Tyson Luke Fury vs. Francis Zavier Ngannou

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Poll closed Oct 28, 2023.
  1. Fury on points

    13.3%
  2. Fury by stoppage

    68.9%
  3. Draw

    1.7%
  4. Ngannou on points

    3.3%
  5. Ngannou by stoppage

    12.8%
  1. Melankomas

    Melankomas Corbett beats your favourite fighter

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    I don’t see the harm in Wilder vs. Ngannou, that fight would sell on name alone
     
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  2. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Compared to Ngannou's face lol:
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    I know, I know, it's not about facial damage.
     
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  3. MarkusFlorez99

    MarkusFlorez99 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I would absolutely enjoy Wilder taking Ngannous head off
     
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  4. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    So easy to promote. The hardest punchers in the world.
     
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  5. ConfusedGuy

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    This fat tub of lard embarrassed the entire sport of boxing last night. If he looks remotely similar performance wise against Usyk he is going to lose every round.

    This is what years of abusing your body will do to you.

    He will spend the rest of his life in a mental pit dwelling on what his career could have been if he wasn't so unprofessional.
     
  6. mrbigshot

    mrbigshot Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    I looked again the fight in detail and imho one of the most impressive details was fury,s tries and fails of clinching and leaning on ngannou .

    While the leaning down worked at every opponent it completeley failed at ngannou . Ngannou was not only able to resist fury,s tries to lean on him but also had enough power to lever fury out and push him away with one hand .

    Ngannou must have back and neck muscles of another world . I think in pure physical power he outperforms every current hw.
     
  7. Reg

    Reg Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I would love to see Ngannou make the full time switch to boxing. He can obviously hang so why not make some money over here?
     
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  8. goldnarms

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    This comment makes no sense.
     
  9. miniq

    miniq FURY COMETH 2026 Full Member

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    Plenty of boxing matches are won by people who visually look like they took more damage

    That's not a marker.

    Fury came out of the 1st Wilder fight looking worse for wear but he outboxed him.
     
  10. miniq

    miniq FURY COMETH 2026 Full Member

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    Francis wants to be a boxer. That was his original dream but because the French are soft and don't have the facilities they told him to do MMA instead and that's why he ended up where he is.

    After seeing how poorly the UFC pay and McGregor making crossover fights he found his path to boxing and he will compete here for the next 3 years atleast. He wants to be HW champ, that's not a pipedream that's his immediate goal and he's proven it's possible for him.
     
  11. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Part of it is that he's an MMA fighter who practices wrestling.
     
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  12. miniq

    miniq FURY COMETH 2026 Full Member

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    Yes Francis out clinched probably the best clincher in HW history in Fury.

    It was impressive. He totally spun it round on Fury. Fury was the one getting leant on, head locked and even out positioned in close. It was quite a site.

    It really shows how this area is so weak for all our HW boxers. Fury has mastered this well beyond his peers and all it took was one MMA guy who is clearly a special talent to outgame Fury here. We're not talking just match Fury, He actually beat him at his own game and they clearly prepared for it.

    The only thing I really want to know is why Fury didn't use his jab. Afraid Francis was going to come over it is my only thoughts but that's something Fury shouldn't have to even worry about given his level. He was hoping Francis would bite on the feints but he didn't.
     
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  13. RJJFan

    RJJFan Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    A hard childhood of manual labor.
     
  14. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    Ngannou is 270lbs + of muscle and he wrestles, Belly is 270lbs + of flab

    An in shape Belly would be 240lbs

    MMA fighters are much physically stronger than boxers
     
  15. miniq

    miniq FURY COMETH 2026 Full Member

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    It's funny because Fury manhandled Chisora/Whyte/Wilder like they were little schoolchildren then Francis got in there and almost did the same to Fury.

    Fury is lucky big bang Zhang is extremely static and has stamina issues.

    Joe Joyce is a threat to Fury. Fury loses to Joyce everyday of the week fighting at that workrate. Poor.

    Fury's movement and stamina is what separates him

    & more worrying than his movement last night was his stamina was GONE. Francis looked fresher.

    Trying to grapple with a man with 15 years of wrestling experience. The funny thing is Fury took a couple of shots at it to realize, this is a BAD idea.