MMA fans are freaking out about Francis Ngannou's new training videos
By Amy Kaplan
MMA fans have placed a lot of hope and pressure on Francis Ngannou as he embarks on a journey to be the first MMA fighter to take on a legitimate boxer and win. But, if his recent videos indicate, it looks like it's already going to be an uphill battle.
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, less than a month before Ngannou's potential historic moment with Tyson Fury, Top Rank Boxing shared a clip of Ngannou training and the fans don't like what they are seeing.
"Bro this has to be a joke he has to be playing into the bad pad work scheme at this point," someone tweeted.
Another fan tweeted, "Man this aint gone be funny how much of a mismatch this is going to be smh. I like Ngannou but sheesh
"Naaa Ngannou getting smoked man," another person wrote.
Oh man. I like Francis, but his boxing is a hot mess.
— David O’Leary, CFA 🇺🇦 (@DavidPOLeary) October 3, 2023
Head straight up, slow lazy jab, dropping his right hand, plodding, and no head movement.
Fury will spark him as soon as he wants to. https://t.co/tD1owRMtyo
"This dude is going to get worked in the ring.. gassing out after round 3 for sure," a fan tweeted.
Fans aren't the only ones critical of the footage. Fury's dad John even spoke out about it after Ngannou hosted an open workout for the media.
“Just seen Francis Ngannou and Mike Tyson and that so-called trainer what’s got the pads on, seen the open workout,” said John on Instagram. “I hope he’s kidding along and he’s playing possum here. I hope that’s a joke and intended to be a laugh."
Francis trolling like it’s his first day at 6pm Monday cardio boxing class https://t.co/V8p5LxbJNp
— E. Casey Leydon (@ekc) October 3, 2023
Ngannou gets his head boxed off, mma people circle jerk each other over money he made so who cares he lost. He goes back to PFL with nobody to fight. Jones beats STipe and then Ngannou starts calling for co promo bout vs Jones. Thats the script. https://t.co/NPNfJbUt0K
— Chris27 (@ChrisC2780) October 3, 2023
Ngannou and Fury will fight on Oct. 28 in Saudi Arabia. Once that's over he's expected to fight in MMA for the PFL sometime in 2024.
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