Francis Ngannou made his professional boxing debut against Tyson Fury last October.
The MMA star dropped and very nearly shocked Tyson Fury only suffering defeat by a controversial split-decision from the judges.
Despite the defeat Ngannou’s stock grew massively and speaking to High Performance Podcast he said:
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“I mean, I won. Look at me now. Look at my life. Look at where I was when you think I lost. You think because some foolish judges make some decision, that changes anything in my life?”
He continued: “My family that I was telling you about, they were sitting in the first row watching that fight. The dream that I was carrying since I was a kid, I was that night living that dream. On top of the world, I was there. And for all the people that have been doubting me, I was there proving them wrong. For everybody that ever looked down at me, I was there proving them wrong. They were home watching me on their TV.”
“I have won everything. You think because some judges make a decision? It’s not a court. The only decision that a judge can make to change my life is a court, if they sign me to go to jail. But I’m out here. In fact, because of that fight, from that fight I won this fight. I won everything. I won everything that night in that fight. I think I won everything from boxing, and the least that they could get back was to get that, ‘Oh, you son of a b****, you’re not taking everything from us.’ What would have happened if they had given me a decision? It makes boxing look really bad. They need to save face at some point. I understand it.”
Next up for Francis Ngannou is a huge clash with Anthony Joshua on March 8th.
