News Joshua vs Ngannou Official March 8th Saudi Arabia

[MMALOPEZ]

 

[treelo]

Joshua going round making Tyson Furys wins look stupid

 

[MMALOPEZ]

 

[Fisticuffa]

He should fight Zhang, Zhang is 40+ & could help out Boxing in the Chinese market

 

[burningspear]

Lets hope josh can maintain the confidence. If an mma fighter can hang with the cream of boxing, kinda makes boxing redundant

 

[Misery Signals]

So they have 2 logical choices but are going with something stupid instead?

 

[treelo]

the only way this fight is being made is if they have had a tip off that the Hrgovich fight wont be for the IBF title, Joshua has made it perfectly clear he values titles over anything else

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[tomjones]

Other news site state that Joshuas camp are considering Zhang aswell.

Zhang being considered as Joshuas next opponent - skyports.com

 

[MMALOPEZ]

Other news site state that Joshuas camp are considering Zhang aswell.

Zhang being considered as Joshuas next opponent - skyports.com

Actually Hrgovic is the mandatory…. Zhang and Ngannou are options at this moment

 

[borntoloseNOT]

Lets hope josh can maintain the confidence. If an mma fighter can hang with the cream of boxing, kinda makes boxing redundant

What did that make MMA when Ray Mercer blew Sylvia out in 11 seconds?

 

[burningspear]

What did that make MMA when Ray Mercer blew Sylvia out in 11 seconds?

this place is a cunt to post gifs now, sheeiiit that was awesome, the maine-iac found out about real hands lol

 

[tomjones]

Actually Hrgovic is the mandatory…. Zhang and Ngannou are options at this moment

So your saying Joshua has to fight Hrgovic next?

 

[joeson]

Actually Hrgovic is the mandatory…. Zhang and Ngannou are options at this moment

There is no mandatory for Joshua at the moment and won’t be for at least 10 days after the Usyk vs Fury fight. Probably will take longer than that, though. Would Joshua take that fight without a guarantee of the IBF belt being on the line? March is the last date if he wants to fight in Saudi until late October.

 

[tomjones]

There is no mandatory for Joshua at the moment and won’t be for at least 10 days after the Usyk vs Fury fight. Probably will take longer than that, though. Would Joshua take that fight without a guarantee of the IBF belt being on the line? March is the last date if he wants to fight in Saudi until late October.

Joshua won't fight Ngannou, cause a loss to an ex-ufc fighter would end his career. Zhang seems the more logical option.

 

[joeson]

Joshua won't fight Ngannou, cause a loss to an ex-ufc fighter would end his career. Zhang seems the more logical option.

A loss to anyone would derail his chances at a title and people would be calling for his retirement. That’s the way boxing works.

Listen to what Hearn is saying. The winner of Fury/Usyk is the goal. Which fight gets him closer to that if the IBF title isn’t on the line? Assuming Fury wins, beating Wallin and then Ngannou, the guys that gave Fury the toughest fights, gives AJ the most leverage. Plus, Fury wants an Ngannou rematch. If AJ beats Francis first he eliminates that option leaving Fury with virtually no option but to box him.

Zhang is the least likely option. It’s all risk and no reward. Zhang is dangerous and not well known. There’s only an interim WBO title on the line and it brings him no closer to getting a Fury fight. Plus, the Saudis are looking for a big fight to replace Wilder vs Joshua. Is that really Zhang or Hrgovic with no title on the line?

 

[Colin Mackie]

A loss to anyone would derail his chances at a title and people would be calling for his retirement. That’s the way boxing works.

Listen to what Hearn is saying. The winner of Fury/Usyk is the goal. Which fight gets him closer to that if the IBF title isn’t on the line? Assuming Fury wins, beating Wallin and then Ngannou, the guys that gave Fury the toughest fights, gives AJ the most leverage. Plus, Fury wants an Ngannou rematch. If AJ beats Francis first he eliminates that option leaving Fury with virtually no option but to box him.

Zhang is the least likely option. It’s all risk and no reward. Zhang is dangerous and not well known. There’s only an interim WBO title on the line and it brings him no closer to getting a Fury fight. Plus, the Saudis are looking for a big fight to replace Wilder vs Joshua. Is that really Zhang or Hrgovic with no title on the line?

The IBF will waste no time in stripping the winner of Usyk/Fury. I expect AJ/Hrgovic for the IBF belt in March.

If Ngannou is serious about boxing he should ask for Zhang on the undercard.

 

[dog y]

Lets hope josh can maintain the confidence. If an mma fighter can hang with the cream of boxing, kinda makes boxing redundant

Or the mma dude is just that special

 

[Levi_]

What did that make MMA when Ray Mercer blew Sylvia out in 11 seconds?

That fight was absolutely meaningless and it's a joke to base any kind of sport judgement on.

Sylvia was hugely overweight (300+) and coming off serious health problems. Sylvia was far from the best HW MMA fighter at that time, and Fury is a current champ. Not to mention Tim is the worst possible MMA representative to fight a boxer, basically an MMA slugger without much skill on the ground. Almost any quality HW would be better, and any HW with real grappling would beat Mercer.

I don't actually think at this point that boxing is redundant, but I think HW is weak enough to have a first-time boxer give the champ a hard time. I think it is more of an issue of a weak HW division than boxing being lower in general.

 

[MMALOPEZ]

There is no mandatory for Joshua at the moment and won’t be for at least 10 days after the Usyk vs Fury fight. Probably will take longer than that, though. Would Joshua take that fight without a guarantee of the IBF belt being on the line? March is the last date if he wants to fight in Saudi until late October.

Ok…. But Hrgovic is #1 and Joshua #3 … the IBF can order that fight in a heart beat ..