Eddie Hearn revealed Tyson Fury‘s beautiful declare about Francis Ngannou after Anthony Joshua‘s damaging KO over the ex-UFC heavyweight king.
The two-time former unified world heavyweight champion knocked out the MMA star within the second spherical of their blockbuster bout in Saudi Arabia on Friday (March 8) in brutal style.
It was the 34-year-old’s fourth victory in a row which locations him in prime place for a 3rd probability to assert the heavyweight titles which will likely be positioned on the road in Oleksandr Usyk‘s battle towards Tyson Fury on May 18th.
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Following Joshua’s triumph in Riyadh, Hearn spoke to the media the place he pleaded with Fury to defeat Usyk which might enable him to create presumably the most important battle in British boxing historical past towards Joshua. “Please Tyson Fury, beat Usyk, because at the end of the day, this guy [Joshua] is a monster,” the Matchroom chief stated.
Hearn then stated that Fury opened up about his expertise preventing on Ngannou to him and simply how robust the Cameroonian’s chin is.
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Hearn added: “Tyson Fury said to me ‘I tell you something about Francis Ngannou, I hit his chin four or five time early in the first round flush, [and] he didn’t even flinch'”. Backing his fighter, the promoter insisted that an in-form Joshua will knock out anyone in his path, together with Tyson Fury.
“You see that tonight, that was an absolute abomination, there isn’t even a word because that is a monster, the number one heavyweight in the world gets in the ring with Usyk like that, he gets in with Fury like that, everyone knows he knocks out Tyson Fury,” Hearn continued.
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“I’ve always believed it, now it’s not even questionable, he’s the most humble guy you’ll ever meet me, I’m not, I got the best heavyweight in the world and his name is Anthony Joshua.”
While Joshua was the overwhelming favourites, it was actually a visit to see Ngannou knocked out, given he is by no means even been knocked down throughout his MMA profession.