*** Anthony Joshua vs. Francis Ngannou Aftermath Discussion MEGA THREAD ***

[El Fernas]

Hope this ends the mma fighters trying to get into professional boxing.

Not a chance, he allegedly made like 30mill in two fights...

 

[BowserJr]

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

Was this mentioned at all ITT?

Did Francis lose reach or was 84 inches just throwing out a number and boxing officially measured him?

Francis never had an 84in reach lol
Bones doesn't have an 84.5" reach either, but they wanted to be able to market him as the youngest champion with the longest reach in current UFC/2nd longest in history (behind Semmy), so they gave him a half inch over Stefan Struve.

That's my theory anyway...

 

[Vulve]

fraud ngannou got exposed end of story

 

[HHJ]

Hope this ends the mma fighters trying to get into professional boxing.

LOL

why would this end that????

Explain.

Jake Paul has no shortage of opponents.

As long as the pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow, wherever and whatever sport it is, people will try to go for it. Francis simply stands out because he was a world champion who relibquished his belt to go for the money


Anyone could be lured away by that kind of money.

 

[HHJ]

Francis never had an 84in reach lol
Bones doesn't have an 84.5" reach either, but they wanted to be able to market him as the youngest champion with the longest reach in current UFC/2nd longest in history (behind Semmy), so they gave him a half inch over Stefan Struve.

That's my theory anyway...

I should post things as factual and then end it by saying in theory too, thats a pretty good trick

 

[ryun253]

Man, the bitter people are sre coming out in force.

Talk about extreme luck, imagine if Francis fought Joshua first instead of Fury. None of this circus show would've been happening. AJ didn't even bother to celebrate because Ngannou was so bad

 

[nostradumbass]

Far more then he would have gotten from MMA.

Looks that way now. He could have made similar money in the same amount of time fighting Gane, Jones and then Pavlovich or Aspinall if he won all 3 and stayed champ, but kinda looks like he probably wouldn't have. His grappling was only slightly better than Gane's, which we now know is horrifying bad, so Jones could have taken his time on the feet and then gotten a TD and then done what he wanted with him on the ground, and Aspinall might be too quick for him too and could also sub him.

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

I should post things as factual and then end it by saying in theory too, thats a pretty good trick

It works better than what I used to go with, as the prophecy foretold.

 

[johny ringo]

I would be very surprised if his chin or mentality was the same after tonight.

Remember how he fought BB after the Stipe loss? Big Franks confidence is gonna take a big hit.

 

[CatchtheseHands]

I meant a staring contest, against Renan, he knows the fight can actually happen after this.

It's quite possible. Francis has never lost like this before. If he isn't able to recover mentally he very well may lose another boring staring contest.

 

[Bobble Head]

Well at least he got paid

Yeah, big fan of Francis actually, but I can’t really feel bad for him getting embarrassed like that simply because the dude got paid. He lost badly, but he won at the end of the day. He got to stick to his guns throughout all of this and got paid well doing so. (Unlike many others who go down with their pride when fighting back)

.. He just had to get brutally KO’d in the process. Hey, can’t win everywhere I suppose lol.

 

[DoubleTrouble]

And people thought Francis could beat Jones.

Yeah he could. Jones can't punch.

 

[HHJ]

fraud ngannou got exposed end of story

Definitley not a fraud.

The fight with Fury wasnt CGI

 

[Phisher]

fraud ngannou got exposed end of story

Exposed as what? A guy who's not a boxer? Everybody already knew that.

The only person who looks bad here is Fury.

 

[johny ringo]

Life imitates art. Kinda.

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Only Francis wasn't throwing, lol.

Ding! Ding!

 

[markg171]

Was this mentioned at all ITT?

Did Francis lose reach or was 84 inches just throwing out a number and boxing officially measured him?

UFC has had some wonky measurements in the past. This one (94 inch reach) wouldn’t be an easy one to question based on the stature of Francis.

I was shocked to see that Francis had the shorter reach, but pleasantly surprised as it made me more confident in my double bets on AJ.

Thought he'd have to win with technique and good power, then they told me he had the reach too. $$$.

 

[Nabs]

Switching to southpaw was the biggest mistake. The first knockdown happened as soon as he switched to southpaw. His corner should've made the adjustment.

This was a big reality check for him, his team, and us all.

 

[nostradumbass]

At the end of the day Francis made more in two boxing fights than two UFC careers combined. Good for him. He might actually retire now instead of fighting in PFL.

He also collected more CTE in 1 boxing bout than 2 UFC careers combined.

 

[Can’t Handle My Riddum]

I wish these MMA fighters would stop thinking they can outbox a boxer.

I don’t think they do. I think they see an economic opportunity and they take it.