PFL heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou nonetheless has a watch on the boxing ring.
‘The Predator’ is ready to return to the cage in October in Saudi Arabia. There, Francis Ngannou will make his PFL debut in opposition to former event winner Renan Ferreira. The bout would be the former UFC champion’s first, since handing Ciryl Gane a unanimous resolution loss again in January 2022. Following that victory, Ngannou headed to the boxing ring.
Final October, the previous UFC star confronted Tyson Fury in his boxing debut. Regardless of coming into the combat a large underdog, Francis Ngannou knocked down ‘The Gpysy King’ and gave him a large scare. Nonetheless, the British champion left the ring with a split-decision victory. Regardless of the loss, Ngannou made an enormous impression.
He made such a very good impression, that Francis Ngannou was tapped as a substitute for Deontay Wilder in opposition to Anthony Joshua. ‘The Bronze Bomber’ had suffered an upset loss to Joseph Parker in December, and the previous UFC champion changed him. Sadly for Ngannou, his second journey to the ring didn’t finish in addition to his first.
Francis Ngannou opens up on boxing future forward of PFL debut in opposition to Renan Ferreira
It took solely two rounds for Anthony Joshua to defeat Francis Ngannou in March, handing the heavyweight his first knockout loss. Regardless of the brutal defeat, ‘The Predator’ nonetheless has plans to return to the boxing ring. Talking in a current interview with TalkSport, Ngannou known as to face Fury once more, in addition to Deontay Wilder and Oleksandr Usyk.
“Completely. I might love that combat,” Francis Ngannou mentioned when requested about dealing with Deontay Wilder. “Pure boxing, don’t be delusional right here. That’s the place we each stand an opportunity, but when we go MMA just one man stands an opportunity. It’s a combat that I would like, I at all times needed that combat. Sooner or later we had a dialogue that didn’t go too far, however we needed to make this combat occur.” (h/t TalkSport)
He continued, “And much more boxers, [Oleksandr Usyk?] Why not [fight] everybody? I’ve the Fury rematch then Deontay Wilder on the want listing. [Martin Bakole?] Probably not. That’s the combat I might select because the final possibility as a result of I see him extra like a brother. I’d combat anybody else beside him, plus he’s harmful!”
What do you make of those feedback from the PFL heavyweight? Do you need to see Francis Ngannou field once more?
