Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury are preparing to treat their fans once again with a clash of the heavyweights. In the fight for the ‘Baddest motherf**ker on the planet’, Francis Ngannou is going to make his $10,000,000 debut. Boxing legend Mike Tyson previously held the title of the ‘Baddest Motherf**ker on the planet’. Now, a UFC heavyweight fighter comes out in support of ‘the Gypsy King’ claiming that he will help coach the boxer ahead of his clash against Ngannou.
The news of Francis Ngannuo leaving UFC came earlier this year in January when Alexander Volknovski lost against Islam Makhachev. After the fight, the UFC president announced that Ngannou will not be renewing his UFC contract and will become a free agent. Since then Ngannou has teased a fight with Deontay Wilder, Anthony Joshua, and Jon Jones before finally confirming a fight with Tyson Fury.
Ngannou since leaving UFC has also signed a contract with their competitor PFL. On the other hand, Tyson Fury has earlier claimed that he was retired only to come back and tease fans with a possible fight with Oleksandr Usyk or Anthony Joshua. Now the fans will finally get to see their beloved fighters fight after a long hiatus and looks like Fury has the support of a top UFC heavyweight fighter, Tom Aspinal.
Tyson Fury aided by the top UFC heavyweight ahead of Francis Ngannou clash
UFC heavyweight fighter Tom Aspinal appeared on the “Believe You Me” podcast. During the podcast, he spoke about how he is going to help Fury in the clash of the heavyweight and not the former UFC fighter.
Aspinal said, “I’m actually going to help Tyson. I have no loyalties to Francis Ngannou.I think Ngannou has a puncher’s chance, obviously. He’s one of the hardest punchers in combat sports. But, I think that’s all he’s got, to be honest. I’m not saying, well if Francis Ngannou knocks out Tyson Fury, I wouldn’t be surprised. I’m not saying it can’t happen. It definitely can happen. But, if we’re talking about skillsets, Tyson Fury is like universes ahead of him in terms of skillset.“
Aspinal is currently making his name in the heavyweight division of the UFC. Had Ngannou stayed in UFC Aspinal could have faced Ngannou. However, Apsinal also spoke about how he wanted to see Ngannou fight Fury before talking about aiding Fury.
Aspinal wanted Ngannou to fight Fury
According to a report from the MMAFighting, Aspinal appeared on the MMA Hour Podcast. During his appearance on the podcast, Aspinal revealed his desire to watch Ngannou and Fury go at it.
Aspinal said, “Who doesn’t want to see that? I want to see it with MMA gloves, because I actually believe — usually I’m rooting for Tyson and of course I would be in this one, but if Francis hits with them little gloves, he is so dangerous. He’s very unorthodox and I think that if Fury was going to lose to anyone in boxing, it would have been [Deontay] Wilder because he’s so unorthodox.“
It seems as if Aspinal’s wishes came true along with other millions of fans. Furthermore, Aspinal has put his chips on Fury and is willing to help him win against Ngannou. Who do you think will become the new ‘Baddest man on the planet’?
