Francis Ngannou has been backed in a battle with former WBC heavyweight champion, Deontay Wilder.
Ngannou, made his professional boxing debut in 2023 when he very nearly shocked the world in his fight with Tyson Fury.
In fact, he even managed to dump ‘The Gypsy King’ to the canvas but ultimately the judges gave the fight to Fury. Just.
A few months later he was brought back down to earth, suffering a brutal 2nd round knockout at the hands of Anthony Joshua.
Since then he returned to MMA where he defeated Renan Ferreira to become the PFL’s Super Fights heavyweight champion.
But, Ngannou has made it clear that he is not done with boxing yet and a name he could face in the future is Deontay Wilder.
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Israel Adesanya gives his assessment on a potential showdown between the hard-hitting heavyweights.
“Francis Ngannou and Deontay Wilder certainly still have the tools to be in the ring together,” Adesanya told Stake.com.
“This is the first time I am hearing about this. People forget in this TikTok generation who Deontay Wilder is – who has one of the highest finishing rates in heavyweight boxing history and Francis Ngannou also became a star in the boxing world in just two fights.
“I would back my boy Francis to win this fight. It also depends where Deontay is at mentally.
“In one of his last interviews he spoke about going to the jungle and doing Ayahuasca so who knows where he is at. For me, It’s going to be Francis who wins this fight. I admire his story and his rise against all odds. I will always back him. I haven’t heard about this fight, but it’s an interesting one to have.”
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