Is anyone interested in watching Francis Ngannou box?

[Roids]

Nope. Wish the guy well and hope he makes his cash. But no interest in watching a bad boxer box.

Bet you paid to watch Wilder before though. Only an ignorant would not have interest in watching him in a boxing ring. He would definitely put up a better fight than most of these bum HW's these days.

 

[30455378008]

Francis vs Joe Joyce

This is what I came to say good call. Joyce seems to eat huge power shots every time he gets in the ring and walk right through them. Lets see how the punching power of Francis translates in the boxing ring vs the Juggernaut. I would like this on the Fury / Usyk card after Joyce faces Zhang

 

[HereticBD]

No. He'll get carved up. MMA =/= Boxing.

 

[JosephTessaro]

i am interested as long as i dont have to pay for a ppv

That's kinda where I am at. I didn't buy nor did I even watch the Conor/Floyd fight, don't really care for more of these cross over type fights. Elite boxers will always beat an MMA fighter in boxing.

I don't think Francis has a chance against Fury.

 

[Karl_Hungus]

Not really. He will get murdelated, probably. It will make MMA look bad. All so he can get a paycheck and piss off Uncle Fester. I mean, I will watch, of course, but only streamside. I can't imagine what kind of goof would actually pay for the paper view.

 

[Hagler]

Not very excited to see Fury in MMA either.

 

[DestinedAussie]

nah, you are missing a lot of things here.
He did not stay out because of his injury. He purposedly delayed his operation, then took his time recuperating, because his contract ended only in December.
Only then he could fully negotiate anything outside the UFC.
They also bid his time negotiating with the UFC.

Only now, after negotiations are over, that he might be in more of a hurry to fight, since if he doesn't fight, he does not get paid...(though he probably now can have endorsements, do more adds, etc.).

lol at thinking a nearly 40 year old (from a country where people's ages are often lower than the reality) having serious knee surgery is going to magically turn back the clock.

While he may well be able to defy father time, the odds are heavily stacked against him, the reality is he gets paid, loses a couple of times, retires and everyone forgets about him.

 

[Dacha]

It woul be easy to trol on this one, just by saing Ngannou will win easily.

But in reality only reason i would like to see him box is because he is HW and lucky punch is a posibility, regadless if it is 1 in 10 bilion chance, lol.

Even if he never pass his jab and not land a single punch.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

Bet you paid to watch Wilder before though. Only an ignorant would not have interest in watching him in a boxing ring. He would definitely put up a better fight than most of these bum HW's these days.

Yeah, because a non-boxer would be so thrilling to watch box. Totally makes sense. Ngannou will be gasping for air after only a few rounds. Clearly he doesn't have the conditioning to put up a better fight than an actual boxer. It will be his undoing along with his complete lack of boxing skill. When he gets knocked out early don't say I didn't tell you. He should stick to MMA where the heavyweight scene is laughably bad compared to boxing's.

 

[Roids]

Yeah, because a non-boxer would be so thrilling to watch box. Totally makes sense. Ngannou will be gasping for air after only a few rounds. Clearly he doesn't have the conditioning to put up a better fight than an actual boxer. It will be his undoing along with his complete lack of boxing skill. When he gets knocked out early don't say I didn't tell you. He should stick to MMA where the heavyweight scene is laughably bad compared to boxing's.

You don't need to be a boxer to have boxing skills as multiple MMA fighters have already proven in boxing with very successful performances. Francis has better technique than Wilder already, and with his size and power would be fav vs bums like charles martin, and would definitely be a serious threat to Wilder.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

You don't need to be a boxer to have boxing skills as multiple MMA fighters have already proven in boxing with very successful performances. Francis has better technique than Wilder already, and with his size and power would be fav vs bums like charles martin, and would definitely be a serious threat to Wilder.

Different sports. MMA fighters have hardly succeeded in boxing. None of them have at the top level. Francis would make Wilder look like Joe Louis in terms of technique. He loads up on every punch he throws, has no defense to speak of, no footwork, no stamina, and the boxing skill of a club fighter. Wilder KOs him in 1 round. I have $100 riding on that. Not that you'd ever put your money where your mouth is.

 

[Roids]

He loads up on every punch he throws, has no defense to speak of, no footwork, no stamina, and the boxing skill of a club fighter.

You don't realize you just described Wilder. GG

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

You don't realize you just described Wilder. GG

Wilder is a former Olympic medalist and world champion as a pro with 10 title defenses (weak opposition aside). The soundness of his technique in his straight right hand alone shits on anything Ngannou's ever thrown. You're one dumb SOB.

 

[Roids]

Wilder is a former Olympic medalist and world champion as a pro with 10 title defenses (weak opposition aside). The soundness of his technique in his straight right hand alone shits on anything Ngannou's ever thrown. You're one dumb SOB.

The fact he achieved that despite having club fighter skills tells you alot about the state of HW boxing this era.





This is the type of beautiful crisp combination punching that Wilder has never done in his life.

PS, I just rekt you yet again. Bring on march 25th.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

The fact he achieved that despite having club fighter skills tells you alot about the state of HW boxing this era.





This is the type of beautiful crisp combination punching that Wilder has never done in his life.

PS, I just rekt you yet again. Bring on march 25th.

You think Wilder getting overexcited when he has his man hurt proves that his technique is bad? I can show you picture perfect straight right hands that he's thrown in a controlled manner. Sniped top heavyweights with. You can't show me that with Ngannou because every punch he throws is fundamentally flawed. Ngannou has whiffed even worse than that and against guys that wouldn't even be able to hang with a regional level amateur boxing champion.

Wilder was a 2x national champion (Golden Gloves & US Nationals), Olympic bronze medalist, and WBC world champion with 10 title defenses as a pro. If you put Ngannou in the ring with an amateur US national champion he'd get his ears boxed off. Nevermind at the world level as a pro. You're a deluded clown.

 

[Uncertainly Principled]

Why lie? Why are people pretending they're not interested in seeing themselves proved right?
EVERY. SINGLE. PERSON. who voted "No" on this karate forum poll will induitably watch it
Everyone predicting a dude they've never seen get KOd will get KOd but they have no interest in seeing themselves proved right

Spoiler

 

[Shaddows]

lol at thinking a nearly 40 year old (from a country where people's ages are often lower than the reality) having serious knee surgery is going to magically turn back the clock.

While he may well be able to defy father time, the odds are heavily stacked against him, the reality is he gets paid, loses a couple of times, retires and everyone forgets about him.

heh, I don't care about your hate for him.
Everyone knew that after beating Gane he would stay out until his contract expired. The injury was just "an excuse" to stay out without the UFC calling him for "bad faith".
That does not mean he is past his prime.

oh, and let's not forget.... he is not the only 40+ years old champ....

 

[DestinedAussie]

heh, I don't care about your hate for him.
Everyone knew that after beating Gane he would stay out until his contract expired. The injury was just "an excuse" to stay out without the UFC calling him for "bad faith".
That does not mean he is past his prime.

oh, and let's not forget.... he is not the only 40+ years old champ....

ACL reconstruction and MCL repair is not a minor injury/excuse. You are crazy if you don't realise how serious that is.

It isn't hate, I liked him as a fighter and thought he got screwed over during his prime while lesser fighters rematched leaving him with little opportunity to fight for belt.

Also injury in UFC contracts can extend them so I doubt it had anything to do with negotiations other than he was never signing under conditions the UFC would propose.

 

[Reaperman]

I think it would be fun. He has a bigger chance than Conor did simply because he has 1 punch knockout power. I suspect he would get completely schooled and be totally gassed by the 4th round though. After 1 fight, I doubt anyone will wanna watch him box again…..

 

[cheesus]

I would have rathered he stayed in MMA but I'll obviously watch it, I wish he'd just take a few tune up fights first and see how he goes, no one should licence him fighting a top 10 HW in his debut with no amateur or pro experience.