Former UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou fought for the second time as knowledgeable boxer on Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. “The Predator” took on Anthony Joshua within the Joshua vs. Ngannou: Knockout Chaos foremost occasion and was brutally knocked out within the second spherical.
Ngannou noticed some success early within the opening spherical together with his jab, however was knocked down by a proper hand over his jab from the previous two-time world champion. Ngannou bought to his toes and completed the rest of the spherical.
Within the second body, Ngannou pressed ahead, however issues rapidly took a flip. Joshua linked proper hand that put Ngannou on the canvas. Ngannou made his solution to a knee earlier than standing.
Joshua, sensing Ngannou was harm, unloaded a proper hand that despatched Ngannou crashing again to the canvas and rendered him unconscious.
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Ngannou made his boxing debut final October towards Tyson Fury. The combat went the space and led to a extremely debated cut up resolution. With the loss to Joshua, Ngannou moved to 0-2 as knowledgeable boxer.
Ngannou’s subsequent combat will doubtless be a combined martial arts bout. He is anticipated tackle Renan Ferreira within the Skilled Fighters League later this 12 months. He inked a multi-fight cope with the PFL in Might 2023 however has but to combat below the banner.
