Topic: Tyson Fury vs Francis Ngannou Boxing October 28 - page 15. (Read 4444 times)

So far I never missed any of Fury's recent fights it's hard to miss it especially if it involves a big name like the Wilder fights and now this Ngannou fight, especially this fight because Ngannou is the badest man in the other arena, it is fun to watch fury you can't underestimate the guy even if he looks out of shape.

Well, we always see him look out of shape in all of his very important fights, their face-off looks unusual a muscle guy looks down on a guy who looks out of shape but looks is really deceiving the fighter who looks out of shape will knock out the guy who is well toned.

Personally, it doesn't really matter to me what time it is in my timezone; if there's a free live stream available, I'll definitely be tuning in to watch the fight. Especially for those big matchups that I just can't afford to miss because there's something about watching it live that adds to the excitement, far beyond just catching the highlights. The fight is creeping closer, and Ngannou seems super prepared, while Fury, well, he always looks pretty relaxed, but we all know he's in top shape even if he doesn't necessarily look like it.

Only 9 days to go before this big event and we have the undercard of the fight, these are all top heavyweight fighters




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There's even a possibility that Saudi Arabia could become a boxing haven the way fights are being staged here, Las Vegas still holds the number one spot but countries want to have a share of the spotlight, the Saudi tourism industry is benefiting because many neighboring Arab countries are going to Saudi to watch these big events.

Honestly, I am more accustomed to the events being held in Las Vegas than having them in Saudi or England because of my time zone conflict, I missed some of the top fights like the Ruiz - Joshua 2 match but I'm not going to miss this match even if I wake up in the early mornings, so much is at stake on this fight you want to be there to see how it happen.

the day of the fight is approaching, something that keeps me wondering as I hear that some sporting event is going to take place in some Arab country like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Dubai and that in these countries the laws are based on religion, they are extremely strict when it comes to to enforce their laws, and hardly forgive any offender, and without wanting to stay here judging the fighters' behavior, many of the fighters have bad behavior in their daily lives, things like a lot of sex with a lot of women, a lot of alcohol consumption, nightlife in bars and restaurants, casinos are the lifestyle of many fighters, especially using bad words like "fuck".

So I'm wondering how these fighters will behave in Saudi Arabia? because from what I saw on TV and in many newspapers, in many hotels there are even prostitutes ready to serve rich men, and the fighters after the fights really liked to stay in luxury hotels that have this type of services, that is, after the fight. fight, the guys drink a lot and hang out with a lot of prostitutes in hotels. So do they also have an exception in Saudi Arabia and allow this?

According to google and several other sources, prostitution in Saudi Arabia is a crime punishable by imprisonment, so my opinion is the following: even though the Arabs pay well for these fights, I still don't see how their customs will adapt to the the customs of most fighters, I honestly wonder how long it will take organizing these fights in Saudi Arabia before something goes wrong

And this is the very reason, they have a lot of money, and then want to be entertained. And what's more than boxing itself. Although I must admit that in the beginning when there are fights being held there, I thought it was a bad idea because of the time zone I guess and there's no boxing fans in that part of the globe. But it turns out to be a good idea for boxing, as the Saudi's allowed boxers to fight in their country and of course they are getting entertained and the promoters and boxers are getting paid handsomely. So it's a win win situation, and maybe in the next coming years we might see some boxers as well coming from Saudi Arabia and becoming a world champion.

Bob Arum and Frank Warren are the ones handling this event but it seems like the Saudis are the ones demanding a set of explosive undercards. After the AJ-Ruiz II, Usyk-AJ II, and Fury-Paul went into the distance without knockdowns, the Saudis and the tourists are now treated with knockout artists fighting in the undercards. With the amount of money the Saudis are spending, they could've gotten more exciting fighters like a world title fight in the undercard or some top 10 fighters facing each other. But as @FinneysTrueVision mentioned, this event is more focused on the casuals as its targeted market.

Yes, and that's why promoters like Bob Arum's Top Rank and Eddie Hearn's Match Room are in the desert promoting those events in Middle East or specifically Saudi Arabia. Because there's a lot of money out there obviously and saw this boxing promoters have somewhat 'exploited' the riches of that country.

So still a win win for us boxing fans, regardless for the Saudi's that this is just entertainment for them because they have a lot of money to burn and just why not boxing for their population?

The Saudis don't have much experience in promoting major boxing events. They are more familiar with entertainment. This fight is being marketed more for a casual audience than die hard boxing fans. That's why they made it part of the Riyadh Season festival. The card might not be the most appealing but people will still watch it for the same reasons they watch Jake Paul fights.

Ngannou is an easy fight. Earlier it was said that Ngannou would have a tune-up in boxing but it didn't happen. Probably because he might lose or he may look bad it could damage his market. I doubt he can beat any of the top 50 in the heavyweights. All they do is stay away from him in the early rounds and jab him to death. Ngannou is not young, he is inactive, and those heavy arms will tire him after 3 or 4 rounds.

I believe announcing the Fury-Usyk fight in Saudi adds more hype to this fight. If they want more hype, Bob Arum should've tried to put a Mexican or a Latino in the undercard to cater to their huge boxing community.

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Ngannou is no one to the boxing community. If anything, this fight is to be considered by them as an exhibition of retired boxers and there is no real belt.


Well, WBC has to introduce Ngannou in order to light up their HW while Usyk reigns on WBO, WBA, and IBF. Usyk unified these 3 and it is just WBC is missing, the fans see Fury is not willing to give that up til this recent announcement so his time is ticking. We'll see what will happen. I just have the feeling that he will make an excuse not to fight Usyk later.

There does not seem to be hype surrounding the fight as it should have been. Is it because Wilder was a bigger proposition that people could not stop talking about the trilogy for a long time? Or is it because Ngannou is deemed to be an easy fight because he is not really a professional boxer. If they added bigger names to the undercard, would the hype have been bigger.

This fight does not seem to have the same feel as Fury fighting Wilder (or a potential future bout with Usyk). At the beginning of the announcement of the Ngannou fight there was interest across the media but that subsided.

I don't think Fury would dodge a champ. He's got Usyk lined up after this bout, so hang tight, man, that time's coming. Fury's just out there living his life, savoring what he's achieved. He's the top dog in the heavyweight division, no doubt. Fury's not scared of anyone; he even took down Wilder when he was the kingpin. So, Usyk better keep an eye out because he's likely next in line, but let's wait for this fight to play out.

Oh Ok, pardon me, yeah I get your point, as boxing fans, we really don't like to see mismatches, we wanted to witnessed a great fight, toe to toe and not something like a pro fight hiding like in the guise of exhibitions and maybe the Fury vs Ngannou is one of them. And with that, boxing fans knows that the chance of Francis is very slim. And as per the latest odds, Ngannou is a huge 6:1 underdog.

For the Heavyweight division? yeah, it seldom happens to see a unification fight, and not sure when is the last unification fight in Heavyweight, it could have been decades already and I will assume that Mike Tyson is the last Heavyweight champion to do that, or maybe Lennox Lewis or Evander Holyfield, late 80's-early 90's era. Although recently we have champions in modern era unifying it like Crawford, 140 and 147 lbs, and then Inoue at Bantamweight, 118 lbs and most likely at Super Bantamweight at 122 lbs.

^ Most probably. Fury disappointed many of his fans because of the decision to fight a none boxer, he prioritized Ngannou instead of Usyk who had been tailing him for a while. Most boxing fans see the fight to be an unnecessary exhibition the fact it's a 10-round fight with no title on the line.  If not for the Arab initiative, this will not happen.

If Ngannou is just willing to make trash talks and the language barrier is not a problem, they may not really need more outside factors to make noise.

The WBC take 3% of the money so they're always desperate to get involved in anything. I'm pretty sure they'll come up with a belt as well like they usually do. The fight is being billed as The Baddest Man on the Planet so they'll probably do something with that.


The undercard is actually pretty good. Much better than most and the all heavyweight card adds a little extra meat to it.


I think it was done to try drum up some more interest for the fight and get a lot of Tyson's fanbase back on board. Pretty much 99% of Tyson's own fanbase aren't happy that he's been ducking Usyk and taking what they see as an easy exhibition fight just for the money. At least this announcement simmers down the hate. I'm going to laugh so hard though if Ngannou sends him into the shadow realm and to be honest I think Tyson is due a humbling and if not by Francis then maybe Usyk will do it next.

If certainly would have had an impact on the hype if the names on the undercard were famous or popular fighters, that does not seem to be the case here. They should have had a bigger undercard. After this drama is over and I think Fury will be doing himself a complete injustice if he does not get in the ring to fight Usyk with the prize on the line being all of the heavyweight titles. Usky will also regret it if the fight does not go ahead. The public want it therefore a solution should be found. That fight would not need a big undercard.

No, I mean from a boxing fan's point of view. It's one thing to watch a circus fight when there is nothing else, then Ok, why not. But when you know that in 2-3 months there will be a fight that everyone has been waiting for for several years (I think this can be said because unification fights do not happen so often), then there is no special desire to watch a circus fight.
Ngannou doesn’t have many chances, but he does have them. How ironic it would be if he wins or Fury gets injured that ruins the next fight.

Maybe because the undercards are not so popular. Only Fury and Ngannou are pretty much known. There are a few like Artin Bakole and Makhmudov but basically, all are HW fights yet but there are also unconfirmed.

Very unpro that they announced Usyk vs. Fury while there's yet an upcoming event for Fury.  The announcement could just be for the purpose of hyping this Fury vs Ngannou fight and there never really is an intention to make it happen. Fury is afraid of Usyk, that is why he accepted to fight Ngannou but he's in for a surprise.

It seems the hype surrounding this fight has not subsided but for some reason I just do not think it is as big as it was when it was first announced. There is no disrespect intended to Fury or Ngannou but when it was announced I was eager to watch, I still want to watch the fight when it takes place but that is still another 24 days away.

Anything related to the fight is hardly making rounds in the news either. Maybe the hype in the media will pick up again when there are just a few days before the event.