NAME THEM! 👀 Simon Jordan & Michael Jarman DEBATE if Anthony Joshua should be fighting Ngannou!
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Nnganou is a tougher fight than wilder and aj is belt free an can fight who he wants. Who's complaining about this?
I Agree I think Ngannou's a tougher fight then Wilder and Ngannou has showed he's got more then just a punchers chance with his counter punching tactics I hope he goes in there to knock him out though I think that would work better vs AJ
Boxing fans should be complaining. Aj should be fighting hgrovic / zhang / sanchez. You're only wanting this fight now because Ngannou looked good against fury. That's it.
@@Ambient2025 AJ really struggled against Ruiz got flattened in the first and got on his bike the second and Ngannou's a lot more mobile then Ruiz I think this is a great fight
@@Ambient20252 weeks ago all Joshua wanted was to become world champion again now hes fighting someone 0-1
@@Ambient2025 Yeah, that's how it works, genius. A fighter looked good against the supposed #1 heavyweight so we'd love to see how he does against AJ, to see if it was fluke or if Luke Fury is just an overrated dosser.
Here we go again. Let's push a the ant-AJ narrative
No one likes AJ after his BLM bullshit. Boycott white owned businesses yet he works for a white man 🤣🤣🤣 first coach was a white man. Manager is a white man.
When Fury & Wilder had belts, they fought journeymen after journeymen after journeymen and dulled out the HW division, whilst AJ was fighting top opponents after top opponents & he was still getting criticised for his “performance” …
…..
If AJ now decides to have a few light touch fights along the way, I have no problem with it ….
I agree that AJ has fought high level opposition much more consistently than Fury & Wilder. His record is unquestionably much better than those of Fury & Wilder.
Name the top opponents.
@@3macnoozWhyte; Parker; Povetkin; Ruiz & Usyk.
@@3macnoozAlso: Klitschko; Takam & Pulev, but then ‘they were old’ being aged 41 ( Klitschko ), 37 ( I think, Takam ) & 39.
@Pringlelover Ruiz was, is still and will forever be a nobody who beat AJ. Lie to yourself but you had never heard of him before that fight. The only reason he fought Usyk was because AJ and Herne was hoodwinked by the Uysk Chisora fight and thought it was an easy night. The other you have named are with below elite level or shared a ring with Fury. Have another swing, maybe mention Chares Martin or Breazle this time 🤦🏻♂️
If Parker was always going to win why go through all the work of agreeing a fight with wilder beforehand 😂
Fair point.
The plan was always to stitch up Wilder
Because you still have to fight. If fighters didn’t fight because everybody already knows that they’re going to win then they’d just say that they don’t want to waste their time agreeing to the fight because it’s a foregone conclusion. Also they can’t earn their money without fighting. You have to actually compete in order to earn your money. You don’t get paid for doing nothing.
@@HisExcellencyBStitch up Wilder by putting him in a fight with a guy AJ dusted off 5 years ago? 🤣
@@DavidGoldXAJ won the fight against Parker & made it look comfortable but the referee greatly hindered Parker & also hindered AJ but to a lesser degree. He separated them quickly many times when Parker got close when it was unnecessary.
Simon never lets anyone who knows more than him speak 😂
he's so full of himself. self appointed authority on all things LOL fools love the sound of their own voice
I Think He is right tho
Simon states the obvious. AJ is fighting Ngannou because the Saudis want it, they are willing to pay big money and Fury didn't look good fighting him. However Fury should have beaten Ngannou easily, whether he took it seriously or not, unless Ngannou is much better than he is given credit for. He will also have improved significantly after his first experience in boxing, in terms of questions of stamina, punch resistance and tactical awareness, This fight will answer the question of how good he is so is perfect for everyone except snobs like Simon who often get it wrong.
AJ could beat Ngannou with ease, but Fury might beat Usyk with ease. What happens then? Fury is unpredictable.
AJ vs Fury is what happens then and it's a bigger fight than ever
I suppose so, but the winner of Usyk or Fury has the right to retire to be honest. @@smartpower6963
Francis came off one of the worst surgery’s you can have as an athlete for your legs too.
@@JP_RaptorAJ will get embarrassed.
I am so excited for this fight. I’m much more of a boxing fan so I want AJ to win and I think he will, but I wouldn’t be disappointed if Ngannou won. The guy is a specimen and his story is inspirational. May the best man win.
Simon is still covering for Fury. The man himself told you he was fully prepared. But Simon insists that he knows more about Fury than Fury. Go figure
Him and Adam singing from the same him sheet.
So now you believe Fury? Lol Martin bakole who was in camp Came out and said it was a joke. Is he lying?
I know he sounds like a right twat
such a dumbass..
@@owendavis9254they called fury a liar for years and now it fits their narrative he's a Saint and would never lie.
This is why I pay no attention to fanboys and just enjoy the boxing without tbe idolatry.
Boxing vs MMA reminds me very much of the Rugby Union vs Rugby League match ups when Union first went professional.
League (Wigan) adapted much better to Union, than Union (Bath) adapted to League.
My point being it’s viable for an elite MMA guy to take in a boxer, than for a boxer to try MMA.
Only at HW I'd say
Francis was also guilty of not trying to finish Fury immediately after he dropped him.
Saving his gas tank seems like a reasonably wise decision considering it was only round 3.
He was blowing a bit….
You can put that down to Ngannou's inexperience in boxing, being his debut appearance
Luke fury on his bike for the rest of the fight only throwing lazy jabs. No desire to try and win convincingly (not a pathetic split decision)
@@GokuSmoothiea wise decision at the time, looking back now it was a bad dexision because he went on to lose. He shoyld have emptied the tank and gone for it. A loss on points and a KO loss might be different in how they hurt your ego but theyre both losses.
Turned it off when Simon started blathering.
Something very strange going on with fury I reckon no undercard announcment and very little promotion 4 weeks ur from the fight
Biggest pay day he’ll probably ever get it will happen
Little promotion cause what’s to say one guy can’t even speak English
in the last 10 years you've never see a decent fury undercard all the money is being pumped into the undisputed factual.. its a little bit different on matchroom shows as usually being on say an AJ card of the past affords you exposure beyond wealth or the chance to make more monet if you do well.. but generally the undercards for fury shows are poor probably be issac lowe and nathan gorman
Frank doesn’t have any fighters, he needs Matchroom fighters. Apparently Joe Cordina will feature
If AJ goes in there and destroys Ngannou it's a bigger victory for boxing than for AJ himself. Boxing can't let some novice enter into the sport and run the top guys ragged, it needs for one of the top guys to run him ragged. In a way AJ is trying to fix the problem that Fury created. The only thing is, AJ won't receive that much credit for it because people will then say Ngannou was never that great to begin with and Fury made him look good.
AJ gets a solid fight narrative that after otto and Francis he cleaned up all Furys mess
@@crashthecat I suspect that's one reason they're doing it. I think the Day of Reckoning card already did a good enough job of making Fury look poorer and AJ look better though. Only way we're ever going to truly prove one is better than the other is through a fight.
@@crashthecatfury beat them both first 😂😂😂
@@jackkeane6 and struggled massively..
@@joewhite22 true but I think it's reasonable to assume we may never see it and AJ wants tysons legacy from under him and this is the way to do it. Usyk losses would seal it
Simon after the wallin fight barely gave any praise to AJ and the reasons were that he didn’t see AJ come through adversity. By that reasoning, he should look forward to this fight because everyone knows Ngannou comes to fight and has freakish power.
what annoys me the most is Aj has to fight everybody zhang parker even silly...dubois wilder this that men what about other top hw why aint we demanding they fight these opponents as well ??
Simon the same Simon that was not gonna watch fury nganou but happen to be somewhere where it was on 😂
Ngannou is dangerous know he knows that he can’t rely on scorecards. Think this is a mistake for AJ tbh
It’s funny how many people said I don’t see AJ fighting Wally and said they wanted to see him in big fights.
Then AJ demolishes him, emphatically, and he’s fighting Fury’s leftovers. Boxing fans are so fickle.
@peopletalkuttergarbage I seen that on a large number of threads where AJ was criticised for his performance against Wally.
And I’m making up about AJ fighting Fury’s leftovers? It’s the most overused comment on the internet. Even hear Klitchco being called Fury’s leftovers despite Fury being AWOL. To be precise, before the fight most were saying AJ had a big test ahead and no one seen that Wilder was the one who was in fact going to be tested.
They not boxing fans that's why. Boxing fans look at boxing, match ups and fighters objectively and without strong emotional biases, unlike the fangirls. Fangirls that dont think logically about the sport or the fighters, just emotional tribalism. And these type of "fans" You can't have a reasonable conversation with.
Leftovers? Fury got beat by him 😆
@@counterfeitclone You’re not wrong there. All on emotion.
They idolise men and don't enjoy the sport.
Simon, stop being such a man fan, your boy got found out, quit making up excuses for him and just accept it. You believed the hype but the reality is he was always overrated. His best win to date is still Deontay Wilder who just got absolutely battered and beat up by Joe Parker.
Wee Eddie never stopped telling us how much of a joke fight it was when Fury did it. Now its AJ it'll be a real tough fight and great for boxing.
Simon ranting as if making money is a problem in sport. This fight has much more credibility than fury Vs ngannou did. And if wilder fights Zhang on undercard that would be excellent
They’re both joke money fights
Btw Simon is stretching by being so negative about this fight after Ngannou put on a proper showing. AJ v Ngannou is a better fight than anyone not Usyk or fury atm.
This was such an excellent discussion
Totally different now- the public want to see this fight as alot of the public think fury lost. Whether fury didn't prepare or not and btw fury did prepare.boxers normally make excuses and say they didn't prepare after a loss or poor performance.fury and his camp have said they did prepare. Fury just wasn't able to hold onto this monster - so his plan went through the window
Load of guff Ngannou landed 4 punches a round. This "monster" won't beat any top 10 boxer as usual the casuals being conned.
Yeah, that's how it works, genius. A fighter looked good against the supposed #1 heavyweight so we'd love to see how he does against AJ, to see if it was fluke or if Luke Fury is just an overrated dosser.
AJ isnt a current champion and has been bery active... he can fight who he likes. Fury is a champ and fought a debut fighter when he should have been defending. THATS the difference.
Well done MJ.. you really owned Simon! Great debate and nice to see you doing well . Oz ( your old work mate)
AJ will beat these average fighters and they will sell him as amazing, they did it before Ruiz and will do it after
Stick AJ in against an elite wilder, Zhang, fury or even parker and see how he gets on
Making excuses for Fury as usual, when will you realise he's just overrated and got dropped by a novice.
What these fools don’t understand is that Ngannou is a freak of nature and just because he might be able to hold his own against the best boxers does not mean other MMA fighters could. It’s not MMA vs Boxing, it’s Ngannou Vs Boxing because probably no one else in MMA could do what Ngannou is doing.
Pretty sure Cyril Gane and Tom Aspinall would do well too maybe not on the same level as Ngannou. These 3 are the freakiest athletes in HW combat sports.
the bloke with the glasses is ruining talk sport. i find it hard to listen to him. He is big headed and thinks he knows it all. If he thinks he could be a promoter why doesn't he do it.
It was a freak show initially, but Ngannou went toe to toe with an elite boxer, arguably the best in his division, if not a generation and lost by the slimmest margins and for AJ this is as good as any fight available for him, with the IBF tied up, Wilder's shock defeat against Parker and Fury fighting Usyk for the undisputed. Michael spoke a lot of sense in this interview. However I think Ngannou is perfectly capable of scoring a knockout against AJ. I don't believe the Fury camp underestimated him.
No point arguing with an AJ yes man
Fury has to say he took Francis seriously though even if he didn't. He was paid an insane amount of money so if he said he didn't take it as seriously or train as hard as he should he'd be admitting to basically robbing the Saudis.
💯 This has been my point all along.
Totally agree. The thing is if aj wins and does it comfortably it will show tysons lack of respect for the game etc. However it will only lead to a bigger build up for tyson and aj fight.
Should we say Aj didn't take ruiz seriously too or he didn't take usyk seriously too? Please stop making excuses for fighters. What you see is what you get. Or else we can make excuses for every fighter that lost that they didn't take their fights seriously. Enuff said
Fury did take it seriously, had a massive camp and someone really close with their team Tom Aspinall confirmed all of this
@@MorgoYTYou’re not very bright are you 😂😂😂
can't wait to see the faces of the '' boxing community '' when Francis beats AJ most likely will get robbed of a decision once again but it will be glorious because just like with the Fury fight we will all know the truth
I hope that happens
Simon right ! MONEY !!!
Did talkSPORT have a morning brief? “Talk about pants as much as possible today chaps.”
AJ could have trilogies with Andy Ruiz & Parker. There’s stories & background with the likes of Zhang & Joyce. Rumours of Dubois putting him over in sparring so that would sell especially after Dubois beating Miller. There’s many more fights over Ngannou that AJ could have that would appeal.
Definitely other fights I'd have preferred to see Joshua take but I'd have it over a rematch. Too many rematches in boxing, at least this is a new fight.
If the supposed #1 heavyweight WBC champ luke fury can fight chisora and the ngannou a year later, AJ who isn't a champion can fight too.
Totally agree mate.
Totally agree
What's so wrong about getting paid?
After Francis beats all the top boxers the boxing purists would come around..
@5:59 facts
Why is it so hard to comprehend that it's harder for a Boxer to go into a MMA fight than vice versa. One sport you punch only and the other you have various ways to end the fight,punches, kicks,submission ect
Exactly, also there are very few mma fighters that could go into boxing. Francis is an exception not the rule. Even Conor mcgregor who was in peak form and knocking out people with puches and had just won his second belt, fought mayweather who was 40 2 years retired, and was admittedly not training hard crushed him. Yeah Conor landed one punch that caught Mayweathers attention but for most of the fight he was throwing wierd punches that looked like hammer fists and by the end he could barely lift his arms he was so exhausted. The thing is he would probably do better than 95% of the UFC fighters if they entered the ring. MMA fighters are having a tough time with Jake Paul
Really like this guy
Simon making excuses for why fury didn't perform well against ngannou. The "he never took it seriously" is just a pathetic fanboy excuse because his favourite got shown up. Ngannou was coming off an ACL reconstruction in march 2022 and fury was his first combat fight in over 2 years.😆 🤣
I don't think he was fully focused tbh. He probably thought it was gonna be a formality, which is his own fault.
Never known someone talk so much dribble, used to like Simon but now think he just says fancy words and talks a lot cos he doesn’t really know what he’s talking about
AJ is trying force a Fury fight by battering Fury opponents that gave him a world of trouble.
The same reason he fought Franklin prior to the prospective fight against Whyte pre drug bust
They've left it too late for Joshua V Fury just like they left Joshua V Wilder hanging for too long. These guys are mid/late 30s now. Fury looks physically spent
@@anon7503if Fury beats Usyk, there is no chance in hell that he doesn't retire immediately after to protect his record.
He's going to fight John McDermott next
Ha! Fury already rematched him though. @@joewhite22
Simon is an absolute clown - he will make as many excuses as possible to defend Luke Fury.
Understands why Luke took the fight, but complains when AJ does.
🤡
How is Ngannou ridiculously ranked as No.10. If he beat Simon so called Greatest Heavyweight of this Era whether he was prepared or not. Ngannou should be ranked above 10 if we are to be honest.
Tyson fury is overrated. We all really know this. He would not survive in any past era. Mans terrible just gets through with his size and some dog he has in him. Sloppy punches , hugging, holding he's worse to watch than klitchko
What the hell.. suddenly this bloke pops up talking as if he's the main man behind AJ!!
I know there's not much interest after parker beat him but AJ should fight Wilder anyway and pick apart Fury's CV to force his hand a bit.
I would have rather seen Wilder vs AJ than AJ vs Ngannou. AJ vs Ngannou holds no value for a boxing fan who’s been following their rivalry for years
@@badgasaurus4211 agreed. Ngannou is hard as nails too, doubt AJ will stop him so hope he's prepared for a 12 rounder. If anything it could be a banana skin. Ngannou was never gunna get the decision over fury but he maybe could here.
Michael Jarman was excellent
AJ can't so anything right according to Simon, come on, give the dude some credit. AJ, win or lose, has never ducked anyone. Look at his resume, it's the best in the HW division. Fury has lost the respect of most fans due to his attitude, he has no legacy and Uysk is going to destroy him and I can not wait. The man needs to be humbled, then come back. If he has the strength to do so. That will determine his legacy.
Simon bending himself in half to defend fury 😂 salty man
AJ's post-Usyk rebuild was supposed to include Jermaine Franklin, Dillain Whyte & Otto Wallin, along with an already agreed two-fight deal with Deontay Wilder only for all of that to fall apart because of 1/2) Whyte popped dirty, 2/2) Wilder lost to Joseph Parker. Tyson Fury handpicked 39-year-old Derek Chisora who had lost 3 of his last 5 fights for his 3rd title defence. He then followed that up with a fight against Ngannou, who was making his boxing debut. All of this also occurred amid Fury quite clearly ducking Usyk, even after Usyk had accepted the 70-30 split. Simon is oversimplifying this. It was not the Saudis who staged Fury vs Chisora. It is disingenuous to make it seem as if the Saudis are just making gimmicky fights.
Ngannou is more legit that wilder let’s go love this fight
I actually am excited for this fight
Sir Simon = Top LAD Proper Clobber 💯 Facts
Fury made this fight a necessary evil. A real boxing champion has to knock this hype train off it's rails.
Nothing against Ngannou, it's just that Fury embarrassed the the entire sport and now someone has
to right that wrong.
I really do wish that people will stop saying Fury embarrassed the sport of boxing. How has he embarrassed the sport? By having a very competitive fight against an opponent who many people (probably most) thought he would beat easily? Anything can happen in a fight. Are all the opponents who Fury has beaten therefore also an embarrassment to the sport? Are they not worthy of being called professional boxers because they are so weak & have almost no boxing ability?
@@Pringlelover Short bus energy, kid
Joshua doesn't hold any titles, it isn't the same as ducking the first undisputed heavy weight fight in 20+ years in favour of a 0-0 boxer lol, that being said it would've been cool if the Saudis wanted Zhang but it is what it is
Simon get over it, fury lost and he was prepared for that fight
who's this clown haha
"AJ isn't doing it because of the money, who else could he fight? "
Parker, Zhang, Ruiz?
"yeah but its about the economics (money)."
what a tool
Ngannou has no chance against Joshua, it's a no brainer for AJ. Ngannou struggled in rounds 9 and 10, threw very few punches, tried to cruise to victory. Now that everyone has seen Ngannou, AJ should be better prepared than Fury.
Fury stayed on the outside in the Ngannou fight because he had a month & some weeks after to recover, for Usyk, that's why Hearn's picked this fight, if Fury would've went to war with him he would have taken him out. Same with Wilder, he never threw a punch until he got clocked in the third, that wasn't Fury & Wilder in those fights & it's because Warren & Hearn stand to make a vast fortune out of it, they only said that Usyk (23rd) & Joshua fights were happening to generate interest (& it worked) & not surprisingly both fights got cancelled......
AJ can do what he wants and he doesn't have any titles. Also Ngannou will come in even better than against Fury, and after he beat Fury, Ngannou is a proper hard fight.
It's no guarantee that a fight between AJ and Hrgovich would be for a title in March, and AJ isn't going to wait around. This is a great fight, anyone that doesn't like it can shut up.
The mistake these folks make is they are generalizing MMA fighters. Francis Nganouu to me is the exception. For instance Jon jones to me is the all time greatest mma fighter and probably would beat Nganou in mma. He would get murdered inside the ring with any of those heavyweights. Ngannou in his mind has always been a boxer. He didn’t even know what MMA was months before he started competing in it and had to be talked away from boxing into mma because it was easier to get an mma fight. The fact that he went on to be a UFC champion despite that not even being his passion and him starting training it at 26 should tell people what an exceptional athlete he is. Not to mention his life story. He’s not a threat to boxing as an mma fighter. He is a one off once in a lifetime athlete
Jon Jones would get battered by Ngannou in MMA
@@cognito8325 I mean I don’t know. They both have their strengths. Unfortunately m, we won’t find out. That’s not my point though. My point is that Francis is not a representative of the mma community when it comes to boxing. He’s a unique individual with a unique story
AJ is a far superior boxer without a doubt but Usyk rocked AJ in both fights. Ngannou will absolutely land on AJ and he is by far the most dangerous puncher he’s ever faced. As a boxer I want AJ to do a job in Ngannou but I’m calling it right now AJ gets slept.
The risk and timing of taking this fight does not out-weigh the reward.
AJ is the man, without question.
AJ wants to do what Fury didn’t to say, I’m the big dwag here by smashing NGanu
Cuckoo.
This guy's a clown. Full of contradictions
So what a joke. When Fury fights Ngannou it’s rubbish and it shouldn’t happen. Now AJ will fight him and that’s just great. More Fury scraps.
Btw AJ will win easily. Ngannou is now known. If it wasn’t an easy win he wouldn’t take it. And it won’t be for a title.
Very little jeopardy. Joshua will win comfortably.
@j2808 I wouldn't go that far. It was a poor fight. They both barely landed a punch in a lot of rds.
I would have preferred to see Wilder fighting Francis. See just how hard Wilder actually hits.
Would be interesting
Wilder can’t throw a punch anymore nowadays. Tyson killed the bronze bomber
Ngannou should be the WBC champion, he beat Fury and got robbed.
It also embarrasses Fury if AJ makes it look easy.
if you want to see the top guys 3 times a year then at least 1 if not 2 of the fights need to be low impact on the boxer....dont understand why people cant get this....if you want AJ to fight top ten guys only then expect to see him twice a year, not 3 or 4....try joining the dots occassionally before opening your mouths....as far as Ngannou goes, if he lands on Joshua hes certainly good enough to finish him...and at about that point in time maybe saudi arabias interest in boxing diminshes somewhat
Francis is a new kid to the sport.
And it’s not fair that he can just join the boxing world and become a ranked 10 fighter in the heavyweight division.
There is a sense of copying Fury from AJ which is frustrating us.
Zhang,Joyce, and Ruiz were all available
No one cares about them. We want to see more Ngannou.
I disagree that the MMA guys can take more punishment. In most weight divisions a prime, top level boxer will defeat a prime top level MMA fighter who switches over. The problem is either fury was not at his best or these guys just aren't of the highest skill level.
Joshua is taking a step backwards with this fight.
With the amount he's being paid, I doubt it. Plus any potential title shot is at least 6 months away and that's IF the IBF strip the winner of Fury v Usyk. I don't blame Joshua fighting Ngannou in the meantime. It's an intriguing fight.
@mikeypc3592 There is zero credibility for Joshua in this match. Ngannou is the latest cash cow on the scene at the moment, unfortunately.
What about Fury? He was the WBC champion?
Simon don't want to see the fight but I do. I like both fighters. It will be a great night of boxing. If he thinks it's a one sided fight stick all your money you own on it Simon
Simon is on fire 🔥 t
It's an absolute disgrace. With all due respect to Ngannou, dozens of fighters have been working for years to get into a position to fight as a top contender (there are 18 fighters in the top ten across the 4 different alphabelts). Why isn't AJ fighting Zhang, or Kabayel after his brilliant dismantling of Makhmudov, or the up and coming Frank Sanchez for example? Those guys deserve the shots after many years of dedication, and blood, sweat and tears (and frankly, they're the better fights); as opposed to Ngannou just leapfroging to the top of the pile because of the greed of the boxing business: the promoters and the TV companies. Another plus for the business of boxing and a big fat minus for boxing as a sport.
Because they haven’t fought good enough opposition therefore don’t truly deserve a big fight. They need to fight each other to determine they most worthy contenders. I do understand your indignation about Ngannou however. You have a very valid point.
Blame the Saudis for this. They are the ones making a lot of these big fights happen so respect there, but they are also the ones trying to push Ngannou to the front of the queue with offers to opponents that they just can't decline. To be fair though, they gave Kabayel his fight against Makhmudov and without that Kabayel wouldn't be on anyone's radar.
simon has no idea how many eyes and new fans are coming to boxing cuz of "these fights" i say is good let it on
I don’t know why they can’t still go ahead with the AJ v Wilder fight if it was already agreed & signed. So what if Wilder lost against Parker.
Are you for real haha, the amount of money that would be paid to wilder and AJ to fight will be huge and with wilder losing the other week it drops th intrigue and interest in that fight massively, atleast ngannou is a fresh match up people genuinely believe he has a good chance and rightfully so after his performance against fury and he also brings the MMA audience
Simon is the man finally sticking his head up and saying what needs to be said, the man is a don 👏👏👏
That's ridiculous saying its impossible to put him on seat of his pants anything can happen with 2 powerful guys
Bakole came out today and said fury wasn’t sparring the same rounds, and with no intensity compared to other camps , take into that there was no footage of Ngannu now there is , I see AJ winning easily
He still has a granite chin. He looked composed in there. He still has deadly punching power. I still think he can get an upset.
Aj has got himself in a position to fight hergovic when the ibf belt becomes available , ngannou isn’t ranked with the ibf so even if aj does lose he can still fight hergovic clever move from Aj’s team and he’s getting 30 mill
Very good point
He's fighting a 0-1 boxer. It's a joke just as the fury v Ngannou fight was.
Facts
Should be 1-0 or 0-0-1 at the very least. Fury v Ngannou was a joke, but after Ngannou exposed him, this one isn't.
It's not great but it's not as bad as when the world champion fought him after we were supposed to be getting undisputed. At least AJ is no world champion anymore and we've seen that Ngannou is now competent at boxing and has a Fury knockdown on his record.
Yep, you're right. It's another joke fight.
@@bluesky8869 of course it's a joke fight. He's a novice boxer. Hearns completely changed his tune as has Joshua. All down to money & they know if they get a result it make fury's non performance look even worse.
I hope Ngannou sparrks him.. you lot disrespectin him again , he's not just an MMA fighter h his an anomaly and can achieve great things in boxing.
He won't. Joshua will win comfortably.
Simon on the money as usual
How can any one judge nganoua on one fight not one straight stiff jab against him let alont straight left and right. People getting carried away
Is that AJ’s dad ?
Simon is such a bellpipe.
This will be more competitive than the majority think.
When has AJ fought a 270lb opponent? The answer is never.
When has AJ fought an opponent with a longer reach? The answer is never.
Ngannou can punch and can take a punch. The first 6 rounds will be very interesting.
It’s not about the money but boxing economics need to be considered🙄😂😂🤦🏻♂️
This is exactly the reason they should’ve had AJ against Wilder on 23rd. It was obvious this would happen. Parker was the worst fight they could’ve picked.
Aj isn't a champ anynore so what's the problem with him fighting whoever, yeah he says he want to be a 3x champ but if there's no belts to go for at the minute what's the problem? Fury is the champ and could have and should have defended against someone who deserved a shot at the title
The belt is available he could fight Hrgovic for the IBF in March
@@jackkeane6even if the IBF belt becomes available after Fury Usyk, there's no way AJ and Hrgovic would fight for it a month later in March. It would much more likely be in the summer sorting out contracts, venues and training camps. AJ fighting Ngannou in the meantime keeps him busy.
I think people are seriously underestimating the ability of Francis Ngannou. They're going to learn the hard way.
Personally think its quite clever from aj as if he beats francis in decent fashion it cements the fury fight n if joshua would have gone for hrgovic noone would even know who he is and hes a hard bloody fight for joshua he struggles with pure boxers ruiz and usyk
Its all about money and thats okay.
Ngannou is slow but if he can time it again he can put AJ out, I give him a punchers chance same like in the fury fight but my prediction is AJ via decision
In 2012 AJ had just boxed in the Olympics.
In 2012 Ngannou was still homeless in France.
If Ngannou could have followed up thoughs shots after he dropped Fury, we all know how that fight would had ended.
I know who Im backing......