Francis Ngannou recently weighed in on his upcoming boxing match against Anthony Joshua and compared ‘AJ’ to his previous opponent Tyson Fury.
The former UFC heavyweight champion is set to face Joshua in a blockbuster 10-round boxing match on March 8 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The bout was announced two weeks after the Englishman dispatched Otto Wallin via TKO on the ‘Day of Reckoning’ card, where Deontay Wilder shockingly suffered an upset decision loss to Joseph Parker.
Due to Wilder losing, his next-planned opponent, Joshua, decided to move on and face Ngannou next instead. ‘The Predator’ is notably coming off a controversial split-decision loss to WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, who’s slated to fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship against Oleksandr Usyk on Feb. 17.
During the Fury-Ngannou fight, the Cameroonian stunned fans with his skills and even scored a knockdown on the Englishman. In a recent interview with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour, Ngannou compared Joshua to Fury and predicted a statement victory on March 8. He said:
