Why? Because they would do the exact same thing. It’s notable that few fighters are criticizing Fury. Fury, a pound-for-pound talent, will toy with him. Ngannou is 36, has never boxed and will be nearly two years removed from his last MMA fight when he steps in the ring. Fury will collect a career-best payday for facing Ngannou and he will do it in what should be the easiest fight he has had in years. Sure, Fury could have booked a fight with Filip Hrgovic or Frank Sanchez, but those wouldn’t generate much of a payday. Talks for a matchup against Andy Ruiz went nowhere and Zhilei Zhang was taken off the board when Joe Joyce exercised his rematch clause. Negotiations for a unification fight against Oleksandr Usyk collapsed months ago and Anthony Joshua made it clear he wasn’t interested in facing Fury until next year. First, Fury didn’t have many appealing options. Every single time.Ĭouple things to think about, though. Any time a top boxer takes on a top mixed martial artist under boxing rules, the boxer will win.
Just like Mayweather-McGregor, which was equally as goofy, Fury-Ngannou will be noncompetitive. Ngannou, a heavy-handed MMA star, has no chance of beating him. 28 in Saudi Arabia stirred a lot of strong feelings on social media, mostly from boxing fans irritated that Fury, the lineal heavyweight champion, was going to devote his one fight this year to what will be a one-sided event with a mixed marital artist. Here's the latest from the world of boxing:ġ0. This week’s announcement that Tyson Fury would face ex-UFC heavyweight champ Francis Ngannou on Oct.
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