Dillian Whyte and Francis Ngannou could meet in the boxing ring later this year. The WBC interim heavyweight title holder and number two ranked UFC heavyweight have entered a war of words in recent weeks and seem keen to see which who come out on top in a one on one encounter.
Whyte is set to fight Alexander Povetkin before the end of a summer in a fight that has been postponed, with Ngannou demolishing Jairzinho Rozenstruik inside 20 seconds in their bout at UFC 249.
Eddie Hearn, group managing director of Matchroom Sport, is keen to enter talks with UFC boss Dana White to see if they can reach a deal, and he believes there is more than enough interest from the public. "I never really thought we would take this too seriously, but in the
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