Tyson Fury is set to welcome Francis Ngannou to a boxing ring on Saturday night. Fury’s WBC heavyweight title will not be up for grabs but there is still plenty of possible intrigue as the ‘Gypsy King’ takes on the former UFC champion.
Ngannou holds a world record for his punching power and will hope to catch an unsuspecting Fury to record an astonishing victory in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
It is an opportunity for Ngannou to live out his dream of becoming a professional boxer on the world stage as he looks to be the first man to defeat Fury.
However, few boxing fans give Ngannou any real hope of earning a historic win and, instead, will view this as a warm up for Fury’s undisputed heavyweight title with Oleksandr Usyk, which has already been agreed.
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