The promotion has began for the Francis Ngannou vs. Tyson Fury boxing match.
On Wednesday, the PFL heavyweight and heavyweight boxing champ on went a spherical on social media, buying and selling insults someday after the announcement of their showdown in Oct. 28 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Fury led the offensive with one other trademark selfie video, telling Ngannou, “You huge stiff dosser, you’re getting knocked out.” (Dosser is slang for a homeless individual.)
In response, Ngannou posted one of many extra unflattering moments of Fury’s profession, a knockdown in his first struggle with Deontay Wilder the place he was laid out en path to a break up draw towards “The Bronze Bomber.”
Ngannou’s reserving towards Fury lit up the web on Tuesday after multiple yr of callouts, verbal jousting and promotional interference. Fury initially challenged Ngannou to a boxing match in four-ounce MMA gloves, prompting a flurry of press on the potential of a cross-sport showdown. However Fury’s boxing profession – and Ngannou’s standing then as a UFC fighter – saved the struggle from materializing.
Ngannou, a former UFC heavyweight champ, departed the industry-leader as a free agent this previous December and earlier this yr introduced the MMA element of his subsequent chapter as a fighter. However till this week, his desires of boxing Fury remained simply that. A struggle with Wilder momentarily appeared nearer to taking place when the previous heavyweight boxing champ confirmed up at a PFL occasion and welcomed an MMA/boxing tradeoff with “The Predator.”
For now, it’s unclear whether or not Ngannou vs. Fury can be an expert or exhibition bout. However it’s not a pipe dream, and the heavyweights are placing in promotional roadwork.
