{"id":291818,"date":"2023-10-24T09:24:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=291818"},"modified":"2023-10-24T09:24:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:24:56","slug":"ronaldo-gifts-francis-ngannou-87000-watch-ahead-of-tyson-fury-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/boxing\/ronaldo-gifts-francis-ngannou-87000-watch-ahead-of-tyson-fury-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo gifts Francis Ngannou \u00a387,000 watch ahead of Tyson Fury fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Cristiano Ronaldo gifts Francis Ngannou a luxury watch worth \u00a387,000 ahead of the UFC legend&#8217;s box-office clash with Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia after the two met in Riyadh earlier this year<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cristiano Ronaldo and Francis Ngannou met up in Riyadh earlier this year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The footballer has gifted the UFC legend a watch ahead of his Tyson Fury bout\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Follow Mail Sport&#8217;s new boxing WhatsApp channel for all the breaking news\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo has gifted Francis Ngannou a watch worth \u00a387,000 ahead of the UFC legend&#8217;s cross-over bout with Tyson Fury in Saudi Arabia this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou smiled as he showed off the Jacob and Co watch, which came in a CR7 stylised case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was presented with the gift, from the limited edition line called &#8216;Heart of Ronaldo&#8217;, outside a Jacob and Co outlet.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Got to pick up my new watch ahead of fight week here in Riyadh,&#8217; wrote Ngannou as he labelled Ronaldo his &#8216;brother&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The two met in Riyadh in January after Ngannou was released from his UFC contract and he called the footballer &#8216;inspirational&#8217; at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76925961-0-image-a-2_1698134547561.jpg\" height=\"1050\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Francis Ngannou showed off the luxury watch that Cristiano Ronaldo gifted him in a video\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76925963-0-The_UFC_legend_was_presented_with_the_87_000_watch_ahead_of_his_-a-7_1698134951217.jpg\" height=\"1057\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The UFC legend was presented with the \u00a387,000 watch ahead of his fight with Tyson Fury<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo is known to be a fan of combat sports and once admitted that he prefers watching boxing or UFC over football.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has previously been pictured with many stars from that world, including Floyd Mayweather, Anthony Joshua, and Conor McGregor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou is preparing for a blockbuster contest against Fury which has drawn criticism from fans who wanted latter to face Oleksandr Usyk.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dubbed &#8216;The Battle of the Baddest&#8217;, it will see the Nigerian mixed martial artist compete in his first professional boxing fight.<\/p>\n<p>He is set to pocket more money than he earned across his entire 14-fight UFC career\u00a0as estimates predict he will earn around \u00a36million.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou was no small fish in UFC, either &#8211; he was the reigning heavyweight champion at the time of his departure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76925965-0-image-a-4_1698134668206.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo and Ngannou linked up in January as the UC legend called the footballer &#8216;inspirational&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76925967-0-image-a-5_1698134891950.jpg\" height=\"634\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Al-Nassr star once said he prefers to watch boxing or UFC over 90 minutes of football<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76817047-0-Tyson_Fury_said_he_will_knock_out_Francis_Ngannou_in_six_rounds_-a-8_1698134988191.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Tyson Fury said he will knock out Francis Ngannou in six rounds in their bout on October 28<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76816971-0-Ngannou_has_been_training_with_Mike_Tyson_to_prepare_for_his_fir-a-9_1698134990737.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ngannou has been training with Mike Tyson to prepare for his first-ever pro boxing fight\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mike Tyson has been training Ngannou in a bid to get him ready for the showpiece bout.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Fury&#8217;s WBC belt is not on the line, The Gypsy King previously said he would not show his face in public if he lost, underlining how much the punch-fest means to him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Fury said that he was going to knock out his opponent &#8216;inside six rounds&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8216;Listen, no one can take my power. 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