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<\/p>\nFrancis Ngannou\u2019s promo video for his bout against heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury has left fans calling it a \u2018joke\u2019.<\/p>\n
Former UFC heavyweight champion Ngannou takes on Fury in a bout billed as the \u2018battle of the baddest\u2019 on Saturday in Saudi Arabia. The crossover clash is a professional fight with the outcome recorded on both fighter\u2019s record, although Fury\u2019s WBC heavyweight title won\u2019t be on the line.<\/p>\n
Ahead of the fight, which will be the Cameroonian\u2019s first boxing fight, he posted a video of him being repeatedly punched in the abs, although the punches didn\u2019t appear to have any power behind them, causing fans to question whether the video was serious or not.<\/p>\n
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Fans on social media started questioning the six second clip, with one saying: \u201cLol why is he punching like that?\u201d A second said: \u201cWhat the f*** is that?!\u201d<\/p>\n
A third added: \u201cThis has to be a joke.\u201d While a fourth sarcastically commented: \u201cThat guy is way more jacked than Fury. Putting the house on Francis.\u201d<\/p>\n
What did you make of Francis Ngannou\u2019s promo video? Let us know in the comments section.<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n
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Ngannou has the chance to deal Fury the first defeat of his professional boxing career, and has brought in American boxing royalty Mike Tyson, who Fury is named after, as his coach. But even with Tyson\u2019s influence, Ngannou is the huge outsider and even had former super-middleweight champion Carl Froch questioning whether Tyson would\u2019ve been a more exciting opponent for Fury.<\/p>\n
He told BestGamblingSites: \u201cBringing Mike Tyson in has brought more interest to it, it's like he's glamorised the event. Wherever he goes he's like a God. He's a f***ing mad, brilliant fighter and the ultimate fighting machine. <\/p>\n
"There's an argument to say Mike Tyson would give Tyson Fury a better fight than Francis Ngannou. He's got all of that experience, he's an old man, but he'd give Tyson Fury more of a fight for two or three rounds than Francis Ngannou is going to manage.\u201d<\/p>\n