'Whyte vs Ngannou can happen this year!' | Eddie Hearn on potential boxing vs UFC showdown!

Garbage. Pointless. Boring. Unlikely.

 

You left out carnival side show

 

ive seen that Francis guy punch and its impressive,

however, why face a top boxer right off the bat rather than facing a few lower calibre guys first to get some experience?

well you do it for quick money that's why.

 

I'd be interested to see it in a cage.

 

Why not, Dillian has some experience as a kickboxer, more than Ngannou as a boxer anyway

But I cant see Dana White be willing to do it under UFC rules. Imagine Ngannou, winning but still looking poor. Plus the UFC is kinda grooming Francis into their new cash cow, they would have a lot to lose and little to win imo

What do you think ?

 

At least at heavyweight, power would be more of a factor, if Ngannou actually had some in boxing gloves.

 

what if Whyte kos Fury for the belt and Ngannou gets the UFC HW belt ?...

we would have a boxing HW CHAMP vs the UFC HW CHAMP?...
the interest for this fight would be insane.

 

Mma vs boxer is always going to be the Mma guy just trying to get the boxer on the floor and dry hump him and all the rest of that **** it's pointless and boring, likewise in boxing the mma guy will just get schooled

They need to find a middle ground like the mma guy can kick but no takedowns

 

Sounds like a real who cares type of fight under either boxing or mma rules,neither are massive draws and it would be much bigger if at least 1 had a world title.
A fight between them would be more lucrative for Ngannou then almost any fight for him in the UFC currently but the fight makes little sense with both being only 1-2 fights from world title shots and you would think their focus at the moment would be on gaining those title shots.

 

TBH that was a very poor showing by Floyd. Reminds me of Wlad's showing against Fury or even Lewis against Vitaly. Guys who have always fight with a huge reach advantage suddenly lose their boxing finesse when fighting taller guys.

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Floyd looked like an amateur, and tbh, watching that and Floyd helplessly crouching with both hands on his face and mcgregor semi-hammer fisting the back of his head, just shows he could have done what he want anytime if it were an mma fight.

In fact, even with rules of 3 min round, only 30 seconds of kicking and grappling allowed per round, I'd still pick Mcgregor to take Floyd out inside 3 rounds if not the first.