Tyson Fury scheduled to ‘fight’ Francis Ngannou

FIGHT WEEK

Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury is scheduled to face MMA star and boxing beginner Francis Ngannou on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. Additionally, Amanda Serrano will participate in a struggle with three-minute rounds.

AMANDA SERRANO (45-2-1, 30 KOs)VS. DANILA RAMOS (12-2, 1 KOs)

Date: Friday, Oct. 27
Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT (principal occasion later in present)
The place: Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida
TV/Stream: DAZN
Division: Featherweight (126 kilos)

At stake: Serrano’s IBF, WBA and WBO titles
Odds: Serrano 11-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
Additionally on the cardboard: Damian Lescaille vs. Ray Barlow, welterweights; Antonio Vargas vs. Hernan Marquez, bantamweights
Prediction: Serrano UD
Background: Serrano’s struggle with Ramos struggle might be contested beneath males’s guidelines, 12 three-minute rounds. The longtime 126-pound queen might be making her third protection this yr and fourth in 13 months. She final fought in August, when she almost shutout Heather Hardy of their rematch in Dallas. The 35-year-old Puerto Rican has received three consecutive fights since shedding a choice to 135-pound champ Katie Taylor in April of final yr. Serrano has held main titles in a file seven divisions in the event you don’t rely Manny Pacquiao’s Ring Journal titles. Ramos, a 38-year-old Brazilian, is coming off a break-through cut up determination victory over Brenda Karen Carbajal in August, which earned her a shot at Serrano.

TYSON FURY (30-0-1, 24 KOs)VS. FRANCIS NGANNOU (0-0, 0 KOs)

Date: Saturday, Oct. 28
Time: 1 p.m. ET / 10 a.m. PT (principal occasion later in present)
The place: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
TV/Stream: Pay-per-view
Division: Heavyweight (no restrict)
At stake: No main title
Odds: Catterall 10-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
Pound-for-pound: Fury No. 5
Additionally on the cardboard: Fabio Wardley vs. David Adeleye, heavyweights; Joseph Parker vs. Simon Kean, heavyweights; Carlos Takam vs Martin Bakole, heavyweights; Arslanbek Makhmudov vs. Junior Anthony Wright, heavyweights
Prediction: Fury KO 6
Background: Fury is already dedicated to face fellow titleholder Oleksandr Usyk for the undisputed heavyweight championship this winter however should take care of Ngannou first. The MMA star is making his boxing debut towards essentially the most completed heavyweight on the earth, which means this matchup is nothing greater than a glorified sparring session for Fury that may earn each males some huge cash. Fury final fought in December, when he stopped Derek Chisora in 10 rounds. The 35-year-old from Manchester, England, may have been out of the ring for nearly 11 months. Ngannou final fought in UFC 270 in January of final yr, 21 months in the past. The 37-year-old native of Cameroon outpointed Ciryl Gane in that bout.

JONATHAN GONZALEZ (27-3-1, 14 KOs)VS. GERARDO ZAPATA (14-1-1, 5 KOs)

Date: Friday, Oct. 27
Time: 10 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. PT (principal occasion later in present)
The place: Polideportivo Alexis Arguello, Managua, Nicaragua
TV/Stream: ESPN+
Division: Junior flyweight (108 kilos)
At stake: Gonzalez’ WBO title
Odds: NA
Pound-for-pound: None
Additionally on the cardboard: Rene Santiago vs. Kevin Vivas, junior flyweights
Prediction: Gonzalez UD
Background: Gonzalez might be making the third protection of the 108-pound title he received by outpointing Elwin Soto in October 2021. The 32-year-old Puerto Rican subsequently decisioned Mark Anthony Barriga in Florida and Shokichi Iwata in Japan. The latter struggle happened in November, nearly a yr in the past. Gonzalez has received 5 consecutive fights since he was stopped by then 112-pound titleholder Kosei Tanaka in seven rounds in 2019. Zapata is a 29-year-old who might be combating for a serious title for the primary time. And he’ll be doing it in his house nation. He didn’t win his final two fights, a disqualification loss towards Rene Santiago final December and a cut up draw towards Azael Villar in August. Gonzalez had been scheduled to face Leyman Benavidez however Benavidez pulled out due to sickness a month in the past. Zapata, scheduled to struggle on the undercard, fortunately stepped in.

O’SHAQUIE FOSTER (20-2, 11 KOs)VS. EDUARDO HERNANDEZ (34-1, 31 KOs)

Date: Saturday, Oct. 28
Time: 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT (principal occasion later in present)
The place: Poliforum Benito Juarez, Cancun, Mexico
TV/Stream: DAZN
Division: Junior light-weight (130 kilos)
At stake: Foster’s WBC title
Odds: Foster 2-1 favourite (common of a number of retailers)
Pound-for-pound: None
Additionally on the cardboard: Justis Huni vs. Andrew Tabiti, heavyweights; Eduardo Nunez vs. Oscar Escandon, junior lightweights; Cristopher Lopez Rodriguez vs. Aaron Alameda, junior featherweights
Prediction: Foster UD
Background: Foster is coming off a sensational unanimous determination victory over Rey Vargas to win his first main belt this previous February. The 30-year-old from Houston, a one-time novice star, has received 10 consecutive fights since he misplaced for the second time in 2016. Hernandez is a 25-year-old banger from Mexico. He has a knockout proportion of 91, with 31 KOs in 35 fights. Nobody has gone the space with him since 2014, though he was stopped in a single spherical by Roger Gutierrez in 2019. He has received six fights for the reason that setback. The native of Mexico Metropolis may have the benefit of combating in entrance of his house nation followers.

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