Francis Ngannou stands ‘no likelihood’ in opposition to Tyson Fury claims former opponent
Swedish skilled boxer Otto Wallin has spoken out after a struggle has been agreed between Tyson Fury and Francis Ngannou. The heavyweight bout will see the previous UFC champion tackle the British boxer within the ring, one thing which Wallin has his personal experiences in.
As a former WBA Continental heavyweight champion, Wallin went toe-to-toe with Fury again in 2019. The struggle befell in entrance of a packed T-Mobile Arena crowd in Las Vegas.
Wallin, ranked quantity 4 by the WBA on the time, went the gap in opposition to the Gypsy King and held his personal all through the twelve rounds. It was Fury who finally got here out on prime, regardless of a nasty lower to the top, profitable by a unanimous resolution.
With Fury now set to tackle former UFC star Ngannou within the boxing ring on Saturday, October 28 in Saudi Arabia, the 32-year-old believes the struggle is closely in Fury’s favour. Speaking to TMZ Sports, he stated: “Tyson is the most effective heavyweight fighter on this planet in boxing. Ngannou is perhaps the most effective at MMA at heavyweight. So this struggle is gonna be at boxing so that you clearly gotta favour Fury rather a lot.
“[Tyson’s] preventing somebody that is making his professional debut as a boxer actually. It’s a complete completely different sport, and as tough because it’ll be for Fury to go over to MMA, it is gonna be the identical for Ngannou. So in fact Fury’s gonna be an enormous favorite.”
Wallin prompt that the one method Ngannou can match Fury is by making the bout “a dogfight” and using his strength and size to his advantage. However, it’s Fury who stands the tallest between the pair at 6-foot-nine, compared to Ngannou at 6-foot-4.
Wallin’s prediction for the bout is a knock-out, but is undecided on which fighter will land the final blow. The Swedish boxer is no stranger to knock-out blows having achieved 14 wins by KO over 25 fights.
The 32-year-old’s only defeat came against Fury, with the only other blemish on his record coming from a no contest decision against Nick Kisner after an accidental headbutt.
Fury, then again, is undefeated with With 34 fights to his identify, 33 wins and one draw in opposition to Deontay Wilder. His final enterprise into the ring noticed a tenth spherical TKO win over Derek Chisora in a 3rd struggle between the pair.
Ngannou additionally has a formidable document with simply three defeats, all of which by resolution, from 20 skilled fights. Ngannou final struggle got here again in January 2022 when he gained by way of unanimous resolution in opposition to Ciryl Gane.