Anthony Joshua Officially Set To Fight Francis Ngannou

By: Sean Crose

After practically surprising the whole world by dropping lineal and WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury (some argue he shocked the world anyway) final October, former UFC nice Francis Ngannou will now be dealing with former WBA, WBO, and IBF heavyweight kingpin Anthony Joshua, reportedly this March in Saudi Arabia. Though the precise day hasn’t been given, there’s no arguing that Joshua and Ngannou will certainly be combating one another subsequent. “Tonight,” Joshua promoter Eddie Hearn acknowledged on Twitter Friday, “we affirm it’s a Accomplished Deal! @anthonyjoshua v @francis_ngannou collide on an enormous evening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – press convention Jan 15 in London with full particulars dropping quickly!

Joshua has been driving excessive after utterly dominating and stopping harmful contender Otto Wallin a couple of weeks again. With present titlists Usyk and Fury set to struggle for the undisputed heavyweight championship, and with a newly defeated Deontay Wilder wanting nowhere close to his greatest, Ngannou presents the Londoner an enormous cash, excessive profile struggle towards a heavy puncher. Certainly, there needs to be no down facet to this for Joshua, except in fact he makes the error of underestimating the proficient Ngannou, as many argue Fury did a number of months again.

As for Ngannou, that is the possibility for him to solidify the assumption that his close to victory over Fury wasn’t merely a fluke. A win over Joshua could be huge, turning the whole world of fight sports activities on its head and presenting him with an opportunity to struggle for a world title. As a basic rule, prime former blended martial artists are inclined to get clobbered within the boxing ring. Towards Fury, Ngannou proved to be the exception to the rule, displaying footwork and a good ring IQ when dealing with one of the embellished and lauded boxers on earth.

Types, nonetheless, make fights. And Joshua may make use of a mode that proves incompatible for Ngannou. After being stopped by Andy Ruiz in 2019, Joshua determined to modify kinds for the rematch, changing into illusive slightly than partaking in a slugfest. It has been already been advised that Joshua may make use of the identical technique towards the exhausting hitting Ngannou. Then once more, Joshua is a tough hitting heavyweight himself. Buying and selling punches with somebody who has the heavy fingers Ngannou does, nonetheless, may show defective. At any price, Joshua will very probably enter the ring to face Ngannou as a substantial favourite. And that is smart. It doesn’t assure a win, nonetheless.