Tyson Fury vs. Francis Ngannou - October 28, 2023

[jamesmcdonnell]

The fact its not an official fight, suggests that its an exhibition, why would ngannou not want a fight with a heavyweight champion not to be official?

[stokelad84]

Wardley vs Adelaye is now sanctioned by the BBBoC with the British title officially on the line.

The event should be listed.

Yes, that's a good fight - why will BoxRec not put it on their schedule?

Nobody seems to have an answer. 6 heavyweight fights on the card but Boxrec refuses to acknowledge the event.

[SportsRatings]

Wardley vs Adelaye is now sanctioned by the BBBoC with the British title officially on the line.

The event should be listed.

Yes, that's a good fight - why will BoxRec not put it on their schedule?

Nobody seems to have an answer. 6 heavyweight fights on the card but Boxrec refuses to acknowledge the event.

I got this (brief) answer here: viewtopic.php?p=5949542#p5949542

"Dubai commission who normally supervise there told us they think the event is unsanctioned."

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[Finkel]

Wardley vs Adelaye is now sanctioned by the BBBoC with the British title officially on the line.

The event should be listed.

Yes, that's a good fight - why will BoxRec not put it on their schedule?

Nobody seems to have an answer. 6 heavyweight fights on the card but Boxrec refuses to acknowledge the event.

Think same thing happens when bridger weights headline a card

[quickeyg]

[jwfg]

How do you think Ngannou would do against Usyk and AJ?

[quickeyg]

[quickeyg]

[goose 5]

I ain't buying this and I'm an addict when it's about boxing.

[Evander]

What do you think they'll be weighing in at ?

[SportsRatings]

What do you think they'll be weighing in at ?

Ngannou 275
Fury 290

[quickeyg]

Interesting interviews by Overeem, Fury and Ngannou.

[Evander]

What do you think they'll be weighing in at ?

Ngannou 275
Fury 290

I'd be surprised if Fury weighs that much.
The one thing he does need to do is impress with his own personal performance, 290 will not look good or help him.

[SportsRatings]

What do you think they'll be weighing in at ?

Ngannou 275
Fury 290

I'd be surprised if Fury weighs that much.
The one thing he does need to do is impress with his own personal performance, 290 will not look good or help him.

Yeah I really have no idea I just took a stab at it for fun. I figure Ngannou won't have to cut to 265 so he'll weigh a bit over that, trying to stay big for Fury, while Fury will try to come in big too, to be the bigger fighter and because I think he's not training that hard. He'll be a lot lighter for Usyk, maybe even 250.

[Lenny Cravats]

Tyson says he'll be about 270.

[Evander]

Fury 277
Ngannou 272

See the weigh in.
Ngannou looks blown up like old Cruiserweights use to do in order to box at Heavyweight, it's noticeable even at these higher weights.

[SendoTakeshi97]

Ngannou always looks like that.
He was probaly one of the only fighters in the UFC to cut to make the 265 heavyweight limit.

[joshj909]

Ngannou always looks like that.
He was probaly one of the only fighters in the UFC to cut to make the 265 heavyweight limit.

There's been a few that have cut to the limit (Hunt, Rothwell, Struve, Tafa, Lewis, Sylvia, Silva, Hardy off the top of my head and then a lot of the other fatter and/or taller guys) but him, Carwin, Overeem and Lesnar are the only guys that have looked shredded in doing it so he's the only guy that hasn't tested positive and looked in shape doing it. Make of that what you will...

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

I hope fury loses since boxing is a joke and so is this fight.

[gilgamesh]

I don't really see how it's a joke. Ngannou is a Champion from another Combat Sport, and this sort of thing isn't exactly unprecedented.

[xeo7]

Well well, the takam bakolle fight has gone down and it’s crashed …

[jwfg]

I don't really see how it's a joke. Ngannou is a Champion from another Combat Sport, and this sort of thing isn't exactly unprecedented.

You know boxing better than most on here, so I'll ask you this. How many times out of a hundred does Ngannou win?

[gilgamesh]

I don't really see how it's a joke. Ngannou is a Champion from another Combat Sport, and this sort of thing isn't exactly unprecedented.

You know boxing better than most on here, so I'll ask you this. How many times out of a hundred does Ngannou win?

I mean you can never completely discount a guy with knockout power, but I think the chances Fury gets caught with that KO blow, and is unable to recover are around 1%.

People get struck by Lightning, Win the Lottery, Get eaten by Sharks...so I mean. Strangers things happen, but I think Fury will win the fight handily, and usually would

I'm curious if he'll take the same approach Mayweather took with McGregor, and just kinda let Ngannou do all the attacking in the early rounds to feel him out, and take his measure. We'll see.

[The Asleep Lamps]

Tyson Fury v Francis Ngannou confirmed as professional fight and will count towards records
Tyson Fury's heavyweight fight against Francis Ngannou in Saudi Arabia will be a professional bout, coming under the jurisdiction of the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC).