Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has signed to field former two-time unified world heavyweight titleholder Anthony Joshua in March. The occasion takes place in Saudi Arabia.
Ngannou left the UFC after failing to come back to terns on a brand new contract. A part of the contract negotiation and hangup was Ngannou’s want to have the power to do boxing matches. He inked a deal to field heavyweight champion Tyson Fury final October after parting methods with the combined martial arts promotion. The struggle went the gap.
Ngannou not solely went the gap, he knocked Fury down early within the bout. Ngannou maintains to today that he received the struggle and the choice was a ‘theft.’ Because of his boxing debut efficiency, Ngannou was ranked contained in the Prime 10 of the WBC rankings.
Together with his second boxing opponent booked, Ngannou faces Joshua and former two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier believes “The Predator” will get the job carried out.
“Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou goes to be a enjoyable struggle solely taking place, although, due to the way in which Ngannou competed in opposition to Tyson Fury,” Cormier mentioned on his YouTube Channel. “Who’s going to be higher than he was when he fought the lineal heavyweight champion in his first skilled struggle.”
“I consider it will be a greater, extra manageable struggle for Francis Ngannou due to the way in which Anthony Joshua approaches fights. Anthony Joshua doesn’t wish to get knocked out,” Cormier continued. “Should you requested me this six months in the past, I might have mentioned no probability. You ask me at present, I believe Francis has an opportunity and I believe Francis goes to get it carried out.”
Joshua opened as a heavy favourite by oddsmakers, however Ngannou discovering success in opposition to high boxers on this planet was additionally a protracted shot.
