UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier has reservations about Francis Ngannou entertaining a boxing match with Deontay Wilder.
Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou has a boxing match with Deontay Wilder on his radar for later this year. However one other former UFC heavyweight titleholder believes it’s not a wise pursuit after Ngannou’s triumphant return to MMA.
Ngannou finished Renan Ferreira inside one spherical in his long-awaited PFL debut final October. The win got here nearly three full years since what was his UFC finale in opposition to Ciryl Gane at UFC 270.
After losses to Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua within the boxing ring, Ngannou stays in pursuit of incomes his first skilled win and making the case for high-profile bouts. Within the meantime, a conflict with Wilder is a powerful chance, because the matchup has been tossed round in MMA and boxing circles lately.
However Daniel Cormier believes Ngannou may be biting off greater than he can chew.
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Daniel Cormier questions Francis Ngannou’s probabilities in opposition to Deontay Wilder
In a current video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Cormier defined what makes him nervous about Ngannou going through Wilder.
“Positive, he’s going to make a boatload of cash, he all the time does, however at what level do you go [I don’t know] as a result of should you ask me it could appear to be he’s up in opposition to it once more. Perhaps he’s simply the largest, baddest man on the planet that all of us imagine and he doesn’t care that he’s up in opposition to it and he needs to show everybody improper like he did the primary time when he fought Tyson Fury and he fought him to a really shut combat,” Cormier mentioned of Ngannou. “However we can’t ignore the visuals of what we noticed the final time, particularly when he got here again to MMA and fought so properly…
“Folks don’t harm Francis Ngannou, however when it occurred within the [Anthony Joshua] combat, he regarded misplaced,” Cormier defined. “That’s what’s regarding to me. As a result of I do know there will likely be moments in that combat with Deontay Wilder the best way that he punches the place he’s going to want to seek out security.” (h/t MMA Fighting)
Cormier has some authentic causes to really feel uncomfortable with the prospect of Ngannou taking up Wilder in his third skilled boxing match. Wilder defeated the likes of Luis Ortiz, Robert Helenius, and Bermane Stiverne earlier in his profession and an Olympic bronze medal on the 2008 Summer time Olympics.
Francis Ngannou eyes ‘dream’ showdown with Daniel Cormier’s former rival
Along with his boxing ambitions, Ngannou stays all for probably going through Jon Jones in a cross-promotional bout. However UFC CEO Dana White, according to Ngannou, is a significant impediment in making the heavyweight tremendous combat come to fruition.
Ngannou and Jones were expected to clash in 2021 after Ngannou captured the UFC heavyweight title by knocking out Stipe Miocic at UFC 260. However the Jones combat negotiations finally fell aside, and regardless of initially siding with Ngannou, White blames him for the Jones combat not reaching the end line.
Within the meantime, Ngannou appears locked in on going through Wilder for his subsequent boxing check. Afterward, Ngannou could make his newest effort to conflict with Jones.
