After Aj KO down, Francis Ngannou’s next boxing opponent identified following brutal Anthony Joshua KO
Francis Ngannou is yet to decide on his combat sports future after suffering a brutal knockout defeat to Anthony Joshua earlier this year, with Deontay Wilder a possible opponent
Francis Ngannou could face Deontay Wilder in a clash of the KO artists as the MMA star ponders a return to the ring. After his departure from the UFC after beating Ciryl Gane at UFC 270 in 2022, ‘The Predator’ decided to roll the dice in professional boxing
Although he faced a narrow split-decision loss against Tyson Fury and was later knocked out by Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia, Ngannou has not given up on either boxing or MMA. “I never left MMA. Also, I haven’t left boxing. I’m not returning to MMA, I never left MMA. That’s the confusion,” he told BBC Sport.
“The fact that those fights even happened, it was something exceptional. I had that dream for over 20 years, and I finally put it into fruition. That was dream chasing, a life-long dream I completed.” After his bout with Joshua, Francis stepped back into the octagon in October for the first time in two years to face Renan Ferreira for the PFL Super Fights Heavyweight Championship, where he emerged victorious with a compelling first-round knockout win in Riyadh.
