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Francis Ngannou will deliver a level of skepticism with him into the battle week of his battle towards Tyson Fury.
A few month away from this big battle that’s set to go down in Saudi Arabia, Ngannou (0-0) believes Fury (33-0-1) has cheated in his earlier fights by manipulating his boxing gloves and making them smaller and fewer padded, which has made his punches extra punishing.
That’s why Ngannou will request to double-check the gloves Fury will use to verify there’s a stage taking part in subject.
“Tyson’s gloves,” Ngannou mentioned on the “The JRE MMA Present” with Joe Rogan. “He’s very difficult along with his glove. I believe he’s dishonest. I’ve heard quite a lot of complaints about his gloves, that his gloves haven’t any safety.”
Ngannou says he has heard complaints from a few of Fury’s earlier opponents, and that’s what’s made him suspicious about potential tampering of the gloves.
“Even when he fought Deontay Wilder, he complained about that,” Ngannou mentioned. “Derek Chisora complained about that. And that’s what we’re speaking about with the staff, the U.Okay. fee. …
“We’re going to get there, and we’d like each glove to get checked. You don’t inform me about this, fee. All of the gloves get to be checked. If you would like us to battle bareknuckle, let’s go bareknuckle, however don’t give me 10-ounce gloves.
“And he wears eight- or six-ounce gloves as a result of he has no safety.”
Rogan provided pushback on Ngannou’s claims, stating that Fury’s type of flinging punches makes it seem as if his gloves have much less padding than is definitely current. Ngannou acknowledged this level, however mentioned his staff will nonetheless verify intently to make certain there isn’t a foul play.
The scheduled 10-round battle will probably be sanctioned, though Fury’s WBC heavyweight title gained’t be on the road.
Fury has but to compete in 2023. The final time he defended the WBC belt was in December 2022, a TKO win over Derek Chisora in London.
Ngannou has by no means competed in a boxing match, however has huge expertise in MMA. Ngannou has 20 skilled MMA fights, the final one a unanimous determination win for the UFC heavyweight title over Ciryl Gane in January 2022.
After virtually a full yr of sitting out, Ngannou vacated his title and left the promotion earlier this yr. In Could, Ngannou signed a groundbreaking take care of the PFL that gave him fairness and a management function within the promotion, in addition to the liberty to pursue boxing.
