Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou •

More relieved how devastating and clear it was, because the endresult was to be expected.

I feared it would be a very cautious approach from Joshi with a KO finish at the end or even very wide on points.
A destruction like this is the best possible result for boxing to wash away the foul taste of Ngannou vs Fury.

 

As a fan of both sports, mixed feelings. Made boxing look super credible after the Fury debacle but at the same time kind of made MMA look bad. I'm not a fan of these crossovers at all really. I dont like seeing great fighters being made to look like random bums.

 

"An Ngannou win would have been absolutely devastating for the sport and its credibility."

I don't see how a Ngannou win would be devastating for boxing. Boxing is a resilient sport and will continue despite setbacks (like Tyson biting Holyfield's ear off and the very dubious Ali-Liston rematch, among many others). As far as losing credibility boxing throughout history has had credibility crises. It's nothing new and boxing will continue as long as there is money to be made.

 

Let’s hope AJs brutal KO of the “iron domed” Ngannou is the seal in the coffin for MMA-Boxing crossovers

 

Ngannou said in this interview he knew he was going to lose. And the first knockdown seemed a bit dubious

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Is your brain fixed? Silly question. It was never fully functioning.

 

91 seconds

 

Those were about as hard and clean as any shots you'll ever see in a boxing ring....

 

Anyone thinking this fight was rigged is clueless and needs to have their eyes checked. Joshua sparked out Ngannou and couldn’t miss with his right hand. Give him the credit and move on, these conspiracy theories are silly.

 

Can we stop these dumb troll threads please.

 

A loss for Joshua would have virtually killed any credibility pro boxers have left. Personally I don't think this makes MMA look bad, simply because it's not MMA. It's not far off saying Jordans baseball career diminishes how good a basketballer he was! Yes, you've got the image of Ngannou being laid out but I still think it's a bad look for boxing. A two-time heavyweight champion, has to knock out a 2 fight novice to make boxing look good? Overcompensation much?

 

Its because Ngannou stylistically was (save for his final fight) pretty much all hands in MMA. Barely kicked, barely wrestled. Not only that but he was literally the biggest puncher in MMA history and was also never wobbled once in his MMA career. So he got completely outclassed at his biggest strength and his previously unbreakable chin got cracked within minutes.

 

He beat an amateur and that amateur beat not so good/shot fighters and the only good one made him panic wrestle.

Cut the bull****.

Not this **** again ... new AJ?

 

Im not sure if you really watched the fights but in Shields case it had a lot more to do with 3 things:

1. Shes **** as **** and should go to WWE
2. The team behind Shields didnt really focus on Shields strength (ex Shields neanderthal strength). Unprofessional as ****.
3. She didnt really listen to their corner

At the end of the day its women sport so I dont really have the interesset to defend it.

Oh and you just sound like an salty MMA fan, lmao.

 

He didnt look like someone who knew he was going to lose. Not even Ngannous fanbase aka body language experts did think that.

Maybe you should stop ducking the smaller man Jones, Mr Ngannou.