MMA gloves with Boxing rules in a boxing ring. That would deliver the most excitement.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 5:45 pm to ronricks
Francis legit may not even touch Fury.
Wilder, who probably has as much or more power than Francis, basically couldn't do anything against Fury, either, and he's an actual boxer.
Wilder, who probably has as much or more power than Francis, basically couldn't do anything against Fury, either, and he's an actual boxer.
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Francis Ngannou hoped for a slow entry into the world of boxing if he couldn’t jump into the deep end straight away against someone like Tyson Fury.
Now it appears there won’t be a tune-up fight. Ngannou will box Fury in Saudi Arabia on Oct. 28. His manager, Marquel Martin, confirmed the fight to MMA Junkie on Tuesday following multiple reports, including ESPN.
The fight has been talked about for more than a year, but in recent weeks it was looking like a long shot. But Martin told MMA Junkie his client pulled it off.
“It’s all been a blessing,” Martin told MMA Junkie via text message. “Hollywood couldn’t write a better script. Moral of the story: Don’t bet against Francis.”
Ngannou tweeted the news, as well.
May, Ngannou signed a groundbreaking deal with the PFL that is expected to see him in main event, pay-per-view level-type fights and made him a PFL executive, to boot – but also allows him the freedom to box.
Not long after he signed with the PFL, Ngannou told DAZN that he dreamed of a Fury fight, but was realistic to think it might not happen.
“I always dreamed of getting Tyson Fury, but he’s not quite available right now,” Ngannou said in May. “… My goal is to have a tune-up fight this year – at least one before next year. That’s the vision for boxing. My team engaged some discussion with Floyd’s Money Team promotion regarding boxing, and we’re going to see about that, but we’re definitely coming out with a plan, and we’re coming out with something very soon.”
That plan turned out to be Fury after all. What will be a near-certainty is Ngannou and Fury likely will do well financially. Fury recently said he expects Ngannou to make 10-50 times more money than UFC fighters. The irony of that is UFC president Dana White was highly critical of Ngannou when he left the promotion and said Ngannou turned down a deal that would’ve made him the richest heavyweight in history.
In recent weeks, White has tried to stir up talk about Fury against Jones, but Fury wouldn’t take the bait for a crossover MMA fight. Now he has a boxing match against not only a Jones rival, but a White and UFC rival now, as well.
But the fight that was considered a long shot just a few weeks ago now is a reality.
This post was edited on 7/11/23 at 5:47 pm
Posted on 7/11/23 at 5:47 pm to engvol
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It is a shambles, in a lot of ways Boxing has brought this on themselves by having so many belts.
And not just so many belts, but also so many boxing organizations with their own version of champions. There's the WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF, NABF
Originally there were 8 divisions in boxing, now there's 18 divisions with many of them just 3-4 lbs. difference in weight.
Then you have 4 major organizations, each with their own champions in the WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF. Some champions own belts from multiple divisions as the fight to become the undisputed champion, but not many achieve that due to the politics involved and guys wanting to not lose that all important "O" in the loss column. Cherry picking more or less.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 6:29 pm to IS_IT_GAMEDAY
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That said, are y'all excited for the fight?
I'm excited to see how quick Francis Ngannou gets sent to night night land.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 7:07 pm to IS_IT_GAMEDAY
No interest in this. People have no idea how good professional boxers are and Fury is the best of the bunch. It's unfathomable what they do with their hands.
I love MMA but it's a totally different gig than boxing.
Wilder is out of this world amazing and Fury picked him apart - what's he going to do with Francis?
Oh well, I guess it's a pay day.
I love MMA but it's a totally different gig than boxing.
Wilder is out of this world amazing and Fury picked him apart - what's he going to do with Francis?
Oh well, I guess it's a pay day.
Posted on 7/11/23 at 9:09 pm to POTUS2024
The hybrid glove thing gives Francis a punches chance but that's all it is.
You're 100%. MMA guys have no clue how good top pro boxers are at setting up and executing combos, counterpunching and slipping with and rolling with punches, etc.
Max Holloway and Maybe Masvidal are about the only guys in the UFC that I can even think of who would have been a decent/good level pro boxers. They both have the build for it, too.
You're 100%. MMA guys have no clue how good top pro boxers are at setting up and executing combos, counterpunching and slipping with and rolling with punches, etc.
Max Holloway and Maybe Masvidal are about the only guys in the UFC that I can even think of who would have been a decent/good level pro boxers. They both have the build for it, too.
This post was edited on 7/11/23 at 9:13 pm
Posted on 7/11/23 at 10:33 pm to Jack Ruby
Fury will play with him a while just to make it a show but he’ll win in the end.
Posted on 7/12/23 at 5:30 am to IS_IT_GAMEDAY
Fury will destroy Ngannou.
This post was edited on 7/12/23 at 5:35 am
Posted on 7/12/23 at 5:47 am to IS_IT_GAMEDAY
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Boxings heavyweight champ vs the former UFC heavyweight champ in a boxing match. It's yet to be determined if the belt is up for grabs. I personally am tired of UFC fighters, fighting boxers. If they are gonna meet in the ring, put on the 4 ounce gloves and then meet in the octagon. I don't need to watch the most elite heavyweight boxer on earth pick a part a mixed martial artist. That said, are y'all excited for the fight?
Fury just turned down an opportunity to fight the heavyweight champion of the world and unify the class. So now he wants to go all Jake Paul? What a sissy.
Posted on 7/12/23 at 5:58 am to bamameister
Fury says he wants to find out who is the “baddest man on planet earth”, so he challenges the HW champ to a punching contest 
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