Kamaru Usman is aware of it’s a wild take, however he thinks Oleksandr Usyk ought to struggle Francis Ngannou subsequent.
Usyk (22-0, 14 KOs) turned undisputed heavyweight champion when he defeated Tyson Fury (34-1-1, 24 KOs) by break up determination this previous Saturday at Kingdom Area in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Ngannou put up a valiant effort in his boxing debut in opposition to Fury, however his knockdown wasn’t sufficient to grant him the win. Nevertheless, his second boxing outing in opposition to Anthony Joshua didn’t go so properly. Ngannou was knocked out by Joshua in March.
Usyk holds two wins over Joshua, and now Fury, however Usman thinks Ngannou possesses a particular attribute that may make issues attention-grabbing.
“Abilities pay the payments right here,” Usman stated on his “Pound 4 Pound” podcast with Henry Cejudo. “(Usyk is) not precisely the most important heavyweight. He’s not the most important puncher. Nevertheless it’s his abilities that pay the payments. I might love – and I do know it’s loopy, and I do know everybody goes to attempt to say one thing about it – however I might like to see him struggle a man like Francis Ngannou, just for the sheer reality of, sure, I need to see the extent of ability right here.
“Sure, he schooled the opposite guys. However Francis is the most important puncher on the market. I need to see how Oleksandr Usyk is ready to break a man like that down, take him to high school and actually present the talents required in boxing. It’s not nearly having the ability to punch arduous. In order that’s the one purpose I might need to see it. Francis coming off that loss, in fact it’s not an excellent account for himself. He’s crushed all people else.”
Fury thought he did sufficient to beat Usyk. He plans on exercising the rematch clause within the contract, making Usman’s concept extremely unlikely.
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