Francis Ngannou outstanding iron performance against WBC heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury is considered to be the biggest boxing debut from any MMA veteran in Saturday, in Riyadh Saudi Arabia.
The crossover clash with Ngannou was viewed by many as “easy money grab” for Fury in the presence of boxing living legends and celebrities in various fielded but the contest was far from easy in Riyadh.
WBO, IBF, IBO, WBA heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk sat ringside and amazed the biggest payday of his career go up in smoke as Gypsy King nearly derailed by MMA fighter Ngannou in round 3rd knock down by his strong left hook.
British Tyson Fury was dropped miserably and he was cut on his forehead from an uppercut, and he was taking more shots than usual during the eight.
After the dust had cleared, Fury 35 years old barely walked away with a controversial ten round split decision victory – with scores of 96-93, 95-94 for Fury, and 95-94 for Ngannnou.
Olexander Usyk was shocked like many and has lot of respect for Ngannou last night performance. Uysk said
“Of course I was surprised [by the knockdown]. I watched the knockdown and I said, “Oh, oh, oh Francis! Be careful please!” I was saying, “Tyson! Jab, jab jab, move, jab!” I was saying that.”
Now what next for Francis Ngannou as many as want to see Deontay Wilder or Anthony Joshua for his potential opponent in near future.
“Iron” Mike Tyson reacts to Francis Ngannou performance against Tyson Fury lastnight: “The true champ of the evening Francis Ngannou So proud how you performed.”
Regardless of the biased decision of Ngannou defeat fans Wouldn’t mind seeing them do it again at some point.
The event captured the attention of the world.
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