Francis Ngannou proved he might maintain his personal on this planet of boxing, however that didn’t cease the previous UFC heavyweight champion from busting out an MMA-style strike within the closing moments of his scrap with Tyson Fury on Saturday night time.
After practically two years on the shelf, ‘The Predator’ returned to fight sports activities, stepping contained in the squared circle at Kingdom Enviornment in Saudi Arabia for a extremely anticipated crossover conflict with reigning WBC heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury.
All through the 30-minute affair, Francis Ngannou managed to stifle Fury’s offense, drawing blood, and even dropped ‘The Gypsy King’ in spherical three with a counter left hand that caught his opponent off guard. Regardless of all of that, Ngannou got here up brief on the scorecards, struggling a break up determination loss in his first foray into the candy science.
Within the closing spherical, Ngannou was listed as the favourite to come back out on high through the stay odds and seemed to be stuffed with confidence. A lot in order that he launched a Superman punch with 35 seconds left on the clock.
Conor McGregor Marvels at Francis Ngannou’s Third-Spherical knockdown of Tyson Fury
Talking with TNT Sports activities following the bout, Irish megastar Conor McGregor marveled at Francis Ngannou’s efficiency, notably his third-round knockdown of the undefeated titleholder.
“Beautiful shot, it caught him behind the top,” McGregor stated of Ngannou’s third-round knockdown. “Extra off stability as properly, however honest play to Tyson. He’s a tricky man as properly. Stong chin. And Jesus, Ngannou’s a poweful boy as properly. Tyson couldn’t maintain him. Tyson couldn’t maintain him. He stored; he was simply lacking with that again hand. Nice struggle. Nice to look at. Heavyweight boxing is thrilling!”
With their contest now within the books, Tyson Fury will flip his consideration towards a long-awaited title unification conflict with Ukrainian boxing star Oleksandr Usky. The bout is tentatively scheduled to go down on December 23 in Saudi Arabia, a mere eight weeks away.
