Ngannou's boxing & PFL match will be against same opponent

[Guy LeDouche]

 

[DoctorTaco]

If this is true, its a big mistake to make the boxing bout first, he would get a life-altering beating from Wilder in boxing

it’s not. pure conjecture from TS. He just forgot to write, “I think that” in his title.

Why not MMA and boxing fight AT THE SAME TIME, both rule sets together
Ultimate Fight Boxing!!

I think bob sapp did one of these years ago. Alternating rounds of kickboxing and mma. Big bob pretended like he couldn’t get his mma gloves on or off or something to try and edge things in his favor if I recall correctly

 

[bubbleboyjones]

It only makes sense. The wait till after the boxing match, the minimum purse for opponent(high level boxers won't fight for Reebok coupons), deontay wilder saying he would be open to fighting Francis in boxing & MMA.

The fights will be Francis vs Wilder 1 & 2

This is the entire point of BKFC.

Something that is at least more middle ground over this stupid shit of MMA guy who can't compete under Marquess of Queensberry rules boxing and boxer who can't do shit in MMA without a 10 second hail mary punch.

 

[j18lee]

No boxer besides James Toney is dumb enough to fight a real sanctioned MMA fight. ZERO

You should qualify that. You mean no active rich boxer would be dumb enough to fight a MMA fight right?

Plenty of active lower level boxers or retired old broke boxers have and would fight MMA if the money was right.

Toney of course, but Holly Holm, Marcus Davis, Claressa Shields, Ray Mercer, Ricardo Mayorga, Matt Skelton (who fought Anthony Joshua) and of course, most famously Art Jimmerson.

 

[ookii]

why not have it be bare knuckle boxing so they can have some middle ground? Probably the only issue is bareknuckle boxing is being seen as a low brow yokel sport. Its almost the bottom of the barrel low porn

 

[Kevster]

Wilder is on showtime, didn’t big Franky want 30m for a boxing match there.

 

[MMA_AZ]

ZERO?

Look one post above yours

 

[fzoid4454]

No boxer besides James Toney is dumb enough to fight a real sanctioned MMA fight. ZERO

Ray Mercer and Tim Sylvia disagree.

 

[chiefwiggum]

why not have it be bare knuckle boxing so they can have some middle ground? Probably the only issue is bareknuckle boxing is being seen as a low brow yokel sport? Its almost the bottom of the barrel low porn

those guys wouldn’t destroy their hands. You can’t blast away. Bareknuckle. Wilder has several kos landing on the forehead. His hand would be dust.

 

[ookii]

I'm thinking Dillian Whyte also. 2 million might be too low for Wilder but for Whyte it sounds about right. Hes also a high name boxer but not in the range of Fury, Joshua or Wilder.

 

[Blastbeat]

Dillian Whyte has fought in MMA. I think he is a plausible candidate.

I'm thinking Dillian Whyte also. 2 million might be too low for Wilder but for Whyte it sounds about right. Hes also a high name boxer but not in the range of Fury, Joshua or Wilder.

Whyte is probably the best candidate for fighting Ngannou. and i think Ngannou has a decent chance against him in boxing. all he's gotta do is throw an uppercut <Lmaoo>
nah but seriously i think Whyte is a winnable fight in boxing for Ngannou. far more winnable than AJ, Fury or Wilder.

 

[ookii]

Whyte is probably the best candidate for fighting Ngannou. and i think Ngannou has a decent chance against him in boxing. all he's gotta do is throw an uppercut <Lmaoo>
nah but seriously i think Whyte is a winnable fight in boxing for Ngannou. far more winnable than AJ, Fury or Wilder.

Whyte did say he was interested. Maybe the other poster is correct that they maybe need to cough up another million or two to get Whyte interested. If not, how does Ruiz, Parker or even Big Bang or Joyce sound? Least likely would be Joyce since hes not likely in the mood to take a fight after the loss to Zhang. I could see Zhang taking it given that hes 40 which is about the age to retire soon

 

[kalabula]

Came here to bash TS. But, it’s not a terrible idea. At least as far as a money draw goes. Damnit TS, I’m in.

 

[bartleby929]

Wilder is ok with getting $2 million? Lol

It is going to be Francis v. Big Ben Rothwell

 

[arcadeperfect]

Nah. He will get KO'D fast.

A fast and brutal KO and be life changing. Especially when it's from someone like Wilder.

 

[mma fighter]

Wilder like: “Yeah, let’s do one boxing and one MMA.”

“Boxing first though…”

Wilder hoping Ngannou doesn't wake up after getting KTFO, LOL!

 

[Blastbeat]

Whyte did say he was interested. Maybe the other poster is correct that they maybe need to cough up another million or two to get Whyte interested. If not, how does Ruiz, Parker or even Big Bang or Joyce sound? Least likely would be Joyce since hes not likely in the mood to take a fight after the loss to Zhang. I could see Zhang taking it given that hes 40 which is about the age to retire soon

Ruiz - maybe Ngannou has a chance. so far Ruiz has shown a good chin so not too sure. he's also got really fast hands for a big guy; he could land a combination on the inside that Ngannou wouldnt see coming. Parker would be able to box and move, tire Ngannou out and get a TKO. Zhang and Joyce would put a beatdown on that ass.
Whyte is the best candidate because he's slower than Parker/Ruiz, not as powerful as Joyce/Zhang and has a known flaw in his style. so Ngannou should

 

[GordonMMARamsey]

Seems legit.

 

[Pittie Petey]

If its a big time boxer then you do the MMA fight first to build up interest in the boxing match, no ones really gonna give a shit about Ngannou fighting a boxer with no build up but if the boxer is coming back to avenge his MMA loss then maybe you got yourself a storyline that'll put butts in seats

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

If the PFL could really land Ngannou/Wilder 2 that would be fucking huge for them. Thats a legit 1m+ buys PPV fight.