Francis Ngannou
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The Lineal MMA UFC World Champion, Francis Ngannou took on the PFL Champion Renan Ferreira in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. A battle of two towering knockout strikers. The Cameroonian Ngannou took down Brazil’s Ferreira and knocked him out using ground
1 May 2024
Former UFC heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou, has lost his 15-month-old son, Kobe.
30 Apr 2024
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) star Francis Ngannou's 15-month-old son has died. Ngannou confirmed the death of his son after posting on X on Monday night. The circumstances surrounding the death of Ngannou's son are unknown. "Too soon to leave but yet he's gone," the Cameroonian wrote. "My little boy, my mate, my partner Kobe…
11 Mar 2024
Buoyed by his display against Francis Ngannou, whom he knocked out in the second round of their world heavyweight boxing bout on Friday, Anthony Joshua has offered to fight WBC champion, Tyson Fury, even in his garden.
10 Mar 2024
Cameroun heavyweight boxer, Francis Ngannou, has congratulated his conqueror, Anthony Joshua, after being blown away in a devastating second-round knockout by the Nigeria-born British boxer on Friday night in Saudi Arabia.
9 Mar 2024
Cameroonian boxer Francis Ngannou has hailed Anthony Joshua's knockout punch during their bout. Joshua recorded a second round knockout win against Ngannou at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Friday night. The Brit drew first blood in the opening round as he dropped the Cameroonian with a clean right hand. Joshua came out…
9 Mar 2024
Two-time former heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua wants MMA legend Francis Ngannou to continue boxing after they both squared up early Saturday morning in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Joshua knocked down Ngannou three times, with the third one proving too much for Cameroonian boxer who was just featuring in his second competitive boxing match. Ngannou lost his…
9 Mar 2024
Two-time world champion Anthony Joshua knocked out mixed martial arts star Francis Ngannou in just the second round of their heavyweight clash in the early hours of Saturday. Joshua had his Cameroonian opponent on the canvas in the first round and twice more in the second in a brutal and brief exhibition of punching power.…
8 Mar 2024
After all the months of boasting and thrash talk, Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou will enter the ring in Saudi Arabia today, to decide who is the better fighter.
7 Mar 2024
Francis Ngannou once toiled in a sand mine, scavenged for food to avoid starvation and slept rough in a car park, so facing former two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua on Friday is just another stop on his epic rags-to-riches journey. "I've had a lot of experience in life," the softly-spoken Cameroon-born fighter says with…
5 Mar 2024
Anthony Joshua has vowed to “make a statement” and deliver a knockout victory over Francis Ngannou in Friday’s crossover super-fight in Saudi Arabia, reports Sky Sports.
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