Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou •

I don't think Francis will be invited by the Saudi's again.

 

What a load of bo11ocks

 

He got chinned. As expected.

The 0-1 boxer became 0-2.

 

The ngannou chapter is closed . Sadly .

 

Slating organisers is one way to talk yourself into potential future fights isn't it!

Bye bye francis, off you pop big man.

Just lol

 

What a lame excuse.

So you arrived early and was relaxing in a locker room as oppose to relaxing in your hotel room? Also you've made enough money now where you can have people check on things for you. Like when Joshua actually arrives at the venue. Until then close door to locker room. Do whatever to relax. Take a nap , watch something, meditate to some music. It isn't like you show up and you are in a marathon warmup till the fight starts.

 

All he had to do is say: "I got caught and knocked out. It's happened before to some really good fighters. Back to the drawing board and then I'll be back!" He may have actually gotten himself another good payday in boxing, good, if not great like the one he just had. Now, his future in boxing does not look very good. That excuse was worse for him than getting knocked out, really.

 

Someone get the violin out

 

I mean I can understand the late start affecting anyone, but what does he think Joshua was doing for those two hours? Having a kip?

 

Fights like Wilder and cries/makes excuses like him too.

 

Walking punchbag

 

The a side sometimes does lame **** like this. However, that's not why he lost. He just wasn't good enough.

 

Ngannou is built to be a slugger/power puncher. He should be fighting like Foreman or Shavers where the goal was to knock out the other guy as quickly as possible rather than trying to outbox guys who's been practicing boxing for years. Not only would being a slugger be a better fit for him just given his natural attributes but he'd also be more exciting to watch.

 

It's true they try for every cheating little edge, regardless of whether this cost him the fight or not.

AJ fans can't handle how corrupt this individual and his team are, how little integrity they have. If you can't work it out at this point, what can I say.

We witnessed similar tactics from K2/Wlad. Haye mentioned having to walk through the muddy field, then having to fight in different shoes or some such, and we know various tricks Wlad tried during the Fury fight, only thwarted because Fury comes from a 'streetwise' family so to say.

The difference between something like this AJ fight and Wilder is that Wilder created his own problem with the suit where as getting messed around by the opponent to disrupt your preparation and warmup timing etc. is another thing. This might have been a small element but they do it for a reason.