How Bad Is The Ngannou fight for Furys legacy

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    i have said it before and i will say it again: Sugar is an average trainer at best.

    When Sugar was asked whether Usyk will be the best fighter Fury has faced, he responded by saying Usyk is just another fighter. How absurd.
     
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  2. MixedMartialLaw

    MixedMartialLaw Combat sports enthusiast Full Member

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    He really did. I'm also an MMA fan and I thought the Fury fight proved the belief that since Francis had to date more or less brushed off 4oz glove hits along with kicks and elbows, that he'd never be KOd by someone wearing 10oz gloves. But AJ did prove that there are levels when dealing with the power of a true HW Boxing power puncher.
     
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  3. Shootlow

    Shootlow Active Member Full Member

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    It depends on your definition of novice. What level was Ngannou fighting at in Cameroon or France? ' there is no record of him at amateur or pro level before Fury. It sounds like he did a bit of training and was then convinced to turn his hand to mma. Where boxing is concerned unless you count training and sparring then he was a novice when he stepped in with Fury.
     
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  4. ForemanJab

    ForemanJab Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think most people have forgotten about this fight already. Tbf to Fury, Ngannou wasn’t just some mma goon. He’s been training in boxing for about 15 years and he’s sparred hundreds of rounds against world level operators like Takam and Yoka.
     
  5. humbug

    humbug In Vino Veritas Full Member

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    When it comes to control and wizardry, Fury couldn’t train for an unknown opponent in Ngannou and still won.

    AJ vs Ngannou was a more considerable and concerning boxing contest for boxing fans, the two best heavyweight strikers from both sports.

    If AJ lost, every combat fighting fan would have questioned the quality of boxing.
     
  6. MixedMartialLaw

    MixedMartialLaw Combat sports enthusiast Full Member

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    Fury really chose the absolute worst tactic to take on Francis. Trying to outmuscle and bully the 270+ lbs granite built MMA fighter who was used to heavy grappling, was never going to work.

    AJ just trusted the power in his hands and as soon he saw the first opening in Ngannou's guard he threw a bomb and that was that.
     
  7. AdamT

    AdamT Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I was cheering for him for the only time in history lol

    I was frequenting an mma forum then and it was tough after the fat git let us down
     
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  8. humbug

    humbug In Vino Veritas Full Member

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    If Ngannou beat Fury you would have never seen Ngannou in a boxing ring again.

    No one seems to understand the importance of Ngannou and his danger regarding boxing.

    Dana White sent Ngannou in as an assassin hoping he’d destroy boxing, it’s pretty clear.
     
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  9. DoctorJones

    DoctorJones Member Full Member

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    And we would have had endless topics on how Ngannou would have killed Foreman in the ring by being a 270 pounds monster....
     
  10. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    100%
     
  11. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's interesting how according to this forum Tyson Fury is overrated and not that good but at the same time Usyk is the best in the world and maybe of all time when he was in 2 tightly contested battles with Tyson Fury
     
  12. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Neither fight was close, no - so this "gotcha" doesn't work.

    I had the first 117-110 Usyk and gave Fury two rounds in the rematch
     
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  13. Joeywill

    Joeywill Boxing Addict Full Member

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  14. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I don't like Fury but it definitely wasn't as wide as that.

    I had Fury winning 4 rounds in the first fight but he definitely has an argument for winning 5 rounds.

    2nd fight I also had Fury winning 4 rounds.

    Both fights were close after 8 rounds but Usyk always pulled away late on.
     
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