The ‘script’ for Anthony Joshua‘s blockbuster bout towards Francis Ngannou has been leaked, in keeping with followers.
The two-time former unified world heavyweight champion takes on the ex-UFC heavyweight king on Friday (March 8) in Saudi Arabia in what has been a speedy ascension to the highest of boxing for the Cameroonian, who misplaced a controversial split-decision combat towards Tyson Fury in his skilled boxing debut final 12 months.
It’s into the fireplace as soon as once more for Ngannou, 37, who faces an especially stern take a look at in Joshua, 34, who’s using a three-fight win streak.
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Former two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua steps within the ring with MMA famous person Francis Ngannou, following his beautiful show towards Tyson Fury.
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To assist the growing anticipation of the crossover conflict, the boxing behemoths took half in a Street Fighter-themed trailer that noticed each males fall on crash mats concurrently after touchdown punches on one another.
A leaked clip of the footage made the rounds on social media which has prompted combat followers to counsel the epic bout has a predetermined consequence with one X (previously Twitter) person writing: “Francis Ngannou vs Anthony Joshua script simply leaked!!!”
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Another person mentioned: “I know what to bet the house on now! I’m getting rich, guys!” whereas a 3rd chimed in: “Another chimed in: “How can these fighters spend this a lot time collectively & rehearse scenes collectively & nonetheless preserve the integrity of the combat fiercely aggressive and never scripted or only a glorified spar?”
There were a few who were complimentary about the creativeness of the promo with one fan writing: “The new combat promo is fairly slick. Has some road fighter II vibes about it.”
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A win for Joshua in Riyadh will ebook him a title combat towards the winner of Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury however the Brit has his focus firmly set on ‘The Predator’ and revealed he will not underestimate the MMA star. “If Tyson underestimated Ngannou, I sure won’t. Francis has lost the element of surprise with me,” Joshua mentioned.
“We knew Francis had a reputation as the biggest puncher in the world but the surprise was how well he boxed. He was exceptional on the inside and made life very complicated for Tyson. So much so that I do belong to the opinion that he beat Fury.”