Regular UFC heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou squares off with Anthony Joshua in the headliner of this day’s boxing tournament in Saudi Arabia.
The ‘Ngannou vs. Joshua’ fight would per chance be contested over ten rounds at heavyweight.
Francis Ngannou (17-3 MMA, 0-1 Boxing) needless to claim made his legit boxing debut this previous October when he squared off with reigning WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. No topic being a stout betting underdog, ‘The Predator’ horrified the enviornment by knocking down ‘The Gypsy King’ and taking the fight to the judges’ scorecards. Regardless that he concern up struggling a split decision defeat, Ngannou’s stock only rose in the controversial setback.
As for Anthony Joshua (27-3), the British heavyweight most no longer too prolonged in the past competed a final month’s ‘Day of Reckoning’ tournament, the establish he scored a fifth-round TKO victory over Otto Wallin (sight that here). That enact marked Joshua’s third rob in a row, as he had beforehand scored victories over Robert Helenius and Jermaine Franklin.
Round one begins and Anthony Joshua will get off to a snappily originate, losing Francis Ngannou with a left jab. ‘The Predator’ recovered and modified into as soon as in a location to rupture it out of the hole body.
Anthony Joshua scores a knockdown on Francis Ngannou in Round 1 🥊 #JoshuaNgannou pic.twitter.com/22ZTfYcfTj
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Round two begins and Anthony Joshua finds a house for an infinite perfect hand and Francis Ngannou goes down all as soon as more. The damaged-down UFC champion makes the depend nevertheless straight eats every other perfect hand and is out cool. WOW!
Anthony Joshua sleeps Francis Ngannou 😱 #JoshuaNgannou https://t.co/mmzJLcR8Dx
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The 2d that @anthonyjoshua DESTROYED Francis Ngannou 🤯#JoshuaNgannou | #KnockoutChaos | #RiyadhSeason pic.twitter.com/ONl1rlhSlo
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Respectable Consequence: Anthony Joshua def. Francis Ngannou by strategy of KO in Round 2
Who would you doubtlessly can very properly be looking out to sight Joshua fight next following his KO victory over Ngannou this evening in Saudi Arabia?
