Anthony Joshua takes on Francis Ngannou on March 8th.
The newest addition to the heavyweight scene makes his second professional boxing appearance against another Brit.
On his debut he very nearly shocked the world and dumped Tyson Fury on to the canvas before only losing via a controversial split-decision from the judges.
In their DAZN face-off ahead of the fight Joshua dismissed the former UFC champion’s power when he responded to Ngannou belief that he couldn’t take the same punishment as ‘The Gypsy King’
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Francis Ngannou said: “Yeah, I have a doubt about that [whether Joshua would get up from same punch Fury took]. Tyson showed that he is very resilient, I saw him come back from knockdown that you wouldn’t believe [vs. Deontay Wilder].
“He is probably one of the most resilient people out there and this is not a disrespect to AJ, but I don’t believe that AJ would have taken what Tyson took.”
Anthony Joshua then responded by bringing up the fact the WBC champion has been dropped by the likes of Cunningham, Wilder and other men in his career.
He replied: “Who hasn’t knocked Tyson down? So many people have knocked Tyson down.”
Anthony Joshua takes on Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia next month. Will he get the win? Let us know in the comments.
